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Tried And Tested
- Authors: David Jerram and Ronnie Hoffman
- Illustrations: Tony Kentuck
- ISBN: 0 646 21166 8
- AU$12.99 for hard copy book
- AU$ 8.00 for e-Book/PDF
- 72 pages plus cover
- The earlier a problem is recognised and corrected, the less it costs in time, money and anxiety.
- Tried And Tested shows how to identify and rectify production problems in the apparel industry. The methods it recommends are effective, low-cost and no-nonsense. Its explanations are phrased in simple, straightforward language.
- The authors are ideally placed to produce such a work. One has spent
twenty years in the apparel industry. The other has spent twenty years as a business journalist.
- Both received great encouragement from the Clothing and Footwear Institute which became a sponsor of the publication. The Australian Cotton Foundation provided real and practical support. The authors' thanks go to these two organisations and to the many TAFE officials and lecturers whose advice were freely given and extremely helpful.
- In a recent edition of the publication RagTrader the author Fraser wrote the following article:
Quiz. What book written about the Australian fashion industry is now in its 12th reprint? The answer is
A Cut Above The Rest
written jointly by Rose Samuels and Ronnie Hoffman. It is one of four books co-written by Ronnie, who wanted to present simple facts about
how garments are made. They have all been taken up by various Australian TAFE colleges, and sell year after year.
A Cut Above The Rest deals with laying up fabric and turning it into cut pieces
ready for sewing while Tried And Tested
deals with quality control, Fancy Stitching with embroidery and
Hanging By A Thread with sewing threads.
Apart from their academic application, Ronnie's books are simply expressed basic information for anybody involved in garment
manufacture. They've also got quite funny cartoons to lighten the message.
- Please click here for Table of Contents.
- Please click here for Order Form.
The Authors:
- David Jerram, now a consultant to the apparel industry, spent his early years as a production manager for a
company producing sewing threads. He then went on to set up and operate the tcf quality control division for the Woolworth
group of companies, becoming the country's leading authority on quality management.
Jerram set the pace for many of Australia's manufacturing standards and was the central figure in creating this country's much-admired
legislation controlling the flammability of children's nightwear.
In addition Jerram has served as chairman of the Australian Standards committee on sizing and schoolwear quality.
He chaired the Australian Retailers Association's technical standards committee. He has worked with both State and Federal bodies,
framing legislation on textile standards, product safety, consumer affairs and accident prevention.
- Ronnie Hoffman worked for two decades as a journalist, writer and broadcaster in Britain, Ireland and France.
He developed a special interest in business affairs.
Moving to Australia in the mid nineteen-eighties, Hoffman was appointed editor of Inside Retailing.
After two years he set up his own company and began to write, edit and publish magazines, newsletters, books and training resources.
One such publication was SewTrade, the journal of the Clothing and Footwear Institute.
From a background which began in radio and television documentaries, moved on to daily newspapers, then to business magazines and books,
Hoffman has published detailed studies of several industries, training manuals, a marketing textbook and a series of
guidebooks for exporters.
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