Analysis of the impact of worker fatigue on productivity for apparel industry: a case study

Abstract

lmprm ing prodLlCllVity" th~ mal~ concern of an appalel companie.\ There are many pmblcms in apparel companies Wh,~h ubstacle the higher productivity_ Unskilled workers. physical fatigue from extended working hour wilhout re,t, ml;placcmcnt of worker at wori:<;(ation, lack or training, ab<;ence of engmeenng knowledge and engme~nng management to utiii7,e optJlllUITIefficiency ofworkcL which are directly related to production Lack of interest of higher au!holily to implemenl the engineering management and technique 10 increale productivity llnpeut to accelerate the l'r()d\l~l1viIJ in apparel indu,tl)'. As the ovcJa1J daily performance of each wOlker is nOl ,arne and the change 111lheir performance defer f,-om one ",'orker to another worker In this dlCsis. a study has been eurned Olltto TLndOlltthe effect offatigue on productivity and to form a framework to Improve the productivity based on the overall performance of worken During lhe investigation attention is concentrated on how physical raligue of worker, innL1en~e, the daily production rate and way to l)ptimiLe lile produelivlly 01 apparel mdu,lne" It ha;; been r(lLlJldIhat ir perrormaute 0 r worker~ me observed reglll uriy aTldIhe~e re,ult, are properly lmplemented then d~liy production rate mcrea:,e up to a satisfactory level with the same efficient workers. same machineries and same technical racilities Even d'phY~lCal f~tlglle eX;,I>, 10" due 10j~tigue can be reduced to a remarkable label