High Mix Low Volume Industries
High Manual Labour Production Such as in a Garment Factory or Fabricated Components Assembly Operation
High manual labour content factories, such as garment factories, have special problems. Many SKUs to make, but average order size is small, and even decreasing. Your customers are holding on to their orders longer in order to stay close to the market and the pressure is on your operation to achieve shorter and shorter lead times.These conditions are found in many industrial segments, not just the garment industry. But a combination of factors makes high mix - low volume production especially difficult for the garment industry.
Typical Conditions Frequently Found
- high manual labour content production tends to seek the cheapest producing source
- unskilled, or low-skill level industries tend to have higher employee turn-over rates
- lack of staff training results in a poorly trained and unmotivated workforce
- lower salary levels overall tend to attract a less skilled supervisory level
- quality is typically not determined until much too late in the production process
- production line design (cell design) know-how is typically minimal at best
- 5S + Safety is often still a problem
- Industrial Engineer staff is not present or low level
- comprehensive re-training is required
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Where To Start
AMC works with many factories which reflect the above conditions. The challenge is where to start. Frequently the factory itself does not know where and how to begin. AMC provides full on-site analysis of your situation and provides a detailed, step-by-step training and implementation plan.An AMC Core Competency
Fortunately, one of AMC's core competencies is application of lean know-how in such a setting as this. We understand the background of your current situation, and have developed effective solutions to your problems. We have developed programs specifically for high-mix low-volume, high manual labour content factories such as are found in the garment industry and plastic or metal fabricated component assembly industry.