Woodhead Publishing Handbook on Fabric Manufacturing: Grey Fabrics: Preparation, Weaving to Marketing (Woodhead Publishing India in Textiles)

About the Author B. Purushothama is a textile and quality management expert with over 43 years of experience in textile and apparel industry. He was honored by awarding “TAIRatna” by The Textile Association (India) during their Platinum Jubilee celebrations on 9th April, 2014. Mr. B. Purushothama has published various technical and management books and articles, presented papers in various national and international conferences, and also has written numerous social books in Kannada. The total books written by him cross over one hundred. Product Description Handbook on Fabric Manufacture deals mainly with the activities involved in manufacturing of grey fabrics, inspection of both grey and finished fabrics, presentation of samples for market, marketing and customer service activities where technical people are involved. The activities of value addition to the fabric by way of wet finishes like bleaching and dyeing, finishing printing etc., are explained in a separate book. This book does not deal with any technology or design of the machine parts and mechanisms, but explains the methods of monitoring the activities in general. The book deals with the purpose of each process, the activities within the process, the knowledge required to run the process, the control points and check points, the do’s and don’ts of the process, normal problems observed in the process, the responsibilities and authorities of supervisors in the process, methods of working out the expected productivity and the workloads, so that the supervisor handling that process can handle it efficiently. The individuals have to study the manuals given by machinery manufacturers, and refer to the systems followed in their company and make their own manual for day to day activities. This book can be taken as a guide.