Rationalization of Sewing Line and Workstation Layout Plan for Production of the Kimono Bathrobe

Sevim Yılmaz, Cumhur Cakman

Work study, Balancing of sewing line , Workstation layout plan, Bathrobe

The apparel industry is one of the avant-garde sectors of Turkey and very important for the country’s economy. In this study, work study was performed and the results were used for the balancing of sewing assembly line and for the optimization of workstation layout plan in the production of kimono bathrobe model in a factory in Denizli province of Turkey. According to done rationalization the efficiency of the balancing has been increased by 7,15% to 96,53%. For the kimono order which was planned for 26 days of production, the number of workers required in the sewing line has been reduced by 2 persons and since the hourly rate is accepted 0.9 $ / hour, so as a total 442 $ was saved from the labor costs.

https://dx.doi.org/10.31873/IJEAS.7.12.11