Process analysis and optimization of conventional saucepan manufacturing industry via time study

Abstract

This study was carried out at the Jayantha saucepan industry to improve and enhance the productivity by reducing the idle time and enhance the bottleneck by different methods such as changing the layouts, changing the number of work stations and changing the process flow. During the study, it investigated and searched for possible solutions and alternatives aimed at achieving the objective by Pareto analysis for time study, allocating the work stations in an effective way, changing the layout for a better productivity, and analysing skill matrix to allocate the works for the current labourers, and train the labourers and need of hiring more labourers for the particular work stations in an efficient way to enhance the bottleneck manually. Further improvements such as adapting into new techniques and using better alternatives for some processes were also discussed to enhance the productivity of the local saucepan manufacturing industry. Overall, suggested alternatives yielded an expected improvement of 20% in the production capacity.