Industrial Engineering Directory (Apparel Manufacturing)

Industrial engineering subject is an integral part of apparel manufacturing sector. There are many topics to learn to work as an industrial engineer in a garment factory. By learning the IE tool and work study methods of applying IE concepts on the production floor, engineers can enhance the shop floor performance. I have publsihed 250+ articles on IE topics. 

Industrial engineering in garment industry
 
Read all articles posted under the Industrial Engineering label. If you love Industrial Engineering (IE) topics and you want to learn this subject, I encourage you to read the following IE articles.

  1. Calculating Daily Target using SAM Vs Cycle Time
  2. How to Calculate the Rate of Individual Sewing Operations?
  3. How to Change SAM to Dollars in Apparel Production?
  4. Line Balancing using Capacity Study Data and Work Sharing Among Sewing Operators (Question answered)
  5. How to Reduce Style Changeover Time (COT) in Garment Manufacturing
  6. What Happens When You Establish SAM only Seeing the Garment Image
  7. Process of Making Profile and Template for Sewing Operations
  8. Standard Minute Value (SMV): Definition, Calculation and Use
  9. Reduce the Standard Time (SAM) of a Garment Style
  10. What is TMU in Time and Motion Study?
  11. Change Factory Floor Layout and Give it a New Look
  12. Calculating Pieces per Hour from Cycle Time
  13. Calculating Garment Production Cost from SMV and Monthly Salary Data
  14. What is Standing Time in the Garment Manufacturing Process
  15. What is SMV (Standard Minute Value)
  16. First Step for Improving Factory Efficiency
  17. Major Factors Affecting Factory Efficiency
  18. How to Justify the Piece Rate in the Garment Industry?
  19. What is More Important- a Skilled Operator or a Sewing Machine?
  20. Advanced Time Study Tools and Their Applications
  21. Why Indirect Manpower is not Included in the Efficiency Report?
  22. Overall Efficiency Vs On-Standard Efficiency
  23. Review Last Year's Performance Using These 5 Trend Charts
  24. How to Estimate Garment Production?
  25. Who Should Count Operator's Production?
  26. Top 5 Activities an IE Does in a Garment Factory
  27. The Cost of Single Blink: Importance of Counting Fraction of a Second in Work-Study
  28. Labour Minute Calculating Tool by Fair Wear Foundation
  29. Why Measure WIP in a Garment Factory?
  30. Measure SMV Improvement Percentage
  31. How to Calculate Overall Line Efficiency?
  32. Production per Machine for a Formal Trouser & Formal Shirt
  33. How to Calculate the Standard Minute Rate (SMR) in Garment Factories?
  34. How to Encourage Workers in a Garment Factory?
  35. Reporting and Data Analysis of Overtime Work in Garment Manufacturing
  36. Difference between SAM Productivity and Production Productivity
  37. Therbligs and 18 Motions Name with Symbols
  38. How to Make a WIP Report in Garment Production?
  39. How to Get Maximum Efficiency in Shorter Run Orders?
  40. Should I Include Helpers in Line Efficiency Calculation?
  41. Smaller Production Lines in the Apparel Manufacturing Industry and Its Benefits
  42. Recording Operator's Work Start / Stop Time and Its Importance
  43. What is Line Layout in the Garment Industry?
  44. What is the Learning Curve in Apparel Manufacturing?
  45. Operator Training and Deployment in the Apparel Industry - A Systemic View
  46. How to Do Sequencing of Stitching Operations in a Garment
  47. What do the Best Apparel Manufacturing Companies Do Differently?
  48. Why Your Line Efficiency is Low - Identify the Reasons
  49. Daily Production Report Excel Template (Free Download)
  50. How to Calculate Operator Number in the Operation Bulletin
  51. Productivity Improvement Strategies in the Apparel Manufacturing
  52. Earned Hours Calculation Method
  53. Efficiency Formula: Calculate Operator Efficiency and Line Efficiency
  54. What is the meaning of SMV in Work Study?
  55. How to Calculate Hourly Production Target
  56. What is Operation Breakdown
  57. 10 Formulas for Production Calculation in the Apparel Industry
  58. Production Line Efficiency Report Format and Formula (Download Template)
  59. Why Measure Non-Productive Time?
  60. How to Calculate Needle Down Time in Garment Shop Floor
  61. Difference between Productivity and Efficiency
  62. How to Calculate Machine Productivity
  63. Different Kind of Material Handling Systems Used in the Garment Industry
  64. Benchmark Efficiency in the Apparel Industry
  65. How to Develop Skill Matrix? (with Excel Template)
  66. How to Calculate CM Produced by a Line in Dollar?
  67. Why Measure Stitching Line Efficiency?
  68. IE's Role and Responsibility in Various Positions
  69. An Unconventional Line Layout for Garment Production 
  70. Difference between Bobbin, Looper and Needle Elastic Threads 
  71. What is Bobbin Elastic Thread in Garment Stitching 
