KAIZEN™ in Apparel Manufacturing

Apparel manufacturing industries require smooth functioning to make timely deliveries. Failing to do so, results in an increase in the cost of production, which no apparel company can afford. Applying KAIZEN™ helps to streamline the process of production, by eliminating or reducing possible wastages.

The methodology focuses on the improvement of production flow, in addition, it also improves the layout of operations, employee task completion efficiency, and overall morale of the organization by implementing culture-building techniques to measure performances and take active steps to improve them.

According to Taiichi Ohno, father of the Toyota production system, "All we are doing is looking at the timeline, from the moment the customer gives us an order to the point when we collect the cash. And we are reducing the timeline by reducing the non-value adding wastes ."

The major purposes of Implementing KAIZEN™ is to increase productivity, improve product quality, improve production flow, reduce inventory, reduce lead time and eliminate waste