Study and Implementation of Lean Manufacturing in a Garment Manufacturing Company: Bangladesh Perspective

Lean manufacturing is a systematic approach to identifying and eliminating wastes (non-value added activities) through continuous improvement by conveying the product at the pull of the customer in pursuit of production. In a more basic term, more value with less work. Since lean manufacturing elimi...

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Main Authors: Ripon Kumar Chakrabortty, Sanjoy Kumar Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Optimization in Industrial Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.qjie.ir/article_62_3fefdadeee2c4c05b10c4a94e0d915be.pdf
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description Lean manufacturing is a systematic approach to identifying and eliminating wastes (non-value added activities) through continuous improvement by conveying the product at the pull of the customer in pursuit of production. In a more basic term, more value with less work. Since lean manufacturing eliminates many of the problems associated with poor production scheduling and line balancing, lean manufacturing is particularly appropriate for companies that do not have ERP systems in place or do not have strong material requirements planning (MRP), production scheduling, or production allocation systems in place. This is particularly significant in Bangladesh, where many private Bangladeshi garment manufacturing companies are operating significantly below their potential capacity, or experiencing a high level of late-deliveries, due to problems with their current production scheduling and production management systems. Considering all those facts this paper provides a roadmap as well as a framework to those manufacturing companies who are really operating significantly below their potential capacity. In this work, the existing layouts were studied and then layouts are proposed to enhance the production system and value stream mapping (VSM) is used as a basic lean manufacturing tool and some cellular manufacturing philosophies to find out the improved level of performance and productivity particularly in the garments section of Bangladesh. At the final stage, research work is reinforced by using a simulation software ARENA to judge the sustainability of proposal.
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spelling doaj.art-21d1fa45a9e74cdfad08ffe7eaf73dac2022-12-22T01:50:50ZengIslamic Azad University, Qazvin BranchJournal of Optimization in Industrial Engineering2251-99042423-39352011-01-01Volume 4Issue 7112262Study and Implementation of Lean Manufacturing in a Garment Manufacturing Company: Bangladesh PerspectiveRipon Kumar Chakrabortty0Sanjoy Kumar Paul1Assistant Professor, Department of IPE, RUET, Rajshahi-6204, BangladeshAssistant Professor, Department of IPE, BUET, Dhaka-1000, BangladeshLean manufacturing is a systematic approach to identifying and eliminating wastes (non-value added activities) through continuous improvement by conveying the product at the pull of the customer in pursuit of production. In a more basic term, more value with less work. Since lean manufacturing eliminates many of the problems associated with poor production scheduling and line balancing, lean manufacturing is particularly appropriate for companies that do not have ERP systems in place or do not have strong material requirements planning (MRP), production scheduling, or production allocation systems in place. This is particularly significant in Bangladesh, where many private Bangladeshi garment manufacturing companies are operating significantly below their potential capacity, or experiencing a high level of late-deliveries, due to problems with their current production scheduling and production management systems. Considering all those facts this paper provides a roadmap as well as a framework to those manufacturing companies who are really operating significantly below their potential capacity. In this work, the existing layouts were studied and then layouts are proposed to enhance the production system and value stream mapping (VSM) is used as a basic lean manufacturing tool and some cellular manufacturing philosophies to find out the improved level of performance and productivity particularly in the garments section of Bangladesh. At the final stage, research work is reinforced by using a simulation software ARENA to judge the sustainability of proposal.http://www.qjie.ir/article_62_3fefdadeee2c4c05b10c4a94e0d915be.pdfLean manufacturingCellular manufacturingValue Stream MappingProductivity
spellingShingle Ripon Kumar Chakrabortty
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Study and Implementation of Lean Manufacturing in a Garment Manufacturing Company: Bangladesh Perspective
Journal of Optimization in Industrial Engineering
Lean manufacturing
Cellular manufacturing
Value Stream Mapping
Productivity
title Study and Implementation of Lean Manufacturing in a Garment Manufacturing Company: Bangladesh Perspective
title_full Study and Implementation of Lean Manufacturing in a Garment Manufacturing Company: Bangladesh Perspective
title_fullStr Study and Implementation of Lean Manufacturing in a Garment Manufacturing Company: Bangladesh Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Study and Implementation of Lean Manufacturing in a Garment Manufacturing Company: Bangladesh Perspective
title_short Study and Implementation of Lean Manufacturing in a Garment Manufacturing Company: Bangladesh Perspective
title_sort study and implementation of lean manufacturing in a garment manufacturing company bangladesh perspective
topic Lean manufacturing
Cellular manufacturing
Value Stream Mapping
Productivity
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