Labour productivity can be improved in various ways. Some of the productivity improvement methods are discussed in this article.
No need to mention that garment manufacturers are facing challenges on production cost, producing quality products, labour shortage and shorter delivery time. To beat these challenges you don’t have a choice other than improving labour productivity of the factory.
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1. Improving Working Conditions and Productivity in the Garment Industry, An action manual edited by Juan Carlos Hiba.
2. Productivity and Competitiveness of Indian Manufacturing Sector: Textiles & Garments
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3. Improving Labor Productivity in Egypt’s Ready-Made Garments Sector
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4. Measuring Competitiveness and Labor Productivity in Cambodia’s Garment Industry
An USAID document prepared by Nathan Associates Inc. and its partner organizations.
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5. Labour Standards and Productivity in the Garments Export Sector
6. Managing Productivity in the Apparel Industry book by Dr. Rajesh Bheda
The book shall help manufacturers and managers to assess the productivity improvement potential available in their organisation. The global benchmarks on apparel productivity and nine cases on productive apparel manufacturers shall certainly inspire improvement actions among the readers.
The two stage productivity improvement strategy illustrates how an organization can move from average productivity performance to benchmark productivity. Whether you are an apparel manufacturer retailer sourcing agent academician policy maker or apparel technology student this book will certainly provide you with a new insight into the world of productivity management in the apparel industry.
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