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Risks of Higher Productivity in Garment Industry

Risks of Higher Productivity in Garment Industry What is LEAN? LEAN is perhaps the most radical way of improving productivity. LEAN focuses on continuously improving  the way a factory works, to make it ever more efficient.  Under LEAN, workers may be organised into ‘cells’. These are groups of workers trained in  several skills who can make a whole product. Cells have production targets for the whole group rather than for individuals.  Workers in sleeping This is different from the product being made on an assembly line, where workers with different skills each do a particular task.  LEAN is intended to change the culture of a factory as well as the physical way that the factory and workstations are organised. The  garment industry  should focus and develop good working conditions to reduce the injuries created to their workers since there is ample room for ergonomic improvements in the clothing industry.  Who wants Higher Productivity?  If you are experiencing

Product Life Cycle | Stages and Limitations of Product Life Cycle (PLC)

Product Life Cycle | Stages and Limitations of Product Life Cycle (PLC) Product Life Cycle Product life cycle is a business analysis that attempts to identify a set of common stages in the life of commercial products. In other words the 'Product Life cycle' PLC is used to map the lifespan of the product such as the stages through which a product goes during its life span. Graph of Product Life Cycle Product life cycle is the course of a product’s sales and profits over time.  Product life cycle (PLC) deals with the life of a product in the market with respect to business or commercial costs and sales measures.  The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline.  A company’s positioning and differentiation strategy must change as the product, market, and competitors change over the product life cycle(PLC)  When we say that a product has a life cycle we assert four things:  Products have a limited

Primary/Basic Elements of Lean Manufacturing Process

Primary/Basic Elements of Lean Manufacturing Process Lean Manufacturing:  Lean Manufacturing, or Lean Production, refers to a business concept wherein the goal is to minimize the amount of time and resources used in the manufacturing processes and other activities of an enterprise, with emphasis on eliminating all forms of wastage. It is basically the fusion of various management philosophies designed to make operations as efficient as possible. Business philosophies invoked by lean manufacturing include Just-in-Time (JIT) Manufacturing,  Kaizen ,  Total Quality Management (TQM) , Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Cellular Manufacturing, and the like. The roots of lean manufacturing can be traced to Japan, or more specifically, Toyota. Lean Manufacturing Process Description of the Five Primary Elements of Lean Manufacturing: The Five Primary Elements for lean manufacturing are M anufacturing Flow, Organization, Process Control, Metrics, and Logistics .