• DocumentCode
    2741019
  • Title

    Efficient Utilization of Employees in the Garment Industry Using Operations Research

  • Author

    Fernando, W.K.I. ; Suriyaarachchi, D.J.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Stat. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Kelaniya, Kelaniya
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    12-14 Dec. 2008
  • Firstpage
    267
  • Lastpage
    270
  • Abstract
    Performance of employees in an organization determines the level of its success. Due to this reason efficient utilization of the employees in the operations matters a lot. The aim of this study is to develop a mechanism for the manufacturers of garment to utilize its workforce at an optimal level. The manufacture of garment is mainly based on the production line concept. The model developed in this study reduces significantly the time taken to produce a unit of product, which leads to a considerable increase in profits.
  • Keywords
    clothing industry; operations research; personnel; efficient utilization; employee performance; garment industry; operations research; production line concept; Clothing industry; Computer science; Costs; Linear programming; Machinery; Manufacturing; Operations research; Production facilities; Statistics; Yarn; Integer programming; assignment model; efficiency; garment industry; linear programming;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information and Automation for Sustainability, 2008. ICIAFS 2008. 4th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Colombo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2899-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2900-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIAFS.2008.4783926
  • Filename
    4783926