A REPORT ON INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME IN HERO SPORTS

GARMENTS, KALLUDAKAM, SALEM

Submitted to Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation Deemed to

be University, Salem
(Accredited With NAAC – “A” Grade)
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of degree of

BACHELOR OF COMMERCE (COMPUTER APPLICATION)

Submitted by
P. SUBHA SRI
(Reg.No.7132210028)

Under the guidance of

MR. SURESH M.Com., B.Ed.,
Assistant Professor of Commerce (CA),
VMKVASC.
SEMESTER V

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CERTIFICATE

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 DECLARATION

I, P. SUBHA SRI (Reg.No.7132210028) student of Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda

Variyar Arts and Science College, 2022-2025 Batch in B.Com [CA], hereby declare that, this

Internship Report under the title A REPORT ON INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME IN

MEENAKSHI (INDIA) LIMITED, SANDAIPET, SALEM. is the record of my original

work under the guidance of MR. SURESH M.Com., B.Ed This report has never been

submitted anywhere else for award of any degree.

Signature of the Student:

Place: Salem.

Date:

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I wish to express my sincere thanks to our most respected Principal Prof.Dr. V. Anbhazhagan
M.Sc.,PhD., for providing me a change to undergo Bachelor of Commerce in VMKV arts &
science college Salem

I wish to thank Respected MR. SURESH M.Com., B.Ed.,

Head of the Commerce Department and all other department staff member of VMKV ARTS &
SCIENCE COLLEGE SALEM for timely suggestions and when required

Last but not last, my herd full thanks

I express my deep sense of gratitude to my guide and supervisor MR. SURESH M.Com., B.Ed.,
under whose competent guidance and encouragement I have been able to complete this project
study.

I express my deep sense of gratitude to Mr. MARIMUTHU, MANAGER HR, Meenakshi India
Limited, Salem, and to my Friends, I sincerely dedicate this project Report to them.

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 INDEX

S. NO. CONTENT PAGE

Chapter 1: 6
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Introduction

Chapter 2: 8
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Company Profile

Chapter 3 9
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Industry Profile

Chapter 4 39
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Objective of the Study/ Learning outcome

Chapter 5 45
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Conclusion

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 CHAPTER – I

INTRODUCTION

AIM

The main aim of the industrial internship is to get quality training in the working atmosphere of

the industry and to understand the process and functions done there.

OBJECTIVE

The objective of the internship is to get in-depth knowledge of the working of the industry in

terms of organization structure, infrastructure, and corporate social responsibility and do small

projects assigned by the industry

The internship helps the students to get an overall understanding about the industry and the

process happening there. It is a learning opportunity in which the intern can also use their skills

and develop them by doing the projects assigned to them by the company.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In the past two decades, the Indian textile industry in term of home textile, garments and

accessories have witnessed a complete transformation in term of quality, market and product

development as well as the expansion, looking from this perspective Updates Clothing inch, is a

very good and important organization in its work.

Internship at Updates Clothing inch has been a good exposure for the practical application of my

learning. I gained knowledge about actual work culture of the company and how to deal with the

people at a work place

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I did my internship at almost all departments but mainly in knitted t-shirts at updates clothing

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DURATION

The duration of the internship was from 13th June 2024 to 28th June 2024 a period of 15days.

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 CHAPTER – II
COMPANY PROFILE

COMPANY NAME MEENAKSHI INDIA LIMITED

ADDRESS 49/5, SANDSI PET MAIN ROAD,

SALEM-636 002.

BRAND NAME MEENAKSHI

TELEPHONE 91 427 2222006

E-MAIL salem@milgroup.net

WEBSITE www.milgroup.net

YEAR ESTD 2011

MANAGING PARTNERS MR. K.MARIMUTHU

TOTAL WORKING FORCE 10% inch, 90% outside

MONTHLY PRODUCTION 100,000 pcs

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INDUSTRY PROFILE

BRAND: MEENAKSHI

 MEENAKSHI is not about stuffed suits or uncomfortable jackets.

