ABSTRACT

It is all conscious that at present, the international context is facing a challenge for

businessmen and professionals in redesigning flexible, dynamic, intelligent organizations to

operate in different markets and to respond with speed and accuracy to the demands and

requirements of their clients. Although sounds simple apparel industry has one of the very

difficult manufacturing processes. This industry contains lots of wastes and therefore

opportunity for improvement. A number of lean manufacturing tools and practices have

long been used to reduce manufacturing waste. These include the 5’s, visual controls,

mistake proofing & Value stream mapping

This project uses the case of sewing department in Arvind Limited to illustrate an emergent

model of industrial organization, lean production. The expected deliverables of the project

are:

Maximizing the efficiency of human effort

Minimizing the defects in the finished product

Minimizing the hours of engineering effort

Reducing the factory space for the same output

Streamlining parts and product flow

Reducing shop floor congestion

Reducing scrap and rework

Improving quality

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Reducing distances traveled

Setting up a visual controls

Removing unneeded items from the work area

Reducing non-value added process steps

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CERTIFICATE

“This is to certify that this Project Report titled “ENHANCING PRODUCTIVITY OF

SEWING BY IMPLEMENTATION OF LEAN” is based on our Rajiv Ranjan original

research work, conducted under the guidance of Mr. Anant Phani towards partial fulfillment

of the requirement for award of the Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Technology (Apparel

Production), of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Hyderabad.

No part of this work has been copied from any other source. Material, wherever borrowed

has been duly acknowledged.”

Signature of Researchers

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express our profound appreciation and gratitude to the management and staff

of The Arvind Limited who received me into their family and soon made me comfortable.

They taught me the on ground skills and technicalities of the profession with fervent interest.

I thank Mr. Velmurgan (Production Manager) for his approval to allow me to spend

Graduation Project in this esteemed organization. I am highly obliged to Mr. Prasanna (I.E.

Manager), for his active guidance, comments, suggestions and encouragement during this

project work.

Next in line would be to bow down and salute our alma mater, NIFT, for giving us the

opportunity to undertake the Graduation Project and widen our horizons. I will be forever

indebted to this institution for bequeath me with theoretical and expansive knowledge along

with the support through all the spheres of our education here.

Mr. K.S.Pratap, Director, NIFT, Hyderabad

Mr. Ram Mohan (Course Coordinator, AP, NIFT Hyderabad)

Mr. Anant Phani, mentor, without whose close, constant and constructive supervision, I

would not have been able to bring this dissertation in the form it is.

I would like to express our gratitude to several significant people who have been an

indispensable part of our project; Mr. Jadish, Floor Manager of the Sewing department, for

providing colossal support and assistance throughout our time on the factory floor.

Moreover, I would like to express our sincere thanks to the team of Arvind Limited all

others who have directly or indirectly supported and co-operated with me to materialize this

small effort.

Lastly, I would thank our family and friends for their unbound support, motivation and love.

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