The manufacturing face of textile industry in the developed countries has
changed over the years. With Set ups for economies of scale, high production
rates, domestic manufacturing stagnant and decreasing, number of SKU increasing,
lower batch sizes and Faster rate of new style introductions, it has
become very difficult for the manufacturers to compete with low cost producers.
The manufacturers can only compete if they are productive and keep
improving their productivity to reduce costs. Analysis showed that while
showing higher productivity, the system of measurement is flawed. Some of
the...