TY - JOUR AB - Reports the results of a study undertaken to determine the technical and economic feasibility of improving the state‐of‐the‐art in marker making systems for the apparel industry. The study concentrates on three primary areas: an assessment of the current state of the art in marker making software; an extensive literature search; analysis of the cutting stock problem and its application to the marker making problem; and other approaches to solving the marker making problem. Explores the economic viability of increasing marker making automation. Conclusions and recommendations are presented. VL - 3 IS - 4 SN - 0955-6222 DO - 10.1108/eb002979 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb002979 AU - Jacobs‐Blecha Charlotte AU - Riall William PY - 1991 Y1 - 1991/01/01 TI - THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPROVING THE MARKER MAKING PROCESS T2 - International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 13 EP - 24 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -