A CASE STUDY ON THE INVESTIGATION OF KNITTED FABRIC GARMENT PRODUCTION WITH PRE-DETERMINED TIME SYSTEMS

Abstract

This study examines the application of the MTM (Method Time Measurement) method, which is an important tool to increase the operational efficiency of the enterprises and to solve the line balancing problems, in the textile industry. The MTM method offers effective results in many areas such as planning and programming of production processes, measurement of material handling times and human-machine interaction. In the study, MTM method was used to determine the difference between the times taken from the company's own database and the actual operation times and to get down to the root cause of line balancing problems. For the application in the t-shirt production line, the processes were examined with video. The images obtained from the video footage were played at 1/8 speed and transcribed and then analyzed with the help of the MTM method. The MTM analysis times and the times accepted by the firm of the operations were compared. MTM results showed that operation times were shorter than the values accepted by the company.