 It is all about fine Denim shirts, jerkin and T-shirts. They believe that every moment is an

occasion. They design real clothes for real people. They create to take you from the office

to the t-shirts and denim dinner party on the same day- making you feel your best.

 Founded in 2011, Updates clothing inch combines well-designed and elaborate garments

for work wear and leisure.

 MEENAKSHI is the result of passion to create something really good at affordable

prices. Head-quarters in u. Update Chennai clothing Inc. brings forth 100% cotton and

linen and denim shirts and single jersey and pique round neck and polo t-shirts.

 All their shirts are produced in Chennai on their very own production lines. T-shirts’ final

productions are done at Tirupur.

 For them, every details matters, great design matters, great style matters. The difference

between ordinary and extra-ordinary is that little extra.

 They are suppliers of exclusively designed and fabricated men’s wear and kids’ (boy)

 They are provided in M, L, XL0, 2XL, 3XL sizes in men’s wear, 6-16 sizes in kids sizes

(shirts)

 Denim, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL

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  They have state of the art facilities in house computer embroidery, printing facility,

washing facilities and a sophisticated array of machinery.

 These facilities assist them in producing a quality assured range of garments for their

valued clients.

 Ever since its starting, Updates clothing inch jas never looked back, growing with

strength as well as value it has achieved the production capacity of 100,000 pcs garments

per month.

 Product categories – Men’s and Kids’

 This company has another brand named Fretting. Fretting is controlled under Pan India

 Fabric – Predominantly woven cotton fabric, cotton + doby cotton + matty,

cotton+oxford, cavalry twill fabric, popline, matty fabric, denim, corduroy velvet, satin

and linen

 For knits – Single jersey for round neck t-shirts, Pique for Polo t-shirts and 2 x 2 rib for

collar and sleeve cuff

DESIGN AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

 They believe in best talent and creative talent in the market to get something on the table

for their principles as their own initiative and hence they have a full-fledged in design,

product development and sampling department, they assure you that you shall get fresh

ideas and style from them every season.

QUALITY CONTROL

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  The factory is equipped with “STATE-OF-THE-ART” imported stitching and washing

machines. The internal quality control system ensure that goods of high quality are

shipped to their customers

FACTORY LAYOUT

Floor Departments

Ground a. Fabric store

b. Dispatch Department (Ware house)

a. Director’s office
b. Manager’s office
c. Merchandising department
d. Out sourcing agency (Pan India)
1st floor e. Designing Department
f. Finance and Accounts Department
g. HR Department
h. Quality Assurance Department
i. Conference hall
j. Rest room

a. Sampling Department
b. CAD Department
2nd floor c. Studio
d. Production manager office
e. Online Department

a. Cutting Department
3rd floor b. Stitching Department

4th floor a. Material Stores

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 UPDATES CLOTHING IN ORGANISATION CHART

MANAG
ING
DIRECT
OR

MANAGING PARTNER MANAGING PARTNER

MARIMUTHU ASWIN NARAYAN

HR DEPT FINANCE DEPT FABRIC DEPT

HEMA RAO JAYAKUMAR KUMAR

CUTTING DEPT
ADMINISTRATION
RAJ KUMAR

STITCHING DEPT
SOURCING DEPT GENERAL MANAGER
BAIJU
MOHAN VARGHESE RAGHUNATH
WARE HOUSE DEPT

MIDHUN
QUALITY ASSURANCE DEPT MERCHANDISING DEPT PRODUCTION DEPT

PRASANNA JUSTIN JOSH SHAKTHI VELU

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WORK FLOW

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 LIST OF MACHINERY

1. Single needle stitching machine

2. Double needle stitching machine

3. Computerized barrack machine

4. Buttonhole machine

5. Computerized cross-stitch lock stitch buttoning machine

6. Waistband attachment machine

7. 5 thread over lock machine

8. Cutting machine

9. Feed of arm machine

10. Computerized embroidery machine

11. Thread winding machine

12. Flat lock machine

13. Four thread over lock machine

14. Automatic stickering machine

15. Snap attaching machine

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16. Carton strapping automatic machine

