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Efficiency and productivity improvement strategy of a selected garments factory in Bangladesh

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
  • 2Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
  • 3Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
  • 4Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
  • 5Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
  • 6Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Res. J. Engineering Sci., Volume 10, Issue (3), Pages 27-35, September,26 (2021)

Abstract

At present, RMG export from Bangladesh is 81.23% of the total export. According to BGMEA, there are 4482 garments factories in Bangladesh in the year 2016-17 and they employ about 4 million workers. This paper aims to find out the relation between incentives schemes that creates employee motivation and productivity of organizations. The workers in RMG sectors are not satisfied with their salary. On the other hand, management wants high production in low cost and shortest time possible. Management in RMG sectors directly and indirectly forces workers to do overtime duty which sometimes breaks the labor law to achieve the high production quota. A sound wage incentive plan beneficial for both producer and workers were suggested in this study. In this paper, lean tools were used to improve productivity and efficiency in sewing section of a selected garments factory. The main wastes that decreases production rate in the sewing section were identified. Profit margin can be maximized by reducing these wastes. The cost of goods sold before and after applying the lean tools and wage incentive were calculated. The calculation indicated that the application of lean tools and wage incentives reduced cost of goods sold rather than 4 hours production of a garment factory. The application of lean philosophy and a sound wage incentive plan creates a better achievement of high efficiency and productivity of worker.

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