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Free articles, Excel templates and calculators on IE, Excel and the garments industry - written from real factory experience.
WIP and bottlenecks on the sewing floor
How much work-in-progress a line needs, how to read WIP to find bottlenecks, and how to control it.
An introduction to GSD for garment engineers
What General Sewing Data is, how predetermined motion times work and why factories use it for SAM.
Man Machine Ratio (MMR): what it tells management
How to calculate MMR, why it matters for cost and how to improve it without hurting output.
Line efficiency and operator efficiency explained
The two efficiency numbers every garment factory reports, how to calculate them and what they really tell you.
Line balancing in garment sewing lines
Find the bottleneck, calculate pitch time and balance loss, and move work so every operator is used well.
Time study step by step: rating and allowance
How to run a capacity study on the sewing floor that gives numbers you can trust.
Calculators for everyday IE work
Target, efficiency, line balancing, man machine ratio, machine requirement and time study.
Templates & guides
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