17. Cutting machine

18. Thread sucking machine

19. Layer drilling machine

20. Flat lock with trimmer

21. Fusing press

22. 200 kg capacity washer

23. 150 kg capacity washer

24. Drying tumbler

25. Heated vacuum table

26. Dry cleaning machine

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FABRIC DEPARTMENT
For a bulk production industry it is essential to maintain a well-organized and well
equipped inventory system. The main responsibility of this department is to store all the raw
material necessary to produce the garments. In updates clothing inch, fabric department is
controlled by Kumar.

TYPES OF FABRIC USING IN NORTH REPUBLIC

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• Cotton (pure)

• Cotton + Doby

• Cotton + Oxford

• Cotton + Matty

• Cavalry twill

• Poplin

• Matty Fabric

• Filafil Fabric

• Denim

• Corduroy

• Velvet

• Chambray

• Satin

• Linen

• RFD Fabric

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SAMPLING DEPARTMENT

A sample is a prototype of a product to be manufactured in the future course of

production.
It is also called mock-up of a product and it is made to check the design effectiveness and fit of
the garment.
Sampling is the set of the procedure follow to produce various sample style. It contains activities
like making of the pattern for prototype according to the measurement of the sample with the
help of machinery and getting buyers approvals for sample produce.

STEPS OF SAMPLING

DEVELOPMENT / PROTO SAMPLE

MASTER SAMPLE

SALES SAMPLE

Production manager controls sampling departments. Pattern master (Pandu Venga

Nayak), cutting assistant (Nanda Gopan) Highly skilled, skilled, unskilled employees are in a
sampling section. Pattern master create a proper pattern (based on a style) and cut the fabric
using this pattern, creating a new sample style. Designers are approved in this master sample the,
the pattern master creates the SS sample.

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MERCHANDISING DEPARTMENT

Merchandising is the department which mediates marketing and production departments.

It is the method, practices, and operations used to promote and sustain certain categories of
commercial activity. Merchandising means to arranging all the required raw materials and to
make the goods ready.
Responsible person of merchandising is called merchandiser. Actually a merchandiser is
responsible for almost everything from order analysis to shipment and finally payment
realization. He has to take after every job like buying the raw materials, which is required to
finish the product, making the garment, finishing the garment, preparing the documentation and
finally shipping.

Following are the responsibilities of merchandiser which gives importance to them,

1. Internal and external communication

2. Sampling

3. Lab dips

4. Accessories and trims

5. Preparing internal order sheets

6. Preparing purchasing orders

7. Advising and assisting production

8. Advising quality department about quality level

9. Mediating production and quality department

10. Giving shipping instructions and following shipping

11. Helping documentation department

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PROCESS FLOW OF MERCHANDISING DEPARTMENT

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 Update Clothing Inc. Company has a merchandising department. Justin Josh is the

merchandising manager. Ms. Nisha is a senior merchandiser. Merchandisers usually create job

work cards.

A job card is a detailed description of work that is performed for a work order. You use

the job card application to create and manage job cards. When you create a job card, you specify

planning and scheduling information that can be used by the task cards and work order tracking

applications. Job card is completely included all details of fabric based on serial number. In this

company’s job card including all processing details, for eg. Brand name, Fabric type, Shrinkage,

Trim fabric, Body fabric consumption, Decorative, SPI, Packaging type, Size, Job type, Sample

add date, Thread, Job workers, Fab issued date, Delivery date, Fabric received date, Fabric page

no., Emby/print, Fab color, Fab type, Main label, Pocket label, Side seam label, etc. Company

purchase fabric, then Ms. Anjali (sample section) take the fabric and give it to designers (Akhil

Xavier, Akhil V, Jonish, Aneesh, and Madhu)

Designers create designing patterns and give these details to Anjali and create a detailed

tech pack.

