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I’m writing this from my Marketing Manager’s office, who by the way is never around. My company wants to implement the concept of IE (Industrial Engineering) in their apparel manufacturing process, unfortunately it seems my Production Manager is more interested in increasing his productivity and getting his female workers to work harder. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying he’s all bad, he has managed to convince the company to install an air conditioned floor and has worked with Swedes, Sri Lankans and Chinese, set the company’s lines; it’s his insistence that internationally applied methodologies cannot be applied to our own industry. Read the rest of this entry »

The Textile Institute of Pakistan’s The people who C.A.R.E (Currently Are Really Envious) have issued a warning to all related industries to watch out for these miscreants, as they have a reputation for being most devious in nature. Informants have revealed that they have cells which can operate independently without active leadership - Khalifagiri.

Anyone who has their whereabouts please inform the class of TS4A Batch 2008, so necessary cheera’s can be deployed.

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By M Furqan Khan, TS4A
While I was roaming around orkut, I saw a poll at a community. The poll was “future of textile industry is bright in Pakistan! do u agree? I want to click on yes but I didn’t find any strong reason to click “yes”. This yes or no opened the knots of my mind and I have been compelled to think and write about this drowning industry. Unfortunately I am one of those guys who believe in the philosophy of half emptied glass but here conditions are worst! even the glass is two third empty.

As we all know, Textile industry serves as a backbone in the economy of Pakistan. It consists of the greatest job sector accommodating about 43% labor and blah blah blah…..but the question is that what we have done for this sector so far? Last year textile sector earned 52.5% of foreign exchange which in the past was touching 70%. I don’t know what the exact reason was for this great decline but there may be number of reasons which I have discussed.

Firstly, after the implementation of WTO, Pakistan’s quota for textile has been ended up and therefore price and quality are the two ultimate factors to compete in international market. Sadly Pakistan wasn’t prepared for this and therefore lost number of buyers consisting a considering number of European buyers.

Secondly, the political situation of our country isn’t stable. Read the rest of this entry »

Okay, so it seems that you’ve already heard of the latest increase in our fees. Of course, the management never bothered to officially inform us before we were handed our fee bills stating a 10% increase. One wonders what the ‘non-profit’ organization that we call TIP is trying to prove participating in the fee hike along with elitist (some call them top-ranking) universities of the city. Maybe, the institute wants to position itself in the minds of people as an elitist institution at par with the rest, or maybe not. So what, if the intake is of lower standards (as they call it). The fees sure isn’t! Now, one completely understands how the rising inflation is affecting everyone, including organizations and their spending. But why do you forget that it is affecting the individual even more. Sure, the campus maintenance supposedly costs a lot, but we haven’t been seeing a lot of any of that lately, considering how sunken tiles on our walkways and the broken drier in the washroom hasn’t been fixed in a very long time and the hostel remains in a sorry state at all times.

Having said all this, only the tip of the iceberg has been tipped yet and the writer does not wish to attract the management’s wrath entirely towards himself, but to deliver the voice of the masses to the top. They say that TIP is the most democratic institution in the country Read the rest of this entry »

We as a nation are less tolerant and less accepting in terms of encouraging and supporting the newcomers. Be it a bank, textile industry, multinational, government office, labor workplace, taxi drivers forum or any thing else close to our society; we mostly show a rude and disruptive behavior towards our juniors.

The concept came to my mind few days ago when I went to a documentation shop for some important work. I was out of time and like every customer, was eager to let my work completed as soon as possible. In that tense state of mind (that is what we usually have), I asked the shop owner to get my work done in the least amount of time. That person gave me a sweet smile and pointed towards all of his boys busy in all the computers. I was out of my nerves when eventually a young boy asked offered to do my work. Since time was less, I agreed and handed him my notes for documentation and then that boy started doing the work.

Time passed and I just keep wondering how much time this boy will take in typing a 15 minutes document. I was in deep critical situation as time was running out and Read the rest of this entry »

Textile Institute of Pakistan now offers a set of 20 short courses, workshops and seminars targeted specifically towards executives seeking basic knowledge in textiles. These courses will be conducted at TIP city campus by some of the most distinguished textile and business experts from TIP’s faculty and the industry.

Courses offered include: Spinning, Weaving, Knitting, Wet processing/Finishing, Textile CAD, Towel and Denim Manufacturing, Apparel Manufacturing, Applied Industrial Engineering, Technology Transfer, Executive Skills (Communication, Quality Mgmt, Branding, Supply Chain Mgmt etc.), Leadership, Project Management

Starting April 14, ‘08

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By Parvindar Lal, AMM4

Anthropometry ((Anthro = Man, Pometry = Measurement, literally meaning “measurement of humans”), in physical anthropology, refers to the measurement of living human individuals for the purpose of understanding human physical variation.

Importance of Anthropometry

• Evolutionary significance-changes in humans overtime
• For medical usage such as; weight control and plastic surgery.
• To determine best design for both the weapon and the uniform fit for the army.
• It also plays an important role in industrial design, clothing design, ergonomics, and architecture and in your everyday life.
• Working examples: Hand geometry, face verification, finger print recognition and many others.

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