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Garment pre-production (also known as merchandising) activities are characterized by people-oriented functions. Numerous interdependent activities are synchronized between succeeding and preceding activities to make a non-linear process network. It is common practice to use critical path logic in apparel pre-production activities, to set important milestones of activities with the ultimate goal of delivering an order within the original delivery date. This practice is also known as Time and Action (TNA) Calendar. In our StitchWorld April 2009 issue, Prof. Prabir Jana from NIFT, Delhi; Dr. Alistair Knox, from Nottingham Trent University, UK; and Prof. A.S. Narag, from Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi discussed the shortcomings of making a single order TNA and the limitations of using a spreadsheet for TNA follow up. In this article, they discuss how to make a multi-order combined TNA for a common set of executives to follow up on orders in the best possible way.
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