  72. How much Computer Knowledge is required for an Industrial Engineering Candidate in Garment Production? 
  73. Operation Breakdown and Machines Types Used for Making a Cargo Pant 
  74. 9 Things an Industrial Engineer Can do to Control Shop Floor Production in Garment Industry 
  75. Sewing Thread Consumption Calculation Template (Download Excel Template) 
  76. 3 Resources for Sewing Machine Folders and Attachments (Product Catalog and Book) 
  77. SewEasy – A Software that Establishes Garment Standard Minute 
  78. Different Types of Sewing Line Layout (with Pictures) 
  79. Digital Displays for Production Status - the Improved Way of Communicating Floor Performance
  80. What is Bundle Allowance?
  81. How to Produce Accurate Standard Time?
  82. Secret Formula for Making Operation Bulletin for Beginners
  83. What are the Reports Made by IE Department in Garment Factories?
  84. Duties and Responsibilities of the Industrial Engineering Department
  85. A Typical Day of an Industrial Engineer (Manager) in a Garment Export House
  86. How to Use Performance Rating Calculating Basic Time?
  87. What is Balancing Loss in Garment Production?
  88. Why Develop a Database for Learning Curve? (When You would not be Getting Repeat Order)
  89. Benefits of Single-Piece Flow Production System
  90. Involvement of Industrial Engineers in the Cutting Department of a Sewing Factory
  91. How will You (Industrial Engineers) Improve the Efficiency of a Sewing Line? 
  92. Application of IE Concepts in Finishing Section in Garment Factories
  93. Overtime Work in Garment Industry – Does it Cost Effective for Factories?
  94. Difference Between Basic Time and Standard Time
  95. Determining Garment Piece Rate Based on Standard Time - An Introduction
  96. Workstation Design for Trouser Side Seam with Zippy Edge Guide
  97. What is Standard Hour in Garment Manufacturing?
  98. Tools and Equipment Used by Industrial Engineers in the Garment Industry
  99. How to Calculate Production Target and Worker’s Bonus on Initial Days of Production Start?
  100. How I Learned Industrial Engineering (and How You Can Too)?
  101. How to Calculate the Cost of Manufacturing Apparel Products
  102. Comparison of Cost and Production Between a Traditional Bundle System and a Unit Production System Installed
  103. Industrial Engineering Procedure
  104. Thread Consumption Calculation Process for Garments is Simplified
  105. EBook 'Industrial Engineering Guide to Job Interview Preparation' is Released
  106. What is the Meaning of SAM in the Garment Industry?
  107. My Upcoming eBook: Industrial Engineering - Guide to Job Interview Preparation
  108. What is the Right Career Option: Merchandising or Production (Industrial Engineering)?
  109. Application of Industrial Engineering in the Garment Industry
  110. 12 Useful Formulas for Industrial Engineers (Poster)
  111. 7 Wastes of Lean in Garment Manufacturing
  112. Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) – A Process Management Tool for the Garment Factories
  113. How Industrial Engineers Do Costing of Garments using Line Efficiency?
  114. How to Make a Production Plan Without SAM Value? [Q&A]
  115. KPI Dashboard: An Effective Reporting Tool for Garment Factories
  116. How to Plan Daily Line Output from Garment SAM?
  117. How to Increase Line Efficiency in a Piece Rate Factory?
  118. Method of Calculating Cost per Minute of a Sewing Line
  119. How to Find Labor Cost for Garment Manufacturing Using Work Measurement Data?
  120. 8 Preferred Lean Manufacturing Tools for Garment Industry
  121. How to Prepare Monthly Efficiency Report of a Sewing Line?
  122. Sewing Operator Incentive Schemes and Technology Solutions
  123. Necessary Production Reports for a Garment Factory
  124. How to Measure Line Performance When You Don't Know Product SMV?
  125. What is GSD System?
  126. Ratio of Sewing Machines used in a Shirt Factory
  127. Frequently Asked Questions in Industrial Engineering Job Interviews [Discussion Post]
  128. Sample Operation Breakdown of a Jacket
  129. Selection of Improvement Projects and Project Implementation Method
  130. Sewing Operator Recruiting Test Procedure
  131. How to Calculate Helper Requirement for a Sewing Line
  132. Production Process Flow of a Sportswear Manufacturing Company
  133. What is Line Balancing?
  134. How Lucrative Your Attendance Bonus System is and What is its Impact?
  135. Order Completion Report - An Important MIS Report for Garment Exporters
  136. What is Non-Productive Time (NPT) and How to Track NPT?
  137. Lean Manufacturing in Indian Apparel Industry
  138. 4 Killer Non-Productive Measures in Garment Manufacturing
  139. Case Study: An Incentive Scheme for Sewing Operators
  140. Work Study and Industrial Engineering Terms and Definitions
  141. How to Calculate the Efficiency of a Line that Produces Multiple Styles in a Day?
  142. How to Calculate WIP level in Cutting, Sewing and Finishing Section?