Tech pack is an informative sheet that designers create to communicate with a

manufacturer all the necessary components needed to construct a product. Usually designers will

include measurements, materials, color, trims, hardware, grading, labels, tags etc.

After tech creating the tech pack, the fabric will be sent to sampling department. The pattern

master creates pattern and then makes the master sample. The master sample is then checked by

the designers and then approved by Jiju sir (managing partner). After the master sample is

approved, they create the sales sample. Jiju sir approves this sample after the merchandiser

creates the job cards.

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PURCHASE ORDER

Purchase Order is an external document, which is issued by the company (Update

clothing inch)

Purchase Order includes the following information;

1. Delivery date

2. FOB

3. Ship cancel date

4. Destination

5. Ship mode

6. Terms if sale

7. Currency

8. L/C

9. Quantity

10. Size break up / Color break up

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CAD DEPARTMENT

Computer Aided Design (CAD) becomes an essential tool for pattern making and related
job in garment industry. In a company CAD software is used for pattern making, grading of
pattern, marker and digitalizing manual patterns. In this company, CAD section is controlled by
Santhosh.

FABRIC MATCHING

Engineer pattern pieces according to fabric prints, stripes or plaids, fabric print can be
transferred to marker making for perfect matching. All transactions are checked by Production
manager.

MARKER MAKING

A marker is a diagram of precise arrangement of pattern pieces for size of specific style
that are to be cut from a single spread.
Marker making is a process of developing a diagram which is super imposed on the top of a
grounded of superimposed piles as a guide for cutting these piles.
It determines the most efficient layout of pattern pieces for a specific style fabric and distribution
sizes.

Cut order planning determines

• How many makers are needed?

• How many of each size should be in each maker and the number of piles
that will be cut from each marker?

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WORK FLOW OF SPREAD AND CUTTING

SPREADING

LAYERING

CUTTING MANUAL/AUTOMATIC

TICKETING

FUSING

CHECKING

BUNDLING

TRANSFER TO PRODUCTION

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 TRIM STORE

Trim store as the name suggests is a department which acts as a store house for accessories.

It is the place where all the accessories required in a store right from the sewing thread, needles
to packaging materials mike poly bags and taps etc. All are stored in the accessories that are used
in a particular style of that buyer. Merchandiser prepares a swatch card containing all the
accessories and their quantity inn a cycle. These accessories used in the swatch card are as per
the quality and color mentioned and approve by the buyer.

In the trim store items

• Buttons

• Snaps

• Canvas

• Micro dot

• Zippers

• Tapes

• Labels (main label, side seam label, size label, pocket label, wash care label, twill
tape, loop label, additional label, bottom label, patch label, leather patch, embossing label, logo
heat transparent, fit tag, fabric tag, disclaimer tag, photo canvas, metal ids)

• Packing items (m-clip (back, center), side clip, Back supporter (4/5 types), tissue paper,
safety pin, inside collar paper, placket, traveler (outer collar), butterfly poly bag, ratio bag,
master poly carton box, swatch card, size sticker, MRPC plain tag, gum tape, company tag etc.

In updates clothing inch, trims store is controlled by Mr. Viveesh

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CUTTING DEPARTMENT

Cutting means to separate out different garment pieces from the lay of fabric with the
help of cutting template and devices. It is done to get required shape in different no, or as a
whole to make a complete product.
The first stage in the manufacture of garment is the cutting of the material in to the necessary
pattern shapes.
These patterns are joined to form a garment when large amount of garment style has to be
cut, a lay is created which consist of many piles of fabric spread one above the other. Now all the
pattern pieces for all sizes are from this lay. The main objective of the cutting department is the
cutting of the garment parts accurately and economically and in sufficient value to keep the
sewing room supplied with work.

