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Reducing Waste Through Manufacturing Excellence
Reducing Waste Through Manufacturing Excellence
Carter’s Manufacturing Excellence Team partners with vendors to assess their true product specialty and the suitability of their factories. The Team identifies opportunities to increase vendor efficiencies by reducing waste, often resulting in financial, environmental, and/or social benefits. The findings from this team’s analysis in 2022 uncovered efficiency opportunities that will help guide future sourcing strategies, planning, and purchasing. Its work has included:
- Implementing Shapeshifter, a computerized search engine for identifying the most efficient material usage per garment in order to control the amount of materials to be purchased. — For example: Reducing excess material purchases by vendors, which may result in substantial potential savings in cost and materials waste.
- Evaluating and standardizing the appropriate amount of manufacturing time per garment. — For example: Standardizing the sewing plan for a particular Sleep and Play product can reduce sewing time for some manufacturers.
Driving Efficiency through our Manufacturing Excellence Continuous Improvement Program
