Manesar-based leading apparel exporter Pyoginam Pvt. Ltd. has launched specific training programme and is trying to give ‘Captainship Role’ to its various professionals.
The company, working mainly with European buyers,producing 7 lakh pieces per month in 4 months, has hired new 29 engineers (B. Tech Textiles from TITS, Bhiwani) to empower them to become future process control managers and skilled professionals.
As of now, the second batch of engineers is under process following the successful implementation of training and development programme for the first batch.
These engineers (designated as captains) are responsible for the entire process from cutting to final inspection. Their line is treated as separate profit centres. To put it simply, these professionals have been working like entrepreneurs.
The company’s management is confident that these trained engineer captains have immense potential as future leaders in apparel and textile field.
The intense training programme hasa timeline frame of one-month induction followed by six months on-job training in all production departments and processes to help professionals get better accustomed to the captain’s role.
The captainship programme is designed to meet the demands of increasingly complicated and ever-changing production scenario. The captainship programme hinges on two principles with the spirit of entrepreneurship of an individual profit centre within company.
Sandeep Kataria, GM Quality Systems told, “The idea behind this initiative is decentralised management and centralised control. These concepts are giving good results to us and we are making a very strong team keeping in view the long-term prospects.”
Decentralised management empowers each captain with responsibility of all production aspects within the factory from planning, NSR (new style requirements), style setting, production logistics, DHU, average production, first time pass percentage, rejection rate, quality assurance and resolving technical issues.
Centralised control system of the factory upon detecting any problem in the automated PCM process will attend the location, where captain’s intervention is required; rest is handled by captains themselves. The agile factory process control managers maintain optimal balance between staff capacity, efficient trouble shooting, smooth flow of work and controlled WIP.
Sunil Kumar, Senior Manager HR and Compliance of the company, said “Though these captains have done B.Tech in textiles,it is our strong interaction and induction that attracts these young professionals who are willing to work in apparel manufacturing industry and have an entrepreneurship spirit.”