BASIC WORK FLOW

Cutting department receive the order for cutting a garment style from the production
manager. Cutting order is an authorization by the production manager to cut a given amount of
styles from the spreads. It comes in form of a package file that comes in the following details.

1. Sampling average (base fabric consumption only) and other trims averages.

2. Measurement sheet

3. Design work sheet of the garment

4. Purchase order

5. Fabric requisition sheet

6. CAD mini maker

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7. Marker planning length of lay etc. size ratio and colors in which the patterns are to be cut.

CUTTING SUB DEPARTMENT

1. Layering and spreading

2. Cutting

3. Bundling and ticketing

4. Fusing area

5. QA Department

TICKETING

Once the pattern pieces are cut by the cutting machine, they are then ticketing. Cut
components are group together as per their sizes and taken to the checking table. Here the cut
components are inspected for any error. It is very important to take pieces cut from two
differently bolts of fabric are not mixed up. This is because within lot there bold variation in
color shade.

FUSING
Fusing is also carried out in the cutting room itself. The parts to be fused are separated
from the bundle. The fusing material (like interlining) is cut according to size of the component
to be fused. The component along with the cut fusing materials are kept between to paper sheets
and packs is passed through the fusing machine by means of temperature and pressure fusing

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takes place at particular speed and for a particular time. The pack comes out at the other end on
conveyors and the pieces are removed and re bundled.

PARAMETRES AFFECTING THE FUSING PROCESS

• Pressure
• Temperature
• Time

CHECKING

The ticked panels are now sending to the checking are for inspection of every individual
pieces for any objectionable faults. Panels having faults like wrong grain line, inappropriate size,
incorrect shape and any fabric defects like holes, cut, shade variation etc. that are not within the
acceptable quality parameters, are removed from the cut lay. A cutting component checking
report is filled for the total quantity cut, checked and approvals. The rejected pieces are sent back
and equal number of trash panel are separately cut, replaced in the set and ticket with the same
no as the rejected once other mend able fault are marked with an alteration sticker and passed on.
These will be spotted out during garment finishing or washing.

BUNDLING
The checked components of one style and in one size are now clubbed and bundled using
tie. The size of bundle depends upon the requirements of the production plant. Each bundle will
contain pieces of same style and same size only. These pieces are stored in racks made beneath
the cutting table. The cutting department issues the amount required by the production
department as and when ask for. The cut component may be issued in instalment or all at once
ass the needs of the production department against the job order.

SEWING DEPARTMENT

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The basic aim of an export house is to deliver value satisfaction of the customer at the profit
level.
Production is an act of producing i.e. quantity obtained by multiplying two quantities to gather
by making use available resources.
To deliver quality with the quantity the ratio between input resources or material and out good
and service is known as productivity are reciprocally related to each other. Therefore an increase
in production leads to fall in the cost per unit and rise in profit.
The production department is spread in 3rd floor. This floor is for production of shirts. All sizes
are sewing in this department (M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL) and kids’ shirts (6-16)
The production of knitted t-shirts are in Tirupur.

WORKING STEPS OF PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT

• Shrinkage production pattern is issued to production floor from CAD department.

• Ready pattern are made as per the requirement of production room.

• Cutting received from cutting department.

• Cross checking of cut panels with patterns.

• Bundling of cut panels is done.

• Operation wise feeding of cut angles into the line.

• Inline check point.

• Outline of line.

• Final check point.

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• Auditing of checked pieces.

PRODUCTION CAN BE CARRIED OUT IN ONE WAY

1. Assembly line production system:-

In this production system, a garment is being by no: of workers, therefore one part is stitched by
one worker and then passed on other, due to which line gets set up.
In the end assembly of the parts is done, in modern industries. Conveyor belts are used as a
medium of transportation of garment part from one worker to another. This system is very
commonly used in industry as it reduces the manufacturing cost increase the production.

