Optimization of Ponte pant production and Standard minute value estimation

Abstract

Ponte pants are also known as Ponte di Roma and Ponte de Roma. It is currently in trend and is considered important part of women’s wardrobe across globe. An assembly process is used to finish a product piece in textile industry including Ponte pants. Each work station is allocated restricted work fraction. Standard minute value (SMV) is used to define the time taken to finish a process while maintaining optimum productivity. In this study we have analyzed Ponte process making at Sidney Apparel, Aqaba, Jordan. Ponte pant making process utilized 35 sub processes. On proper line balancing we were able to reduce number of operators from 52 to 46 and number of helpers from 6 to 5. This reduction in manpower will be beneficial in optimizing productivity which is directly associated with profitability. SMV was calculated to be at 18.87. This SMV can be used to standardize and rate worker performance and stabilize production streak.