EFFECTIVE WAY TO ESTIMATE THE STANDARD MINUTE VALUE (SMV) OF A U3 SHIRT BY USING TIME STUDY TECHNIQUE

There is no doubt that sewing section in an apparel industry is the most important department that plays a vital role in the whole firm .Time study is a method of measuring work for recording the time of performing a certain specific task or its elements carried out under specified conditions. To improve the existing situation of this section and increasing productivity, time study is a very effective technique. This study is based on calculations of standard minute value (SMV) of a U3 long sleeve shirt. For conducting time study, a traditional stop watch was used for measuring time of each operation. The U3 shirt (Uniform number 3) manufacturing has 43 operations, for each one 10 measurements were taken for each task and operator working on the line. Then the average of each task is calculated and the final SMV as well.