WASHING DEPARTMENT
Garments pass through various handling process, which may render them dirty and stain,
thereby reducing their aesthetic appeal. To restore this aesthetic value, they are subjected to
cleansing process like washing and dry-cleaning, garments are sent for washing by the
production department as per the buyer’s requirement. Normally the fabrics are not asked to go
for wash by the buyer whether the fabric department may internally send it a number of other
reasons.

• To control uneven shrinkage

• To remove bowing

• To lighten color shade

• To improve hand

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• To even out color shade variation

• To remove printing smell

• To execute a dyeing program

WASHING FACILITIES

• Enzyme

• Stone washing

• Overdyeing etc.

• Silicon washing

• Silicon

• Silicon softener washing

QUALITY CONTROL DEPARTMENT

Quality control means, a process by which entities review the quality of all factors
involved in production, ISO 9000 defines, quality control as a part of quality management
focused on fulfilling quality requirements. In a quality control department, they have quality
assurance members.
In this is company, they are
1. Sunil
2. Vasanth
3. Guru
4. Sainath

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Quality inspection of internal processes and out sourced work
1. Inspection of raw material

2. Testing of raw material

3. Inspection of sample

4. Cutting inspection

5. Preparatory work inspection

6. Sewing process

7. Washing

8. Final inspection

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 FINISHING DEPARTMENT
After assembly, the garments how come for finishing a key stage of garment
manufacturing process. Finishing is done to prepare the final garment according to the quality
standards of the buyer before packing it for shipment.

PROCESS FLOW OF FINISHING

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BASIC WORK FLOW

• Washing perk

• Thread trimming

• Spotting

• General checking

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• Final thread cutting

• Pressing

• Measurement and final checking

PCM is the finishing department in this company

PACKAGING DEPARTMENT

Packaging is the last stage where the finishing garment are primed, organized, geared up
for the shipment to the buyer the entire process from the way a garment will be folded to the
final labelling of the cartons is dictated by buyers specifications. These instructions are
standardized for a particular type of garment and sent to the merchandiser in form of a packing
manual. The merchandiser forward it to the packing in charging along with a top of a production
sample. I.e., packed with dimension approved by the buyer. This kept as a visual reference for
the packers.

PROCESS FLOW OF PACKING

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ONLINE WEBSITE

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 LEARNING AND OUTCOME

LEARNINGS:

 "Through my internship at Meenakshi Garments, I developed a comprehensive

understanding of product development in the garment industry. I gained hands-on

experience in conceptualizing, designing, and refining garments to meet specific

performance and aesthetic criteria. This experience equipped me with the ability to

analyze market trends, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to ensure

seamless product development from concept to production. Additionally, I enhanced my

skills in quality assurance by learning to conduct rigorous inspections, identify and

address manufacturing defects, and uphold stringent quality standards. Overall, my

internship enabled me to apply theoretical knowledge in a practical setting, fostering a

deeper appreciation for the complexities of garment manufacturing and preparing me for

a future career in this dynamic industry."

OUTCOME:
 To understand and create men’s denim design collection tech packs for Autumn/winter
2023
 To developed a comprehensive understanding of designing and refining sports garments
to meet performance and aesthetic criteria.
 To Acquired skills in conducting inspections, identifying defects, and upholding stringent
quality standards in garment manufacturing.
 To Learned to analyze market trends in sports garments and apply insights to product
development and marketing strategies.
 Gained knowledge of industry regulations and compliance standards relevant to garment
manufacturing.

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 Developed skills in troubleshooting production issues and making informed decisions to
improve product quality and efficiency.

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CONCLUSION

The industry internship was successfully completed in one of the popular upcoming
men’s wear brand. I had a very good working experience at Meenakshi. The project was done
both online and offline and is completed within a period of 3 weeks. During the time period, I
did a research about the company, learned about the design development and made detailed tech
packs. The tech packs were of men’s wear Meenakshi denim shirts.
I consider it as an excellent opportunity to enhance and apply my skills and learn and experience
the industrial process.

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