Abstract

The textile industry plays a substantial role in the global economy, generating significant clothing and offering products to various clients worldwide. Despite numerous clients, the industry experienced delays in accomplishing deadlines on time. This study aims to identify the factors that decrease the productivity of the textile industry. This study performed various priority rules to sequence the job in producing plain, two-way, three-color, and diagonal t-shirts. The data shows that the Earliest Due Date (EDD) and Shortest Processing Time (SPT) are suitable and effective types of priority rules in the industry to schedule the clients' demands, utilize their time and workers' efficiency, and finish their output on time by 50%. Additionally, this paper used a time and motion study to standardize production time, provide recommendations for machine and worker utilization, and improve the production layout using group technology. Moreover, this paper utilized the Pro model to understand the improvement between the present and proposed process. This proposed layout also considers the ergonomic principles and standards. After simulation, the data shows that the proposed layout lessens the industry's bottleneck and production time by 40%. Future works of this study will consider other scheduling sequencing approaches, such as Earliest Start Time (EST), Smallest Job Next (SJN), Largest Job Next (LJN), Least Slack Time (LST), and other scheduling techniques such as Gantt Chart, Batch and Continuous Scheduling to provide flexibility and efficiency in managing resources and task.