Simulated workplaceCAQA Loom and Last is a fictional business created by CAQA for training and assessment. It is not a real company and no person, client or record here is real.About this simulation
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Simulated workplace
Department

Production

Production covers the cutting room, sewing floor, pressing and finishing at Brunswick. It plans daily output against work orders, lays up and cuts fabric, sews and finishes garments, and keeps machines, needles and pressing equipment safe and set up correctly for each style.

Production Manager24 staff
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Responsibilities

What the team is accountable for

  • Plan and sequence work orders to meet delivery dates
  • Lay up, mark and cut fabric to the approved marker
  • Sew, press and finish garments to the tech pack
  • Control needles, blades and sharps on the floor
  • Record output, downtime and rework against each work order
Performance measures

How we know it is working

91%
Work orders delivered on time
96.2%
First pass yield
100%
Broken needle events fully reconciled
People

Who works here

DF

Dario Fontana

Production Manager

Dario manages the cutting room and sewing floor, joined seven years ago as a cutter, and plans daily output against the work order board.

JP

Jae Park

Cutter

Jae lays up and cuts on the straight knife and band knife, has worked in the cutting room for three years, and trains new cutting room staff.

AY

Amina Yusuf

Machinist

Amina sews plain, overlock and coverstitch operations on the uniform line, has been on the floor for eight years, and is the floor needle controller.