Applications of Industrial Engineering

Applications of Industrial Engineering

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 Applications of Industrial Engineering

The roles and responsibilities of the industrial engineering department are not just limited to timing operators and making operation bulletins as it is only a part of the job. The I.E function can contribute significantly to improvement in working and productivity of almost all the departments of apparel manufacturing. Let us discuss few of the activities of various  sections  of  apparel  manufacturing  which  can  be  associated  with  industrial engineering:

Merchandising

In merchandising section the Industrial engineer can work closely in following:

a) Product Analysis-

•      Determine the optimum method of construction to achieve required finished product efficiently.

•      Establish the operation sequence (Operation bulletin).

•      Specify the equipment type and work aids to be used

Operation Bulletin is an important tool used for product analysis. Operation bulletin is a documented form of sequence of operations in a product. It contains all the information about the machine required and the total no. of operations, total no. of operator required.

Operation bulletin contains the standard times for each operation. Operation bulletin also contains some other parameters as follows:

Ø  Output (pieces perday)

Ø  Target efficiency

Ø  Minutes per day

Ø  Total standard time

Ø  Total no of work places

In simple way we can say that operation bulletin is a record of

•     Equipment type

•     Machine attachments

•     Workplace engineering aids

•     Standard time for each operation

It can be extended to include

•     Hourly/ period targets for each operation

•     Manpower Requirements

•     Equipment Requirements

It should cover all operations that can be directly related to single unit of a product e.g.

•     Spread and cut

•     Sew including manual operations

•     Finish and pack

The operation bulletin is a fundamental planning tool used for many functions such as

•     Capacity planning

•     Methods engineering

•     Line planning

•     Performance measurement

•     Manpower planning

•     Investment appraisal

•     Incentive payment

•     Factory loading

The operation Bulletin should be developed at the earlier stage of product development.

b) Costing-

•     The first stage is to calculate the SMV of the garment

•     To calculate the production cost for that particular garment by multiplying the total SMV of the garment with the average cost incurred by the factory to produce one SMV