Research Article
Improving Quality, Productivity, and Cost Aspects of a Sewing Line of Apparel Industry Using TQM Approach
Table 6
Production summary and improvement analysis.
| Production summary | Criteria | Before TQM | After TQM | Savings/improvement |
| Actual average output (for 12 days) | 2,111 | 2,117 | 6 | Working minutes per day | 600 | 600 | 0 | Operator required | 68 | 65 | 3 | Helper required | 13 | 11 | 2 | Total manpower required | 81 | 76 | 5 | Total SAM | 12.53 | 12.33 | 0.20 | Line balance efficiency | 88% | 93% | 5% | Output per hour (Pcs) | 320 | 320 | 0 | Total expected output (Pcs) | 3,200 | 3,200 | 0 | Output per M/C per day (Pcs) | 47 | 49 | 2 |
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