  143. How to Calculate Manpower Requirement of Finishing Section?
  144. How to Calculate no. of Machines, Working Days and Output Based on Order Quantity?
  145. How to Do Skill Upgrading for Machine Operators?
  146. Line Efficiency: A Magical Measure for Garment Manufacturers
  147. Bundle Tickets, Individual Performance Bonus and Grouping of Operations
  148. How to Allocate Sewing Operators for Different Styles?
  149. How Line Supervisors do Hourly Target Follow up?
  150. Difference Between SAM and SMV
  151. Operation Breakdown and Machine Layout for Bra Manufacturing
  152. How to Determine Machines Requirement for a New Factory?
  153. What Should be the Production in Pieces/Machine for a Formal Trouser & Formal Shirt?
  154. Why Do We Need to Measure Man to Machine Ratio in Garment Industry?
  155. How to Calculate Cutting SAM?
  156. How to Calculate Standard Hours Earned, Operator Efficiency and Labour Cost?
  157. 9 Ways to Increase Sewing Operator Efficiency
  158. Operation Breakdown and SMVs of Basic Jeans
  159. Which Attachment to Use for Making Gather and Simultaneously Attach to a Panel?
  160. Efficiency Levels of Major Apparel Manufacturing Clusters in India
  161. Full Form of SAM and SMV in Apparel Industry
  162. Formula for Calculating Sewing Room Capacity
  163. 20 Ways to Improve Productivity in Garment Production
  164. How to Get Training on General Sewing Data (GSD)?
  165. Systematic Training of Sewing Industry Operators – An Introduction
  166. How to Calculate the Production Capacity of a Factory?
  167. Machines used for Denim (Jeans) Manufacturing
  168. What is Pitch Time, Pitch Diagram and how to make a Pitch Diagram?
  169. How to control apparel production cost?
  170. How to reduce line setting time for the assembly line?
  171. What are on-standard efficiency and overall efficiency?
  172. How to calculate the Machine requirement for the garment to be made in an assembly line?
  173. Which payment system is better for sewing operators in garment manufacturing - Piece Rate or Salary based?
  174. Which Machines are needed to make Basic Tee Shirts?
  175. Which Machines are needed to make Basic Polo Shirts?
  176. Standard Minutes (SAM or SMV) for Few Basic Garment Products
  177. Which production system is better - A Conventional line Or A Modular line?
  178. How to calculate operator efficiency at work?
  179. How to calculate the efficiency of a production batch or line?
  180. How to do Method Study for garment operations?
  181. Garment Production Systems
  182. Video: Sewing Machine attachment and Guides
  183. Work aids and equipment for the garment manufacturing industry
  184. Sewing Process Flow Chart for Crewneck T-Shirt
  185. The Concept of Operator's Performance Rating
  186. Use of Takt Time in Apparel Industry
  187. Incentive Systems for Garment Industry
  188. How to do Time Study for garment operations?
  189. How to Estimate Garment Production?
  190. Garment CM cost estimation using SAM or SMV
  191. Case Study: Work Sampling for Sewing Floor
  192. What is Work Sampling?
  193. How to Balance a Traditional Sewing line?
  194. How to Measure Labor Productivity?
  195. Industrial Engineer's Job Profile in the Apparel Industry
  196. How to Calculate Thread Consumption for Garments?
  197. How to Calculate the SAM of a Garment?
  198. What is Productivity?
  199. Comparison between Progressive Bundle System and Unit Production System (UPS)
  200. How to Make an Operation Bulletin for a Garment?
  201. Role of Industrial Engineers in Garment Production Management
  202. Incentive Scheme for Sewing Operators – Part #1
  203. How to determine the number of sewing line needed for an order?
  204. How to Calculate Sewing Machine RPM?
  205. How to Show Line Efficiency when there is no Loading to a Line?
  206. Characteristics of a good workstation layout
  207. What is Man to Machine ratio in the garment industry?
  208. Actual Garment Production Cost – The way factory calculates it
  209. KPIs for Garment Manufacturers
  210. Operations, Seams and Sewing Machines Database for Basic Products now on the Web
  211. Garment Production Cost: Actual Cost Vs Cost Per SAM
  212. How to do Line balancing using Operator Skill History?
  213. What is skill Matrix for Sewing Operator?
  214. Operation Breakdown and SMV of a Trouser
  215. 7 Ways to Reduce WIP from Bottleneck Operations
  216. Secret Behind Calculation of Machine Time in SAM
  217. How to Grade Sewing Operators?
  218. How to Find the Actual RPM of the Machines Running on the Floor?
  219. Operation Breakdown and SAM of the Full Sleeve Formal Men’s Shirt
  220. Can Anybody Hit 100% Efficiency of GSD SAM?
  221. Engineers, Be careful with the data that you are presenting to your boss!
  222. How to Estimate Sewing Time by Machine RPM?


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Updated: 22/12/2020

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