Abstract

It is proven that by the application of Lean techniques in manufacturing, business can be profited by improvement in the level of productivity and cutting down the processes that is responsible for wastages. In Bangladesh, Apparel industries face a lot of challenges and the most difficult of them is to meet the shipment date. To ensure the products have been manufactured and assembled in due time, manufacturers emphasize on choosing the best method of production process. With the help of Kaizen and 5’s, it is possible to identify non value added processes and eliminate them from the production process. In this paper, we have taken the production data of a knitted jacket and considered the SMV data in two phases, one with the traditional line and the other one is with the implementation of Lean technique to see the differences of SMV data in different stages of production.

Keywords

SMV, Lean, Kaizen, 5’S, Line target, Line efficiency