A Study on Enhancing Productivity & Efficiency of Loomshed in Kanoria-Africa Textile

N.S. Debele¹

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.7 , Issue.8 , pp.64-68, Aug-2021

Online published on Aug 31, 2021

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Abstract :
Kanoria-Africa textile is a foreign owned company in Ethiopia engaged in the production of denim products. In this paper, it is aimed to study the causes why the company is not achieving its target production & efficiency. Accordingly, basic quantitative parameters are taken and compared with the standards. For the analysis, two months of production data have been analyzed and deviations from the standards are also observed. Currently, the company is producing a daily production of 391m/loom while the target is 500m/loom. The standard efficiency for Toyota air-jet loom is 88% but the company’s actual efficiency is about 61%. For the higher efficiency loss, contributions of warp & weft yarn breakages are more than 30% followed by beam-gaiting & knotting contributing a loss of 3.4%. From the study, 3 to 4 times higher than the standard warp & weft yarn cmpx is observed. To solve these efficiency and productivity problems, quality requirements for both warp & weft yarn is suggested to be checked, monitored & implemented. Weavers’ efficiency in attending breaks is six times lower than the standard required. This brings an efficiency loss of about 0.5%/break. To enhance their efficiency, periodic refreshing training & implementation of motivational incentive scheme has to be there.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Kanoria-Africa, efficiency, productivity, training, incentive scheme

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