What do You Mean by Work Study in Apparel Manufacturing?

[H. M. Nasim]

When we think of 'work study' in the garment industry we relate it to most of the activities done by the industrial engineering department. As the two major activities of work-study - method study and time study is solely done by the industrial engineering department. Also known as a work-study department.

In garment manufacturing work study principles can be used in cutting section, sewing section and finishing section as well. The purpose of work study is measuring work - like motion study and time study. The industrial engineering department is responsible for work study in the garment industry.

What is Work Study?
"Work study is a generic term for those techniques, particularly method study and work measurement, which are used in the examination of human work in all its contexts, and which lead systematically to the investigation of all the factors which affect the efficiency and economy of the situation being reviewed, in order to effect improvement."

Components of work study

List of activities performed as work-study includes

* Time study – Determining the time necessary to perform a job and its elements.
* Method study – Examining the job and finding a more efficient method to perform that job.
* Work sampling - a method of finding the percentage occurrence of a certain activity by statistical sampling and random observations. Learn about work sampling.

[H. M. Nasim]

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