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Garment and apparel subcontracting from a Turkish MES: dispatch, operations, quality, cost

Subcontract tracking software follows the fabric, accessories and semi-finished goods sent from the main factory to a subcontract workshop, the operations performed there and the returned product, in terms of quantity, quality and cost. On the shop floor it is called the subcontract tracking program; in technical documents, subcontract tracking software or the MES subcontract module.

The argemas MES subcontract module tracks textile and apparel subcontracting by order, model and colour-size breakdown, and reports which workshop worked on which operation, for how long and at what quality.

What does argemas subcontract tracking software cover?

What the subcontract module covers, from dispatch to receipt and cost:

  • Dispatch with RFID- or barcode-tagged shipment items

    Dispatch to the subcontract workshop is done with RFID- or barcode-tagged shipment items. Fabric and accessories sent to the workshop are dispatched lot by lot.

  • Shipment notification

    Shipments to subcontractors can be made with the shipment notification form. Each time a shipment is approved, the relevant units can be notified by system email.

  • Recording operations performed at the workshop

    Operations performed at the subcontract workshop are recorded manually or from a connected system.

  • External operations such as printing, embroidery and washing

    Externally performed operations such as printing, embroidery and washing, and their logistics, are monitored from a single center.

  • Quality and quantity verification on receipt

    The quantity and quality of returned goods are approved in the system. Quantities sent and returned verify each other; waste and shortages show up immediately.

  • Subcontract cost calculation

    Subcontract cost is calculated per order and can be compared with in-house production cost. Subcontract items are included in the pre-cost; the post-cost is calculated with the subcontract data coming from MES.

  • Subcontractor performance scorecard

    Workshop-level time and quality scorecards let subcontract allocation be made on data.

  • Delivery planning with subcontractor capacity

    Realistic delivery dates are calculated by taking subcontractor capacity into account in the advanced planning module.

Why textile subcontract tracking has to be a closed loop

What matters is that it works as a closed loop: if the quantity sent, the operations completed at the workshop and the quantity returned do not reconcile, waste and shortages stay invisible. Tracking run on spreadsheets and delivery notes depends on people's memory for that reconciliation; as the number of workshops grows, so does the loss.

Product history in garment subcontracting

When the subcontracted workshops producing your products run a traceable production system, and a product sold in your store comes back from the end customer, you can find out in which workshop, on which line, on which machines, by which operator and with which operations that product was made.

Traceability in textiles

Traceability in textiles is the second-by-second recording of which fabric lot and cutting batch a product came from and which operators processed it. The argemas MES traceability infrastructure uses RFID, QR code and barcode technologies to keep the link between each production bundle or kanban cart and its operator, operation and quality data in a closed loop. The in-line and end-of-line quality records, together with the energy consumption data collected throughout production, are written directly into the product's digital identity. Thanks to this integrated data model, digital product passport (DPP / ESPR) and carbon footprint reports are prepared automatically, while any potential recall process is completed within minutes.

Traceable manufacturing and subcontracting processes

Traceable manufacturing is a production model in which every operation on the shop floor is recorded, who performed it, when, with which parameters and with what quality result. It is built alongside lean manufacturing on a 'traceable infrastructure first, digitalization second' approach. argemas delivers this infrastructure through IoT hardware (@rgeRover, @rgeHypatia), barcode/RFID, OPC-UA and manual operator terminals. The result is 100% production traceability, every retrospective query (recall, quality root cause, audit) is answered in seconds.

argemas users that work with subcontracting

Among the ready-made garment manufacturers that use argemas are companies that run part of their output through subcontracting: Alders produces for global ready-made garment brands with a total of 800 employees across three locations and, together with its subcontracted production, has a monthly output of 800 thousand units. Erak Giyim, with 1,200 employees, produces roughly 7 million units per year including subcontracted work and uses argemas in its cutting, sewing, washing and packing departments.

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Frequently asked questions about textile subcontract tracking software and traceability in textiles.

Textile subcontract tracking is the closed-loop recording of which workshop processed the fabric and semi-finished goods sent out from the main plant, in what time, at what quality and across which range of operations. The argemas MES subcontracting module covers dispatch to the workshop via RFID/barcode-tagged shipment lines, the recording of operations performed at the workshop either manually or from a connected system, quality and quantity verification on return receipt, subcontract cost calculation, and a subcontractor performance scorecard.
Traceable manufacturing is a production model in which every operation on the shop floor is recorded, who performed it, when, with which parameters and with what quality result. It is built alongside lean manufacturing on a 'traceable infrastructure first, digitalization second' approach. argemas delivers this infrastructure through IoT hardware (@rgeRover, @rgeHypatia), barcode/RFID, OPC-UA and manual operator terminals. The result is 100% production traceability, every retrospective query (recall, quality root cause, audit) is answered in seconds.
Traceability in textiles is the second-by-second recording of which fabric lot and cutting batch a product came from and which operators processed it. The argemas MES traceability infrastructure uses RFID, QR code and barcode technologies to keep the link between each production bundle or kanban cart and its operator, operation and quality data in a closed loop. The in-line and end-of-line quality records, together with the energy consumption data collected throughout production, are written directly into the product's digital identity. Thanks to this integrated data model, digital product passport (DPP / ESPR) and carbon footprint reports are prepared automatically, while any potential recall process is completed within minutes.
A subcontract tracking program is software that follows the fabric, accessories and semi-finished goods sent from the main factory to a subcontract workshop, the operations performed there and the returned product, in terms of quantity, quality and cost. On the shop floor it is called the subcontract tracking program; in technical documents, subcontract tracking software or the MES subcontract module. What matters is that it works as a closed loop: if the quantity sent, the operations completed at the workshop and the quantity returned do not reconcile, waste and shortages stay invisible. argemas MES tracks subcontract processes by order, model and colour-size breakdown.