How to add style category and standard processes?

Before starting production, it is essential for a factory to define the style categories they work on. Style categories represent different types of garments, such as bottoms, dresses, or other style categories, which share similar standard processes. This chapter will guide you through the process of adding style categories and configuring their settings within the GARMENT IO system.

In order to understand more about style categories and how are they different from styles, check this article

Accessing Style Categories:

To add style categories, follow these steps:

1. Go to Industrial Engineering > Style Categories.
   
2. Click on the "+" button at the top right corner to create a new style category.
   

Adding a Style Category:

When adding a style category, you need to provide specific information. Follow these instructions:

1. Insert the name and code of the style category.
   
2. Click on "Create" to add the style category.
   

After creating the style category, you can proceed to insert the standard processes associated with it. Standard processes can be categorized into process types to streamline the organization. For example, you can start by adding the standard processes for the front side of t-shirts and group them together in one process type "Front".

Adding  process type:

1. Click on "Add Process Type" and provide a name and prefix for the process type.
   
2. You can add multiple process types as needed.
   

Adding Standard Processes

Under each process type, you can insert standard processes by following these steps:

1. Enter the standard process name in the primary language specified in the factory settings.
   
2. Optionally, you can add a secondary language name if desired. This secondary language is shown for users that have secondary language as their main language. 
3. Specify the process code, machine type associated with this process, difficulty level, target per hour, and review flag (indicating if the standard process has been reviewed by a higher-level user).
   

Choosing to add target per hours or estimated production time

You have the option to display the target time per hour in either minutes and seconds or simply in minutes by selecting your preferred format from the dropdown menu located above the table. You can check this article to know how to know the SAM for a standard process

The fee for a standard process is calculated by multiplying the estimated processing time in minutes by the cost per minute per machine, which is defined in the machine type page and you can check this article for more details

Adding more than one machine type to a standard process

You can add another machine type to the same standard process if it can be performed on multiple machine types. 

To assign a machine type to a standard process, follow these steps:

1. Perform a right-click on the standard process where a machine type needs to be associated.
2. Select "Add machine type to the process" from the context menu.
3. A new table will appear, providing additional details. From this table, select the desired machine type from the list of available machine types.
4. Determine the difficulty level and set the Standard Allowed Minutes (SAM) time.
5. Once these selections are made, the system will automatically compute the fee based on the chosen machine type.

Having different machine types associated with the standard process have an effect on employee's effciiency and you can check this article for further information

Copying Standard Process to send it to another style category

To replicate standard processes to a different style category that requires the same standard processes, thus avoiding the need to enter them manually once more, follow these steps:

1. Verify which processes are necessary within the process type. Just check them in the table. 
2. Click on 'copy processes'.
3. Select the target style category you want to copy to as well as the specific process type desired.
   

Changing Standard Process time

Changing the standard process time will update the efficiencies for the last three months, regardless of whether the production order was completed or not.

The system recalculates efficiencies based on all processes completed in the last three months and applies the new standard process time. However, the detailed cost and duration records of past processes remain unchanged. 

Additional Features:

• The sort order of standard processes can be changed, which helps in viewing reports and when adding standard processes to styles later on.
  
• Process combinations can be created, allowing you to group specific processes together, which simplifies the process selection when adding them to styles.
  

By effectively organizing style categories and standard processes, the Garment IO system enables streamlined production planning and efficient tracking of garment manufacturing processes.

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