Improving Productivity in Apparel Industry: A Case Study

Authors

  • Lakshmi Sudha Department of Management, Padala Ramareddy College of Commerce and Management, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  • K. V.L. Soma Sekhar Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh,
  • K. Lakshma Reddy Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh,

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37591/joprm.v9i1.2616

Keywords:

Productivity, Apparel Industry, Workforce, Training

Abstract

Three basic necessities of mankind are food, shelter and apparel. With civilization apparel plays a key role in human life and with globalization Indian apparel industry has to face competition from manufacturers of the globe, i.e., countries like China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Hong Kong. etc. In apparel manufacturing, more workforce needs to be deployed. With a greater number of players in market and with changing customer preferences on cost and fashion it is difficult for the manufacturers to earn profit. Hence it has become necessity for the Industry to improve productivity, quality to retain market position. The current paper explains the reasons for loss in productivity, methods to recover the loss and to improve productivity. A Case study also has been presented to validate the proposal.

References

Lakshmi Sudha, K.V.L. Soma Sekhar, K. Lakshma Reddy. Improving Productivity in Apparel Industry: A Case Study. Journal of Production Research & Management. 2019; 9(1): 17–20p.

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Published

2019-05-31

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2019)

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