Production process at clothing industry and how to improve it
Granström, Tiina (2018)
2018
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This research gives an overall look to the production process in the clothing industry. It
introduces the different parts of the production process from the point of view of an
international buying house. The objective of the study was to learn how the process was at the beginning of the study and how it can be improved.
The cooperative company in this study was Tuli Trading Ltd. It is a Finnish-owned company that works in Bangladesh and Pakistan. The research was implemented at the company’s Bangladeshi office during spring 2018. Bangladesh is the second biggest exporter of clothing in the world and clothing industry covers 80% of the country’s total exports.
The research strategy that was used in this research was an action study. It is a participative method in which the researcher takes part into the daily work in the organization. The data of the study were collected with interviews and observing daily work in the office and other related places like at factories. Data analysis was carried out with Atlas.ti-program.
The production process of Tuli Trading can be divided into three parts: designing and
product development, manufacturing and quality control.
Eight critical points were found in the data. The most critical time in production is the
beginning of the manufacturing. Also, eight different problem types were defined. They are closely related to the critical points.
As a solution to the problems, new work flow was created. In the outline, it follows earlier
procedures, but small changes were made, and areas of responsibilities were clarified. Also meeting practices and report formats were updated and cooperation with factories intensified.
introduces the different parts of the production process from the point of view of an
international buying house. The objective of the study was to learn how the process was at the beginning of the study and how it can be improved.
The cooperative company in this study was Tuli Trading Ltd. It is a Finnish-owned company that works in Bangladesh and Pakistan. The research was implemented at the company’s Bangladeshi office during spring 2018. Bangladesh is the second biggest exporter of clothing in the world and clothing industry covers 80% of the country’s total exports.
The research strategy that was used in this research was an action study. It is a participative method in which the researcher takes part into the daily work in the organization. The data of the study were collected with interviews and observing daily work in the office and other related places like at factories. Data analysis was carried out with Atlas.ti-program.
The production process of Tuli Trading can be divided into three parts: designing and
product development, manufacturing and quality control.
Eight critical points were found in the data. The most critical time in production is the
beginning of the manufacturing. Also, eight different problem types were defined. They are closely related to the critical points.
As a solution to the problems, new work flow was created. In the outline, it follows earlier
procedures, but small changes were made, and areas of responsibilities were clarified. Also meeting practices and report formats were updated and cooperation with factories intensified.