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Project Management • Civil Cost Advantage (higher roofs = higher cost of

construction)
= Profit Management • Smaller Room Size (lowering the fan size and motors
hence lower operating cost, Chilling cost)
• Efficient cleaning (lesser pockets for fluff to deposits,
hence lesser manual labour)
Project Management and Textile Sector has not been of deptts. • Lesser Lux drops (general lighting fixed on higher
synonymous to each other. Major fact is that investor of ceilings drop lux, so key areas need re-lighting which is
the textile industry has been doing project management Now, it is time that all segments of textiles from spinning multiplication of resources)
for planning expansions at their own, sometimes they to garments, need a review of process and total
undergo plant expansions with the help of existing transformation. Unit Mills need to be designed on a Over Head Cleaners (applicable on certain machines)
production and utility personnel. lowest possible operating loads. All the textile Capital expenditure on the Overhead Cleaners is atleast
segmentation can avail advantage of saving 40% additional cost, above the cost of AHU (in general).
Additional expense of hiring a Project Manager has multi-millions with incorporations of project In order to accommodate track and cleaner atleast
always been realized as extravaganza. “Planner should management. 0.85m of ceiling space is required. While comparing to Top Side of Skylight – Weaving Hall
take the ownership of planning” has caused general height 4m in spinning and weaving units we
INVESTORS only believe the wordings of the Production can understand that there is 21% reduction in room size
Managers and Utility Heads. The main disadvantage of (i.e lower ceiling) if we don’t have to accommodate the
this so called strategy, always resulted in extra setup Segmentation Saving Potentials overhead cleaner space. Overhead cleaner operation
cost and huge running cost. Spinning 10 ~ 15 % of operative loads (blow cleaning) can be compensated with a retrofit
suction system or blow pipes system which can
Weaving 10 ~ 15 % of operative loads
Orthodox Planning – Production built Processing (All sectors, finishing and denim) upto 30 % of operative loads operate in interval and can blow clean from machine.
Let’s take a look at our conventional approach of
planning. The main criteria for planning expansions, has Garments processing (including Denim) upto 30% of operative loads
always been based on quantity of textiles to be Supply Duct
produced, converting to machine requirements
eventually converting into Utility loads required to run A rough estimation of transformation can save us
those machines. Job of utility engineers becomes clear One can easily imagine that saving on 15 ~ 30% of
and they simply setup the required utilities with a certain operative loads means multi millions, enough to boost Removable height
idle capacity for surge loads. Hence, on a certain profit. Further in the article, we will cover, how our Ceiling height O/H cleaner
operative cost, path of finance deptt. is set to a norm for wastes are going to become our advantages by Top Side of Skylight – Weaving Hall
all running costs. Investors, later, simply indulge in incorporating project management and Hence Profit
marketing of produced stuff and hence never find time again Management.
to review the whole process, merely in yearly meetings. Loom/Machine It can even provide lux upto 450plus depending upon
Spinning and Weaving conditions while not transferring the heat.
Practically, there are two estates within a state of Mills Spinning and weaving are relatively closer in following Further, Its common to reduce the lighting load with use
i.e. Utility Block and Production Block. Investors could context. of LEDs which can reduce 50 ~ 70% lighting load
have never realized about what they could do if they depending upon lighting arrangement being used.
would have setup a single purpose built Mills with Power consumption is mainly split in following three Lighting Load
incorporation of Project Management. categories, i.e. Machine Power Load, Humidification Lighting load can be compensated for good Six hours In next chapter, we will discuss the finishing and
load, lighting load. Machine power load discussion is with use of daylighting via Sky lights. A number of garments processing and we review various new
Scientific Planning – Purpose built not scope of article. We are also not discussing benefits lighting techniques are there like sun pipe, skylights etc. method which will organize utility and production block
As the order conditions of the globe is getting softer and of insulation which are known to everyone, these days. Sunoptic Skylights is most effective and cheaper so far. as one unit.
local crisis for energy/labour charges is getting worse, AHU Load and Lighting Load are majorly concerned
the demand for competitiveness in the market is with building of the production halls. Lets take a
growing. An old saying “fittest to survive” is on every separate dig on each. Mian Rashid Mahmood
wall, but it is difficult to perceive how? The solution goes
all into un-practiced segment i.e. Project Management. AHU Load B.Sc. Textile (Processing)
It says that if all of your horses are running in one AHU Load is directly concerned with room size ; bigger MBA (Marketing)
direction, only then one can have synergy. The solution the room size, higher the AHU operation cost. In a given Project Manager (US Denim for 9 and 1/2 years)
is investing into “one unbiased driver”, taking no favors, foot print, necessary for machine installation and Previous Sapphire Finishing Mills
no sides, setting the direction of all of your horses. This movement corridors, we still can play with ceiling Previous Rupafab
One un-biased driving force is project management height. Reducing the ceiling height will give Previous Nishat Dyeing & Finishing
which can save millions of dollars monthly with synergy following advantages.