Packaging Garments
In the last steps of making a product retail-ready, garments are folded, tagged, sized, and packaged according to customer specifications. Also, garments may be placed in protective plastic bags,
either manually or using an automated system, to ensure that the material stays clean and pressed during shipping. Lastly, garments are placed in cardboard boxes and shipped to client distribution centers to eventually be sold in retail stores.
Most garments are packed in plastic bags, either at the end of production or when they enter the finished goods store. Products like shirts and underwears are usually bagged and boxed directly after final inspection and enter the stores in prepacked form. For these and similar types of products, many automatic machines are used.
Other hanging garments such as Jackets, dresses & skirts are usually bagged by manual machines, semi-automatic machines, and fully automatic machines. Some of these automatic machines bag, seal, and transport in trolly; some 500 garments per hour.
When the boxed or hanging garment has to be transported in bulk the garment or boxes are packed into cartons which can be sealed by adhesive paper or plastic Manual and automatic machines are available for both.
Types of Carton Packing:
- Solid colour solid size pack
- Solid colour assorted size pack
- Assorted colour solid size pack
- Assorted colour assorted size pack
Information provided in carton boxes is given below::
- Carton box number
- Order number
- Style, colour
- Number of pieces in each colour and style
- Total number of pieces
- From address and To address
- Net weight of the carton box
Requirements of Garment Packing:
The plastic bags are most commonly used for garment packing either at the completion of production or when they arrive at the finished goods stores. Apparel such as shirts and underwear is usually bagged and boxed immediately after final inspection and enters the stores in prepacked form. Other hanging garments like jackets, dresses and skirts are usually bagged when they enter the stores. A carton package made of quite strong corrugated material is normally preferred while transporting the boxed or hanging garments in bulk form. The packed garment boxes are sealed by contact adhesive paper tape or bound with a plastic tape.
Research
Packaging means wrapping, compressing, filling or creating of goods for the purpose of protection of goods and their convenient handling. ... Packaging also refers to the process of design, evaluation, and production of packages.
- Packaging protects the product.
- Packaging keeps the product from going bad.
- Packaging decreases costs.
- Packaging informs.
- Packaging provides hygiene.
- Packaging means economy.
- Packaging is a preventive measure.
Good packaging should be convenient. Package should be made in a way that the product could be conveniently taken from one place to another and can be handled easily by middlemen or consumers. The size and shape of package also should be convenient for retailers to keep in shop or for consumers to keep at their Store.