International Science Community Association Research Journal of Engineering Sciences 2278-9472 10 3 2021 09 26 Efficiency and productivity improvement strategy of a selected garments factory in Bangladesh 27 35 EN M.C. Onojake 1 Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, P.M.B 5323, Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria and Centre for Marine Pollution Monitoring and Seafood Safety, University of Port Harcourt, P.M.B 5323, Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria A.E. Odieka 2 Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, P.M.B 5323, Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria G.U. Obuzor 3 Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, P.M.B 5323, Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria T.N. Chikwe 4 Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, P.M.B 5323, Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria Yadav Santosh 1 Electrical and Electronics Department, Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg, India Bhusnur S. 2 Electrical and Electronics Department, Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg, India Sadhak Juli Singh 1 Electrical Engg. Department, BIT Durg, Chhattisgarh, India Bhusnur Surekha 2 EEE Department, BIT Durg, Chhattisgarh, India Dubey S.P. 3 MATS Raipur Chhattisgarh, India Sadhak Amit 4 Electrical Engg., R.C.E.T. Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India . Raman 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute of Engineering and Technology, India . Puneet 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute of Engineering and Technology, India Sharma Naman 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute of Engineering and Technology, India . Prashant 4 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute of Engineering and Technology, India Sharma Pankaj 5 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute of Engineering and Technology, India M.A. Samad 1 Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh M.Z. Alam 2 Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh M.N.H. Sikder 3 Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh M.S. Islam 4 Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh P.P. Chowdhury 5 Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh M.M. Hossain 6 Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh > Research Article 2021 4 23 2021 09 26 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. Copyright@ International Science Community Association