Advantages of One-Piece Flow in Garments Manufacturing

Advantages of One-Piece Flow in Garments Manufacturing....
One of the most fundamental elements of creating a lean environment is operating with one-piece-flow. To think of processing one unit at a time can send a shudder through an organization if this isn’t the norm, especially if the plant is set up and accustomed to batch production. However, when incorporated properly into your workflow and paired with the right technology to support the process, one-piece-flow manufacturing can yield significant benefits quickly.
Single piece flow is a lean manufacturing fundamental concept that is also known as One Piece Flow or “continuous flow” refers to the concept of moving one work-piece at a time between operations within a work cell. So it’s not needed to process an entire batch or lot at each operation before moving it to the next operation. This idea has many benefits. It keeps WIP at the lowest possible level and proper manpower utilization.
Advantages/ Benefits of Single piece flow in the Apparel industry
1.      One-Piece Flow reduces bundling and waiting time which is a fully hidden loss that we can't measure in the traditional bundling system. Efficiency 70% 
2.      Lowest WIP, online operation by operation production.
3.      Improved productivity
4.      Best Housekeeping that can maintain 5S line and material Management  in sewing and finishing with JIT Production. 
5.      Minimum defects and DHU
6.      No waiting time
7.      Productivity improvement
8.      Zero chances of size mistake, bundle mistake
9.      Minimum Rejection
10.  No extra Manpower (Helper) for thread trimming
11.  Take less time in sewing line layout
12.  Reduce inventory time
13.  Required for Less Space
14.  Ensure work flexibility and workplace safety
15.  Lower the risks of garments damage, obsolescence, and deterioration
16. Reduce transportation, waiting, overproduction, processing, inventory, and motion waste that occurs with batch-wise production processing.
17. Easy line balancing
18. Very easy to control quality, inline inspection.
So many advantages, you can get by implementing Single Piece Flow System

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