Time aNd Action (TNA) plan
• Time and Action (TNA) calendar is one of the most important tools for managing a project. In garment manufacturing each order is not less than a project to a merchant. Because, from order receiving to order completion involve number of tasks of various time and various duration.
• Few tasks come one after another and others move at the same time. Like number of processes, lot of people are involved to accomplish an order. Secondly each order is
unique in terms of process and time demand. So, a detailed plan with well defined responsibility is must for each
orders to finish it before time or on time.
TNA
After confirmation of price, the first duty of a
merchandiser is to make a Time & Action Plan (TNA) for delivery goods at right time.
It is elaborated as ‘Time aNd Action’ plan.
It is one of the most important jobs of a merchandiser for conducting his or her jobs appropriately and within a scheduled time.
All the activities are included here. Such as Booking of fabric & accessories, Sampling, Cutting, Printing,
Embroidery, Sewing, Finishing, Final inspection and
commercial activities.
Lead Time
• Lead Time for
– Garment made of Imported woven fabric – 120 days – Garment made of local woven fabric – 90 days
– Garments made of knit fabric – 45-60 days
How to prepare a TNA
• Create a table in a spreadsheet in your computer. Add header as per your need.
• Add details of the order like, style name, style description, order receiving date, ex- factory date etc.
• In the column “List of activities" list down processes as per your style requirement.
Go through style detailing to identify all key processes to be involved. Few processes are mentioned in tech pack, SOP and buyer comments and some processes to be understood from the style (physical sample).
• Do backward and forward planning for deciding planned date for the task. Take advice from respective department heads for the capacity availability and time requirement for the processes. Then add dates against the tasks. Where processes required multiple days add planned completion date.
• Note the name of the person or department who is responsible for the task.
• Keep "Actual date of start and end" column blank during TNA calendar preparation.
• Distribute printed or soft copy of final TNA calendar to the all persons you have mentioned in "responsibility’’ column.
Importance of TNA
• It helps to streamline the pre-production activities.
• Easy understanding of order processing.
• Clear understanding of timelines given by buyer.
• It gives the clear idea about the minor or sub activities that need to perform during order processing at different level.
• TNA gives the idea about the status of running order and talks about delay or deviation, if any
• TNA gives the dates at which raw material need to be sourced, in a way it helps to optimize the inventory.
• TNA also reduces the risk of delivery delay.
Format
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# List of Activities Plan ned
Dat e
Perfo rmed
Date
Days
Remain Responsi
bility Remarks
Order Confirmation -95
Order sheet received -92
PSS and other
instruction received -88
L/C Received -88
Fabric Booking -88
Lab Dip Submission -84
Lab Dip Approval -70
Sample Yardage receive -65
Submission of bulk
fabric to SGS for test -65
Print/Emb strike off
submission -62
Bulk fabric test report
send to buyer -60
Size set sample
submission -60
Approval of bulk fabric
test report -55
Print/Emb strike off
approval -55
Bulk fabric approval -55
Bulk fabric in-house -42
Booking Accessories -42
Garments submitted to
SGS -40
Test Report send to
Buyer -35
Approval of Garments
test report -33
Buyer Style# Item Quantity Delivery Date
Format
Sl
# List of Activities Plan ned Dat e
Perfor med Date
Days Remainin g
Responsib
ility Remarks
Receive Accessories -33
Send PP sample -30
PP Sample Approval -20
PP Meeting -15
Test Cutting -14
Bulk production start -12
Invitation for PSI -10
Ex-work -4
Final Inspection -3
Ex Factory -2
Send Shipment sample -2
Vessel Cut off date 0
Submission of documents for negotiation
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