Open workplaces and losses

In the garment production workplaces are open workplaces with the lowest degree of organization where the employee often stops working and leaves the workplace, so the most important causes of losses of working time are:

a) organizational-technical causes (insufficient coordination, irregular flow of material, improper scheduling of workplaces, lack of materials or low quality materials, staff incompetence, lack of information, irrational movements while working, inappropriate division of work, overloaded workplaces, inadequate or defective internal transportation, the lack of working area, non-discipline, inadequate control while working, inadequate categorization or evaluation of work, the lack of tools or  inappropriate tools, old or broken machines, etc.).

b) organizational-biological causes (inadequate room temperature, poor lighting, inadequate ventilation and air-conditioning, inappropriate vacation schedule, unsuitable working furniture, inadequate hygiene at work, too big a distance between the rooms, etc.).

Structure of available time for open workplace

In order to solve this problem it is necessary to determine the losses and set the higher organizational level, such as stabilized or closed workplace, where working is most effective and humane. Aiming to transform the open workplace into the closed one, it is necessary to perform a range of activities in order to eliminate losses:

1. Programming of production.

2. Profit analysis of products.

3. Selection of production programmes.

4. Determining the optimal production plan.

5. Calculating the optimal size and number of series of products from the optimal plan.

6. Choosing the optimal types of resources (tools, machines) following the production programme.

7. Determining the required number of resources per types.

8. Determining the required number of workers per shifts and the professions.

9. Determining the required number of workplace per types.

10. Determining the optimal schedule of work.

11. Optimal division of work.

12. Determining the optimum order of performing work tasks.

13. Scheduling production and launching of work tasks.

14. Supply of workplaces with jobs.

15. Study, measurement, improvement and humanization of the workplace, etc.