A production management system includes a sewing machine and a production management device. The sewing machine records chronological operation data. The production management device communicates with the sewing machine, and acquires and stores the operation data. The sewing machine includes a time acquisition unit that acquires a time at the time of the communication from a clock of the production management device at the time of the communication with the production management device and grants time information based on the time at the time of the communication to the operation data recorded at the time of the communication.

A sewing machine acquires a selected pattern that is selected from among a plurality of embroidery patterns. The sewing machine displays a pattern image representing the selected pattern. The sewing machine identifies a specified position indicated by the instruction. The sewing machine determines, when the selected pattern is acquired a plurality of times, whether one of a plurality of the pattern images is displayed at the identified specified position. When it is determined that the pattern image is displayed at the identified specified position, the sewing machine identifies the selected pattern for which the pattern image is displayed at the specified position as the editing target. When it is not determined that the pattern image is displayed at the identified specified position, the sewing machine identifies the selected pattern for which a mask region encompassing the selected pattern is set at the specified position as the editing target.

Systems and methods for producing printed goods from textile material to address shortcoming of existing approaches for article production. According to the systems and methods described herein, the harvested and woven cotton may be shipped directly to garment decorators who may perform all remaining steps to provide customers with finished goods. As such, the systems and methods herein may eliminate the steps of the blank goods trade and current manufacturing processes.

The present disclosure relates to a method of applying a sublayer in which a layer is applied on the basis of a sewing line as a unit and an apparatus thereof in making 3D clothing by computer simulation. A partial region within a pattern is designated by selecting a sewing line through a user interface, and a sublayer in which a layer is set on the basis of the sewing line is set.