Industrial Engineering

What is SMV in Garment Industry? SMV, or Standard Minute Value, is a measure used in the garment industry to calculate the time it takes to produce a specific garment or garment component. It is used to determine the cost of labor for a particular garment and to compare the efficiency of different production methods. … Read more

Minute cost calculation in sewing lines is a common and most important task for textile engineers / industrial engineers. Because maximum earning depends on it. So industrial engineers have to do it very consciously. The cost per minute of sewing lines in the apparel industry is calculated for sewing operators, helpers, line supervisors, and quality … Read more

Calculate Operator Efficiency: For making a maximum profit in the garments industry every production officer should know operator efficiency. An operator with higher efficiency produces more garments than an operator with lower efficiency in the same time frame. When operators work with higher efficiency, the manufacturing cost of the factory goes down. And the garments … Read more

Line Balancing: Line balancing is leveling the workload across all processes in a cell or value stream to remove bottlenecks and excess capacity. The calculation for Line Balancing is a tool used for the production line to capacitate the flow line of production. A flow line can be divided into elemental tasks. Each of these … Read more

Work study:  Work-study is the systematic examination of the method of carrying activities. It is one of the important tools to improve productivity in the textile and apparel industry. Work study investigates the work done in an organization and aims at finding the best and the most efficient way of utilizing the available resources (man, … Read more