Productivity improvement factors in garment industry

What is Productivity?

Productivity is the relationship between output and input. The output in garment factories can be pieces of garments. In other words the more output from operators per day.

Productivity can be calculated as:       

Productivity  =   Output / Input 

To improve the productivity every department should work properly 

1. Merchandising Department.

2. Sample Department.

3. CAD Department.

4. Store Department.

5. Planning Department

6. IE Department

7. Production Department

8. Quality Department

9. Mechanical Department.

10. Electrical Department.

11. HR/Admin Department.

High productivity brings high margins to a business. Increasing the level of productivity reduces the cost of manufacturing garments. The productivity of the machines as well as the productivity of the labor increases when more pieces are made by the resources available in a factory

Here I have considered few factors to increase the Productivity:

1. Improve the planning of work.

2. Conduct the pre-production meeting effectively.

3. Improve the proper supply chain.

4. Effective communication.

5. Efficient stuff and worker selection.

6. Investing in better technology.

7. Install better equipment.

8. Reducing the Continuous feeding on sewing line.

9. Prepared the best possible line layout.

10. Use proper pressure foot and folders, attachments, guides, needle.

11. Use of Auto Trimmer Sewing Machine (UBT).

12. Selection of the right RPM of Machine.

13. Right Operator Selection for the process.

14. Reduce line setting time as a single digit.

15. Conduct Capacity study and improve the faulty method.

16. Reducing the bottle neck process.

17. Improve line balance.

18. Control the line wip.

19. Reduce the DHU%.

20. Hourly production monitoring

21. Feed error cutting line.

22. Improve morale.

23. Training for Line Supervisors.

24. Training for Quality Supervisors.

25. Training for Maintenance.

26. Training for Sewing Operators.

27. Training for quality inspectors.

28. Training for Store Officers.

29. Stuff and Operator Motivation:

30. Set the Individual operator target.

31. Eliminate non productive time and off-standard time.

32. Real Time Data Tracking System.

33. Inline quality inspection at regular intervals.

34. Improving attendance level.

35. Reducing labor turnover.

36. Incentive plans for employees.

37. Measuring performance for all departments.

38. Rewarding for success.

What is Operator's Performance Rating?

100% performance concept is an important component of time study and performance measurement. General performance is the rate of output that qualified workers will achieve on workday shifts without extra effort if they know and adhere to a particular method. These performance values ​​are marked as 100% on the rating and performance scale.

A slow performance rate, which will produce fewer pieces per hour, is recorded as a percentage below 100%. A fast performance rate that produces more pieces per hour is recorded as more than 100%. 100% performance or general operator features Has fluent speed without hesitation No false start or duplication Consistent, integrated, effective rhythm No unnecessary action or motion or work

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