Line Balancing for Improving Apparel Production by Operator Skill Matrix

Md. Mazharul Islam; Md. Tanjim Hossain; Mohammad Abdul Jalil; Elias Khalil

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Line Balancing for Improving Apparel Production by Operator Skill Matrix

Md. Mazharul Islam, Md. Tanjim Hossain, Mohammad Abdul Jalil, Elias Khalil

Published in International Journal of Science, Technology and Society (Volume 3, Issue 4)

Received: 9 May 2015 Accepted: 20 May 2015 Published: 2 June 2015

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In this modern world, fashion & styles are changing frequently. The emergence of fast changes in fashion has given rise to shorten production cycle time in the garment industry. To meet the dynamic customer demands of momentous quantities in shorten lead time, assembly line production systems are used, where the garment components are assembled into a finished garment through a sub-assembly process. So in the era of product customization, the optimal usage of resources especially the available facilities & operators who are adding the value of product is important. Therefore the assembly line has to be planned in much more flexible way. This paper deals with the maximum utilization of manpower in labor intensive assembly lines. The objective is to accurately delegate workers to the various operations required to complete the product based on their skill & experience so as to achieve the highest level of productivity and delivery as per planned target. The experimental result showed meaningful improvement in productivity as compared to the existing system.

Published in	International Journal of Science, Technology and Society (Volume 3, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijsts.20150304.11
Page(s)	101-106
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Line Balancing, Skill Matrix, Assembly Line, Apparel Production

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Md. Mazharul Islam, Md. Tanjim Hossain, Mohammad Abdul Jalil, Elias Khalil. (2015). Line Balancing for Improving Apparel Production by Operator Skill Matrix. International Journal of Science, Technology and Society, 3(4), 101-106. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijsts.20150304.11

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Md. Mazharul Islam; Md. Tanjim Hossain; Mohammad Abdul Jalil; Elias Khalil. Line Balancing for Improving Apparel Production by Operator Skill Matrix. Int. J. Sci. Technol. Soc. 2015, 3(4), 101-106. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsts.20150304.11

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Md. Mazharul Islam, Md. Tanjim Hossain, Mohammad Abdul Jalil, Elias Khalil. Line Balancing for Improving Apparel Production by Operator Skill Matrix. Int J Sci Technol Soc. 2015;3(4):101-106. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsts.20150304.11

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Md. Mazharul Islam

Department of Textile Engineering, Northern University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Md. Tanjim Hossain

Department of Textile Engineering, Northern University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mohammad Abdul Jalil

Department of Textile Engineering, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh
Elias Khalil

Department of Textile Engineering, World University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Md. Mazharul Islam, Md. Tanjim Hossain, Mohammad Abdul Jalil, Elias Khalil. (2015). Line Balancing for Improving Apparel Production by Operator Skill Matrix. International Journal of Science, Technology and Society, 3(4), 101-106. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijsts.20150304.11

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Md. Mazharul Islam; Md. Tanjim Hossain; Mohammad Abdul Jalil; Elias Khalil. Line Balancing for Improving Apparel Production by Operator Skill Matrix. Int. J. Sci. Technol. Soc. 2015, 3(4), 101-106. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsts.20150304.11

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Md. Mazharul Islam, Md. Tanjim Hossain, Mohammad Abdul Jalil, Elias Khalil. Line Balancing for Improving Apparel Production by Operator Skill Matrix. Int J Sci Technol Soc. 2015;3(4):101-106. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsts.20150304.11

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