What is Industrial Engineering

What is Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineering (IE) in Apparel Industry

The idea of industrial engineering is to plan, design, install, and adapt to an integrated system of men, machine and materials for the purpose of maximizing operational efficiency. It is not only concerned with the development of an integrated system but also continuous improvement of that system. In this article, I will share the importance and dimension of industrial engineering in apparel industry.

Industrial Engineering (IE) in Apparel Industry
Every garment factory around the world has a department that is well known as the industrial engineering department, which is the IE department.
The Main Objective of Industrial Engineering (IE)
1. Increase Productivity
2. Reduce Wastage
3. Ensure Best Use of Scarce Resources
Increase Productivity
Like any other industry, the garments industry always working to increase the productivity of garments workers. The main factor of increasing productivity is to generate more output with the use of minimum input. In the case of garments manufacturing the increase of productivity means the production of more garments with minimum human resources.

Reduce Wastage
Garments wastage can generate in different processes. It can generate at the time of cutting, sewing, and finishing. A standard should follow so that the reduction of wastage can be ensured. It is an industrial engineer’s responsibility to minimize the wastage in every operation of garments.

Ensure Best Use of Rare Resources
To ensure uninterrupted production it is necessary to supply each and every raw material in the right place at the right time for the right quantity. The industrial engineer takes an effective production plan so that the optimal use of rare resources can be ensured.

The Dimension of Industrial Engineering (IE)in Apparel Industry
1. Method Study
2. Work Measurement
Method Study in Apparel Industry
In this type of study, the IE department takes an operation/process and identify all the important factors or variables and then apply different methods to do the same job. By doing this they collect information and record it for all the important factors and their changes. After that, the most effective method is adapted. Continuous monitoring of the chosen method is done so that any required changes can be done with the existing process or operation. The method study is applicable to all the existing and proposed methods.
Work Measurement in Apparel Industry
Work measurement is the application of the techniques which is designed to establish the time for a qualified worker to carry out a specific job at a distinct level of performance. Time study is one of the popular tools of work measurement.

Time Study in Apparel Industry
The time study is a work measurement technique for recording the time of performing an individual for a set of conditions. After the recording process, the data is to be analyzed so that the standard performance rate can be identified. Based on the standard performance rate the target production rate is to be set. That’s why a time study is an effective tool for industrial engineering (IE). In this time study method, the IE department works for calculating the Standard Minute Value (SMV) for each and every product which is to be manufactured in the garment factory. Here SMV means the total time required to produce a garment by the worker in his workplace. SMV is shown as a minute for each garment.

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