GSDhq Information

There’s only one industry standard to benchmark time and costs in factories. There’s only one common language for time, cost, capacity and compliance, spoken between brands and their vendor partners and there’s only one solution that allows you to optimise time and cost from the moment the lines start running. The GSD methods analysis and predetermined times solution is widely acknowledged as the de-facto international standard across the sewn products industry. Since 1976 our software products, GSD Quest and GSD Enterprise have been implemented in thousands of manufacturers and brands across the globe. GSD ENTERPRISE Enterprise, when combined with training and GSD Practitioner accreditation, helps Industrial and Production Engineers establish and optimise “International Standard Time” for all apparel and sewn products. At the heart of the methodology is “GSD”, (General Sewing Data) consisting of standard motion codes and times which represent repetitive motion and activities in the workplace. GSD Enterprise helps sewn products manufacturers by: - Delivering productivity improvements by optimising the construction method, improving operational efficiencies and reducing manufacturing time - Mitigating against labour cost increases by allowing informed pre-production decision making and establishing accurate manufacturing time and costs that can be subsequently cost engineered and optimised - Providing construction method standardisation thereby guaranteeing ongoing consistent quality of production - Improving on-time delivery performance by guaranteeing accurate and consistent costing and production planning information together with the associated efficiencies of their factories and production lines - Ensuring fair wage compliance by helping companies set realistic, achievable and measurable production targets based on objective and reliable parameters, whilst at the same time allowing high levels of worker motivation and retention - Maintaining preferred vendor status with their unparalleled combination of productivity improvements, cost optimisation, faster on time delivery and business reliability GSD QUEST – Cost Engineering made easy for Brands and Retailers Quest is used for pre-costing analysis of new styles using standardised feature libraries, operation measurement techniques and quantification to produce an accurate time and labour cost at concept stage. GSD Quest assists retailers and brands by: - Optimising margins by providing ‘design for manufacturing’ capability. - Reducing sampling cost and time using the same standards that will be used in production - Supporting fact based pricing and costing discussions using standardised benchmarks - Supporting a collaborative and transparent costing and sourcing policy - Improving capacity planning and Manufacturing Excellence initiatives though the use of standardised units of measure and optimised methods