Cutting Room Flow Chart: The Process at a Glance

Garment production starts in the cutting room, where fabric is cut into components. That process is a fixed sequence of sub-processes, and seeing it as a flow chart makes the hand-offs obvious. This is the cutting-room flow at a glance. (For the step-by-step detail, see Process Description of Cutting Room.)

Cutting room process flow: pattern/marker, cut ratio, fabric receiving, relaxation, spreading, marker making, cutting, numbering, sorting, bundling.

The flow

Pattern / marker → Cut-ratio receiving → Fabric receiving → Fabric relaxation (optional, knits) → Spreading → Marker making → Cutting → Numbering → Sorting → Bundling → to the sewing line.

Step	Output
1. Pattern / marker	Marker ready (manual or CAD/plotter)
2. Cut-ratio receiving	Job sheet: qty, size ratio, colour breakdown
3. Fabric receiving	Fabric issued against requirement
4. Relaxation (knits)	Fabric stabilised (~24 h)
5. Spreading	Lay built to marker length + ply count
6. Marker making	Marker placed/chalked on top ply
7. Cutting	Components separated
8. Numbering	Plies ticketed (anti-shade-variation)
9. Sorting	Parts grouped by garment/size/colour
10. Bundling	Tied, ticketed, sent to sewing