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    Prevaling designing practices of apparel industries of Ludhiana
    (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2014) Jaspreet Kaur; Bains, Sandeep
    The present study titled “prevaling designing practices of apparel industry of Ludhiana” was conducted in Ludhiana city. For data collection 30 apparel industries from Ludhiana district were selected using snow ball technique. Survey was conducted to meet the specific objective of the study. Results of the study revealed that from the total sample (56.60%) of the industries use both manual and CAD (computer aided designing) systems for designing. About (23.30%) of the industries provide the facility of personal computer and (13.30%) of the industries given individual room to every designer. Various reasons for using manual system were lack of skilled labour (42.00%) and cost effectiveness (40.00%). Most of the industries (58.30%) carry out the market survey once in a year. Majority (67.80%) of the industries use Corel draw for designing purpose. Rapid generation of new style (wms 2.98) and fast modification (wms 3.24) were the main reason for using CAD software. The average time taken for garment designing in manual system was 3-4 hour, whereas in CAD system of designing the time taken was 1-2 hour. From the total sample (46.60%) of the industries prefer designing women garment. Most of the industries (48.00%) prefer Vogue and (24.00%) prefer Femina magazines and websites like WGSN (60.00%), Promo style (40.00%) and fiber2fashion (36.00%) as a source of forecasting. Majority (46.60%) of the industries use forecast because of better acceptability of the garment and (26.60%) of the industries use it as it helped to reduce risks. Consumer demand (wms 7.01) and fashion forecast (wms 6.92) are the main factors kept in mind while designing. Season (wms 5.78) and cost (wms 4.21) were the main factors affecting the designing process. The major problems faced by industries are higher cost of softwares (wms 4.14) and non availability of skilled designers (wms 3.45). Nearly (46.60%) of the industries suggested that the new technology should be made available at low price and more training center was reported by (30.00%) of the industries.