A positive sign for the Indian Garment Industry is that garment manufacturing companies are adopting a lean culture within their organizations. The lean journey in the Indian garment manufacturing sector has been started five years ago. Some companies have already done Lean implementation phase, a Few companies are in the implementation phase, where others are preparing their mind to go for lean implementation.
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A list of companies that have implemented lean tools in their production facilities has been listed below.
Bigger manufacturers hired Lean consultants and started their lean implementation individually. To name a few
Small-sized apparel manufacturers started this journey as a group. National Productivity Council (NPC), a Government body, funded for lean implementation in ready-made garment (RMG) industry in Indian apparel clusters.
In 2010, NPC hired domestic consultants to implement lean practices in ready-made garment clusters, aiming to improve awareness of lean principles. Under each cluster, 10-12 companies benefited from the lean implementation. To name a few clusters
- Madura Clothing, Bangalore, (case study of improvement through lean implementation of Madura Clothing can be found in Stitch World Magazine)
- Silver Spark Apparels, Bangalore
- Pratibha Syntex, Indore
- Paragon Apparels, Greater Noida
Small-sized apparel manufacturers started this journey as a group. National Productivity Council (NPC), a Government body, funded for lean implementation in ready-made garment (RMG) industry in Indian apparel clusters.
In 2010, NPC hired domestic consultants to implement lean practices in ready-made garment clusters, aiming to improve awareness of lean principles. Under each cluster, 10-12 companies benefited from the lean implementation. To name a few clusters
- Jaipur cluster,
- Ludhiana cluster,
- Noida cluster,
- Kolkata cluster
- Radnik Exports, Gurgaon
- Orient Clothing, Gurgaon
- Orient Fashions, Gurgaon
- Neetee Clothing, Gurgaon
- Pee Empro Exports, Faridabad
- Akriti Apparels, Faridabad
- Saivana Exports,
- Team Krian, Greater Noida
- Matrix Clothing, Gurgaon
- Genus Apparels, Faridabad
There are many companies out of this list, those have implemented or are implementing Lean tools. If you know any garment manufacturing company that implemented Lean Manufacturing you can refer it to us.
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