EFFICIENCY:

In Apparel Industry, Skill and Expertise of sewing operator is being

presented in terms of “Efficiency”. Higher Efficiency having Operator produces
more garments than that of operator who having less efficiency in same time
frame. When Operator works with Higher Efficiency, Manufacturing cost of
garment factory goes down. [4]

Factory capacity is estimated according to Line Efficiency or

Operator Efficiency. So, Efficiency is most used performance measuring tool in
Factory. To calculate Operator Efficiency we needed Standard Allowed Minute
(SAM) of the garment and Operations your operator is making. [4]

Efficiency Calculation Formula:

Efficiency (%) = [Total minute produced by an operator / Total minute attended

by him × 100]

Where, Total minute produced = Total pieces made by an operator × SAM of

an operation (minutes) and

Total minute attended = Total hours worked on the machine × 60 (Minute) [4]

On Standard Operator Efficiency:

Instead of “Overall Efficiency”, Operator efficiency can be expressed as “On

Standard Efficiency”. If Operator is attending all hours in a shift but he has not
given ‘on standard work’ to do in all hours so that he can’t do the work as per
his/her capability and skill level i.e. Total minute produced by an Operator.
Therefore use following formula to calculate Operator Efficiency. [4]

Operator On-Standard Efficiency (%) = Total minute produced / Total on

-standard minute attended × 100

Where,

Total minute produced = Total pieces made by an operator × SAM of an

operation (minutes)

Total on - standard minute attended = (Total Hours Worked – Loss time) × 60

(Minutes) [4]