Cutting Specialist

Cutting Specialist

Welcome to the user guide designed specifically for Cutting Specialist in the garment manufacturing industry using our Garment IO Platform. This guide provides detailed instructions on how to effectively create batches, how to add markers to production orders and finally how to add a cutting order. as well as how to monitor and adjust operations within your factory setting.

Overview of Role and Responsibilities

As a Cutting Specialist in the garment manufacturing industry, your primary responsibilities include:
  1. Understand how to activate the cutting module
  2. Creating and Managing markers
  3. Understand how to add markers to production orders. 
  4. Creating and managing Cutting orders.
  5. Creating and managing batches.

Getting Started with the Platform

Before diving into the specific tasks, ensure you are familiar with the basic navigation and features of the platform. Log in with your credentials, and spend some time exploring the platform, menu options, and settings.

Main Concepts

It is crucial to understand several key concepts to efficiently use our platform:
  1. Understand how to activate the cutting modules
  2. Understand how to create and manage Markers.
  3. Understand how to add a marker to a production order
  4. Understand how to add cutting orders
  5. Understand how to create batches in bulk
  6. Learn the consequences of making changes to styles, especially when there are active orders, to avoid disruptions. 

Set Up Initial Data

Add new sizes, fabric types, and colors to accommodate new styles or customer requests. This initial setup is crucial for flexibility and responsiveness in production planning.
  1. Activate the cutting module
  2. Create and manage Markers, and add them to a production order
  3. Create and manage fabric types. 
  4. How to add cutting orders
  5. Create and manage batches 

Operational Tasks

  1. Everyday before the workers in the factory start operating, the cutting specialist in the factory should ensure that markers have been added to production orders.
  2. Ensure that the cutting orders have been added 
  3. Ensure that he created all the batches in each cutting order
  4. Add and update fabric types 
  5. Add new cutting orders into the system that will operate for at least following month with all their details and set the long term plan  for the order.  
  6. Update the medium term plan of the order inside the Gantt chart according to the decisions made.  

    Troubleshooting and Support

    For any issues or questions, refer to this section for troubleshooting tips or contact support for assistance.
    This guide serves as your comprehensive manual to mastering the Garment IO platform, ensuring you can maximize efficiency and productivity in your role as a Cutting Specialist.

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