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Reference Collaborative Processes in eBIZ/TC Upstream (2013-1)
release 10/10/2013
Process 1 - Fabric subcontracted manufacturing
Process
Fabric subcontracted manufacturing
Description
Fabric production process commissioned to subcontractors; the process starts from raw material and produces finished fabrics.
The Fabric Producer function commissions to specialised Subcontractors some value-added operations of the manufacturing cycle because of specific know-how or scale economies. In this process 3 events are foundamental: the issue of the commission order, the swap of the material, the reporting of the order progress.
Process activities
Process activities
Activity transactions
Diagrams
1 - Subcontracted warping
Activity by which a Contractor commissions a ground warp to a Subcontractor + [Full record]
1 Warping Request (from 'Fabric Producer' to 'Fabric Subcontractor')
2 Warping Offer (from 'Fabric Subcontractor' to 'Fabric Producer')
3 - Subcontracted fabric dyeing-finishing (New or updated) Activity by which a Contractor commissions the dyeing-finishing of grey fabric to a Subcontractor + [Full record]
4 - Subcontracted fabric printing (New or updated) Activity by which a Contractor commissions the printing of fabric to a Subcontractor + [Full record]
Dyeing/Finishing Subcontractor
Sub-contracting company (or company function) that hires job to the Fabric Producer or the Apparel Producer for dying/finishing operations (it is a kind of Subcontractor for both).
Fabric Producer
Company or company function that organises manufacturing and material supplying in order to obtain a finished fabric used for the production of garments or home textile.
The actual manufacturing may be done by own factories or by sub-contractors.
Its productive process has in input yarns and in output fabrics.
It is the Supplier of the Apparel Producer and the customer of the Yarn Producer.
Fabric Subcontractor
Sub-contracting company (or company function) of the Fabric supplier; he perform some phasis of the fabric production process on behalf of the Fabric Supplier.
Print shop
Company or company function that prints the fabrics. It is a subcontractor of Fabric Supplier.