A RATIONALIZATION STUDY ABOUT SIX-STEP METHOD SYSTEMATIC AND LEAN MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUE FOR THE APPAREL INDUSTRY

Year 2012, Volume: 22 Issue: 2, 152 - 158, 29.06.2012

Emine Utkun , Mücella Güner

Abstract

The original name of the lean production system, "Toyota Production System", was born and developed in Japan. Later, the American automotive industry has adopted this system and “lean production” was the name applied. After the automotive industry has been spread to other sectors and has begun to be implemented. In this research, as aimed in the lean production system to rationalize the company by cutting down the cost, fast, without stock,  running on time lean techniques are applied with six-step method systematic in apparel industry.

Keywords

Lean production system, Apparel industry, Six-step method

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