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: Received: 21 December 2021 / Approved: 22 December 2021 / Online: 22 December 2021 (12:43:11 CET)
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Gelaw, Y. A. Experimental Study and Improving the Productivity of Assembly line Balancing in Teleja Garment Manufacturing in Ethiopia. Preprints2021, 2021120365. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202112.0365.v1
Gelaw, Y. A. Experimental Study and Improving the Productivity of Assembly line Balancing in Teleja Garment Manufacturing in Ethiopia. Preprints 2021, 2021120365. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202112.0365.v1
Gelaw, Y. A. Experimental Study and Improving the Productivity of Assembly line Balancing in Teleja Garment Manufacturing in Ethiopia. Preprints2021, 2021120365. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202112.0365.v1
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Gelaw, Y. A. (2021). Experimental Study and Improving the Productivity of Assembly line Balancing in Teleja Garment Manufacturing in Ethiopia. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202112.0365.v1
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Gelaw, Y. A. 2021 "Experimental Study and Improving the Productivity of Assembly line Balancing in Teleja Garment Manufacturing in Ethiopia" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202112.0365.v1
Abstract
This study is designed to assess and improve apparel sewing section efficiency and productivity throughout line balancing. Apparel industry is one of the oldest and among the most global industry, being primarily concerned with the design and production of cloth and their supply. The central process in apparel manufacturing is the joining together of components which is known as the sewing process , which is the most labour intensive type of manufacturing process .Proper utilization of resources in garment sewing section is more critical to enhance the performance of the apparel industry by reducing production cost and minimizing wastage. For effective utilization of resources in the sewing section, good line balancing is important to increase productivity and production efficiency. This research was a design to analyse and improve the assembling line in the case of Telaje garment manufacturing and sales plc. The study was first conduct observations in the production floor and start work with the selection of sewing line in the garment production process. Among the nine lines of the factory select one on the production floor and one garment ordered product known as five pocket men’s jeans trousers are selected. For this study, both qualitative and quantitative research approaches were employed. Both primary and secondary data sources are used to detail the collected relevant data to understand the current efficiency scenario of the factory. The main challenges to minimizing line efficiency and productivity with the expected performance measurement are improper utilization of resources and improper implementation of line balancing in sewing section, therefore this thesis work shows that the bottleneck process and consequence solution will be searched, and finally significantly improving the productivity by 418 unit products/ day and, hence the efficiency will increase from 28.83% to 50.04% of the line
Keywords
Assembly line; Line balancing; Bottleneck; Productivity
Subject
Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
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