Assembly Line Balancing in the Clothing Industry Allowing for Varying Skills of Operatives

Betts, Judith; Mahmoud, K.I.

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“…However, in a real situation of labor-intensive production process, the task time is uncertain as it depends on other factors including the skill of workers, the work environment, fatigue, etc. As a result, the task time is often varied in labor-intensive manufacturing processes (Betts and Mahmoud, 1992; Ongkunaruk and Wongsatit, 2014). Therefore, the actual time for completion of each task varies between different operatives and such variations also exist in the same task repeatedly performed by the same operative.…”

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“…Time variation between each task is significant for assembly line balancing (Hui and Ng, 1999). Line balancing is a useful tool for assembly-based industries such as apparel industry and automotive industry (Betts and Mahmoud, 1992; Chan et al , 1998; Hui and Ng, 1999). Currently, there are only a limited number of papers that have studied the application of line balancing in printing industry.…”

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Combining lean tools application in kaizen: a field study on the printing industry

Chan

Tay

2018

IJPPM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the lessons learned from two kaizen events for productivity improvement in a printing company. The paper suggests how to organize lean tools to improve productivity through the use of organized kaizen events in the printing industry to meet defined targets. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on a field study involving participant observations. The relationships among the three specific tools, line balancing, standardized work and standardized layout that are used in a kaizen event of a printing factory, are examined. Findings Application of a mix of lean tools resulted in significant productivity improvements of 10-30 percent in the assembly area of the printing company. Based on the outcomes of the lean tools that are applied in various work areas, the best combinations of lean tools are identified and several key considerations are discussed. Practical implications This paper shows that a combined set of lean tools such as line balancing, standardized work and standardized layout can be applied to improve productivity in the printing operations, which is identifiable with a mix of processes that are both labor intensive and equipment flexible. Originality/value The paper fills the literature gap on the use of specific lean tools: line balancing, standardized work and standardized layout in the printing industry. The findings from this research can be applied to other assembly systems that are similar to the printing industry.

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Combining lean tools application in kaizen: a field study on the printing industry

Chan

Tay

2018

IJPPM

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A study of the effect of time variations for assembly line balancing in the clothing industry

Hui

1999

International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.Abstract The problem of assembly line balancing is to assign different tasks to individual workstations for ensuring the sum of task times at any station not exceeding the station time. Standard minute time is generally used in the clothing industry as a predictor of sewing speed and production efficiency. In the clothing industry, the standard minute time derived from the work study methods is generally assumed as a constant for line balancing. However, a lot of factors cause variations on operational time of the same task such as the fabrics and sub-materials, performance of the machinery, working environment and quality level of the product. With the aid of an illustrating example selected from a men's shirt manufacturing factory, the effect of time variations for assembly line balancing has been studied in this paper.The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at

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Assembly Line Balancing in the Clothing Industry Allowing for Varying Skills of Operatives

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Combining lean tools application in kaizen: a field study on the printing industry

Combining lean tools application in kaizen: a field study on the printing industry

A study of the effect of time variations for assembly line balancing in the clothing industry

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