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Factors Influencing Productivity in Textile Industry

Factors Influencing Productivity in Textile Industry Productivity: Productivity  refers to the physical relation between the quality produced (output) and the quantity of resource used in the course of production (input)  Productivity (P) = Output (O) / Input (I) Output implies production while input means land, labour, capital, management etc. Productivity measures the efficiency of the production system. Higher productivity means producing more from a given amount of input or producing a given amount with minimum level of inputs. Productivity in Apparel Industry In other words the more the output from one worker or one machine (or a piece of equipment) per day per shift, the higher is the productivity. Higher productivity is not to be taken in sense of higher workloads or faster machines alone but it is always elimination of waste of  all type of labor  (time and skill) machine time, capital, and material management etc.  Productivity = Output per unit of i

Concept of New Product Development

Concept of New Product Development PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT The product idea concept is first developed from market and consumer research but with consideration of the technical aspects of the product. Usually, it is a combination of internal company information searching combined with consumer or, in industrial marketing, customer discussion groups. In industrial product development, it has been shown that selecting the most innovative customers for product concept development reduces the time and improves the product concepts. The product idea concept research leads to a more detailed description of the product ideas and also includes screening of the ideas.  Product Development  is the design and engineering required to make products serviceable, salable, producible and profitable.  The basic concept involved in PD may be of two types:  Creative Technical Creative design focuses on analysis and creativity. Technical design which involves perfecting the style

An Overview of Work Study in Textile Industry

An Overview of Work Study in Textile Industry Introduction  Productivity  has now become an everyday watch word. It is crucial to the welfare of industrial  firm as well as for the economic progress of the country. High productivity refers to doing the  work in a shortest possible time with least expenditure on inputs without sacrificing quality and  with minimum wastage of resources.  Work-study forms the basis for work system design. The purpose of work design is to identify  the most effective means of achieving necessary functions. This work-study aims at improving the  existing and proposed ways of doing work and establishing standard times for work performance.  Work-study  is encompassed by two techniques, i.e., method study and work measurement.  “Method study is the systematic recording and critical examination of existing and  Proposed ways of doing work, as a means of developing and applying easier and more  Effective methods and reducing costs.”  “Work mea