- Plan daily and weekly cutting activities based on the production plan and sewing-line requirements.
- Ensure timely availability of cut components as per the production schedule.
- Coordinate with Planning, Stores, Merchandising, IE, Production and Quality departments.
- Prepare and monitor cutting plans according to style, order quantity, fabric type and delivery requirement.
- Prioritize urgent orders and ensure minimum production disruption.
B. Fabric Receiving & Inspection
- Coordinate with Fabric Stores for receipt and issue of fabric for cutting.
- Ensure fabric is checked for shade, width, GSM, defects, shrinkage and quantity before cutting.
- Ensure fabric relaxation is carried out as per fabric/customer requirements.
- Maintain fabric roll-wise traceability.
- Coordinate with Quality for fabric inspection and approval before cutting.
C. Fabric Spreading
- Control spreading activities to achieve optimum fabric utilization.
- Ensure correct lay length, ply height, fabric direction, face-up/face-down and shade grouping.
- Ensure proper handling of stripes, checks, prints, nap fabrics and directional fabrics.
- Monitor spreading defects and take corrective action.
- Ensure proper roll allocation to avoid shade variation within garments.
D. Cutting Operations
- Supervise cutting operations using appropriate cutting machines such as:
- Straight Knife Cutting Machine
- Band Knife
- Round Knife
- Automatic / CNC Cutting Machine, where applicable
- Die Cutting / Special Cutting Machines, where applicable
- Ensure cutting is carried out strictly according to approved markers and patterns.
- Maintain cutting accuracy and prevent component mismatch.
- Ensure correct notches, drill holes, numbering and identification marks.
- Monitor cutting quality and minimize re-cutting.
E. Marker & Fabric Utilization
- Work closely with CAD/Marker Planning and Costing/IE teams to improve marker efficiency.
- Monitor marker utilization against approved standards.
- Identify fabric wastage and implement corrective actions.
- Analyze end-bit, end-loss and cutting wastage.
- Maintain style-wise fabric consumption and utilization records.
- Drive continuous improvement in fabric utilization.