INCREASING THE PROCESS CYCLE EFFICIENCY OF A MEN TROUSERS ASSEMBLY LINE

Year 2019, Volume: 29 Issue: 3, 253 - 261, 30.09.2019

Gülseren Karabay , Duygu Selen Kansul

https://doi.org/10.32710/tekstilvekonfeksiyon.498921

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Value
is known as the price which the customer is ready to pay for and the value is
defined by the ultimate customer. Eliminating the waste is important for
reduction of costs and meeting the demands of customers in short delivery
times. Process Cycle Efficiency(PCE) is defined as the measurement of the
amount of value-added time in a process. In this study, the PCE of men trousers
assembly line was tried to be increased. To achieve this aim, the value stream
map of the line was examined. Overall equipment efficiency (OEE) values of the
operations were calculated and the operations with OEE values under 90% were
selected and improvement activities were defined. At the end of these
activities, total process lead time and work in process(WIP) stocks decreased
and PCE increased from 0,9% to 1,5%.

Keywords

value stream mapping, lean, process cycle efficiency, overall equipment efficiency, takt time, process lead time, work in process, assembly line

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