Best Practices In Haward

Fashion (Pvt) Limited,

Sri Lanka

Award Winner

•2009 - Shilpa Western

Province First Place

• 2009 - National Second

Place

•2010 - National

Productivity

Commendation

•2011 - Shilpa Western

Province First Place

•2014 - SMIDEX National

First Place

OverviewWorkforce of 140

Two Manufacturing Facilities120 Sewing Machines

20 Head Embroidery MachineScreen Printing

Elastic Waistband Manufacturing

Located at Kurana, Katunayake, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Main Plant New Plant

Our Products

Our key Customers

and their own

Brands

We are Recognized Supplier for

Our Overseas customers

• Estonia (Star Maker)

• Norway

• Dubai/Pakistan

Our Own Brands

The Best Practice

Reducing Style Feeding Time

And Achieving Planned

Targets Using Matured

Learning Curves Of Running

Style

The Best Practice

What do you mean by a Similar

Style?

It is not the Same Construction

This Is What We Did

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Learning Curve Of A Long Sleeve Blouse

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Learning Curve Of A Similar Garment

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This Is What We Did Contd..

This Is How We Did

Involvement Our Valued Team Members

How Did We Get Them Involved?

Sharing the Benefit among the Team, which is gained by achieving Economies of Scale, as Incentives

Costs Curtailed (Electricity, Transport, OT and Food) - TangibleLess Turn Over and Absenteeism - TangibleIncrease Loyalty of Team Members - Intangible

This Is How We Did Contd…

By Improving Machinery

Provision of an Air Line to De-wrinkle Fabric Panel while Sewing

and maximizing Lengths of Sewing Bursts and Minimizing the Number of

Bursts

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Air Lines

Intro

To Maximize the Startup Efficiency at least 44%Development of Skills (Special)Minimizing Style Feeding Time

Challenges

Development of Skills (Special)How Did We Face Challenges

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Style Feeding Time (Outerwear Tops)

Monitoring ContinuouslyInvolvement of People as TeamIncentivesRegular AppreciationsRewards

How We Have Sustained The Best Practice

Success is guaranteed if there is Team Sprit and only if all Team

Members are well aware of where they are heading.

Lessons Learned

Having This OpportunityLocal & International Workshops and e-learning Programs conducted by APOVisit & studying Model CompaniesExpertise‘s Consultancy

NPS’s and Other’s External Support

Our Final Result

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No Of Pieces Produced Per Month

Thank You