In garment production, PCD stands for Planned Cut Date. The date at which the bulk fabric cutting is planned to start.
Merchants or Planning department prepare the time and action calendar for each orders they received from buyer. They need to share some information with buyers like starting dates of key processes. Cut planned date is one such key date in the Time and Action calendar that need to share with the buyer.Even internal departments should be informed in advance about PCD of the specific orders.
Based on PCD, factories plan their activities related to other orders and plan material sourcing for each orders.
Based on PCD, factories plan their activities related to other orders and plan material sourcing for each orders.
The object is to meet buyer's shipping date. Once PCD is planed other tasks of pre-production and post production are planned accordingly.