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3. Fabric utilisation in the cutting room
Turn marker efficiency and spreading losses into money, and find utilisation savings that hold up in practice.
Build a cutting-room material balance and convert it to money: fabric issued, garments cut, end losses, defects and remnants. Compare marker efficiency with actual fabric utilisation and price the gap at the order's fabric rate.
By the end of this module: Turn marker efficiency and spreading losses into money, and find utilisation savings that hold up in practice.
Prerequisite: Complete module 2 and its readings first.
Who this module is for · Intermediate
- Merchandisers and costing staff building and defending cost sheets
- Industrial engineers working on minutes, efficiency and line balancing
- Factory managers and owners who need to see where margin is lost
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Module quiz
5 questions on 3. Fabric utilisation in the cutting room. Answer them all, then check your score before moving on. 4 correct or more is a pass. Your best score is saved on this device, and to your account when you are signed in. This is a self-check, not an accredited assessment.
1. A marker places 88 square metres of pattern in a 100 square metre marker. What is marker efficiency?
2. Why is marker efficiency higher than actual fabric utilisation?
3. Utilisation improves by 2% on an order using 100,000 metres of fabric at 3.00 per metre. What is the saving?
4. Which action most reliably reduces cutting-room material cost?
5. What closes a cutting-room material balance?
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