We believe that Quality is everything, and for that, we continue to maintain compliance standards for our consumer markets in the European Union and North America, and that has been our philosophy. To ensure quality our own Quality Assurance Department (QAD), under the leadership of a highly experienced quality manager and a team of well-trained quality inspectors are operating the QAD independently from the production team. This department has a strong quality framework for each step of the production process and following that they submit their reports to the top management personal. The QAD team works very hard to ensure the desired international quality for colorfastness, shrinkages, and other quality standards using the most sophisticated and modern lab equipment in our in-house customer accredited laboratory.
For the last several years, Apex's product development team has been working with various buyers to develop new fabrics, prints, narrow fabrics, embellishments, etc. to create new fashion garments for the export market. Based on this experience, in 2010 we set up a new independent department for this purpose, staffed by Textile engineers, fashion designers, and a complete sample sewing section.
The textile engineers in conjunction with the R&D and fabric departments develop new fabrics, elastics, prints, and other embellishments. Fashion designers use these to develop fashion products for the various export market. This has proven to be very useful to buyers from the USA and Europe and many of them are routinely using this facility.
We have established our Industrial Engineering department to increase productivity and quality. This department ensures we are always a front runner in the global competition of cost-saving, productivity, and quality improvement. They work tirelessly to reach the highest level of productivity, quality with minimum waste. Our IE team works in cutting, sewing, and finishing to increase automation. They also work in tracking WIP, setting line layout, increase work efficiency, productivity, demand forecasting, develop Layout, work with different quality tools, efficiency, wages and earning calculation, CNC machine operation, scheduling, capacity analysis, Line balancing, bottleneck removing and calculating NPT following Kaizen & Kanban production planning. They analyze CM, SMV, costing, consumption, profit- Loss. They also follow up daily production targets and production.
We have an international standardized production process in place so that we can be competitive in price & quality and have a flexible operational process in place. We ensure maximum efficiency in every aspect of the production process which comprises of the following departments:
The cutting department is well equipped with bias rolling machine and roll cutting machine, band knives, round knives, straight Knives, hydraulic die cutting machine, spreading machines with automatic end cutter, automatic tape cutters, cutting tables, bundle preparation tables, bundle baskets and cutting quality controllers. Our in-house QAD inspectors check the cut goods for measurements and quality of the material and then sent them to the sewing section.
The sewing department is equipped with 66 standardized lines with automated machines and equipped with the knowledge of intimate apparel experts from Germany, Japan, and the Philippines. Using this expert knowledge, we have devised efficient training methods for the operators and supervisors in garment production. Our in-house production team is constantly scrutinizing our systems of production and quality control to ensure we are following the lean manufacturing processes.
The finishing department ensures every piece of the manufactured garment goes under careful analysis from the team of production supervisors. Once inspected the products are stacked according to their sizes and taken to the packaging tables in a humidity-controlled environment. The products are then prepared for packaging with the price tickets, hangers, and finishing accessories according to the clients' requirements. Once packaging is finalized, the finished product goes to the quality control and AQL team for a detailed inspection, this ensures that every department meets the quality standard, as well as deliveries, are made on time to our customers.
We have strong backward linkage support, through established facilities within our holdings. All the establishments are equipped with state of the art machinery and are backed up with a team of trained and efficient resources to manufacture international standard products.
We have a strong backward linkage support, through established facilities within our holdings. All the establishments are equipped with state of the art machineries and are backed up with a team of trained and efficient resources to manufacture international standard products.
