Thai Garment Industry
Overview of Thai Garment Industry
Important
Statistics
Items
Value
Total Thai garment export value
Approx. 3,200 million USD
Total Thai garment Domestic value
Approx. 5,000 million USD
Total number of garment factories in Thailand
2,200 (90% are SMEs)
Number of local brand
Approx. 1,000 brands
Number of people working in Thai garment
industry
Approx. 900,000 people
How SHARE helps Thai SMEs
Government
SMEs
OEM
(Own Equipment
Manufacturing)
SMEs
ODM
(Own Development
Manufacturing)
SMEs
OBM
(Own Brand
Manufacturing)
Thai Garment Development Foundation
Mar, 2011
Corporate Profile & Objectives
Thai Garment Development Foundation or SHARE is
formed in November 1994 by government and private
sector
The organization running under the concentration
on delivering competitiveness solution
Mission
To Strengthen Thai Fashion and Apparel SMEs to ASEAN
by creating value-added and reducing cost.
What we do
To serve and increase competitiveness of Thai Apparel Industry
by creating value-added and reducing cost.
Productivity
Development
Reducing Cost.
Productivity
improvement
Product
Development
Creating Value-Added
Product
Development
Human Resource
Development
Continuous Development
• Knowledge, Skill, Attitude and
competencies development
•All level(Operator,Middle,Top
management)
• Industrial competency standard
Education Resources
Management
Sustainable Development
• Education Sector Collaboration
(Vocational , University)
What is SHARE Business Network ?
Our past projects and performance
2010
Productivity
Development
4 projects
Product Development
4 projects
Human Resource
Development
5 projects
Education Resources
Development
5 projects
18 projects 190 companies
Increase value /
reducing cost for industry
371,170,000 million baht / year
Productivity
Development
Our past projects and performance
Best Practices II
55 companies
Cost reduced by 359.50
million baht / year
TPM
8 companies
Cost reduced by 8.96
million baht / year
Sustainable Productivity
Improvement
LEAN THTI
1 company
4 companies
68 companies
Cost reduced by 2.71
million baht / year
Product
Development
Our past projects and performance
Pattern Workshop
Training
2 Courses
Fashion Muslim
36 people
Product Developing
2 Companies
Best Practices
(Sample Room)
5 Companies
19 Companies
-Under wear / Swimmer
- Lady wear
Human Resource
Development
Organization Behavior
Development
1 Companies
Garment Skills
Development
254 people
In-house Training
4 Courses
12 Companies
Competency
Assessment Test
1 Time
Career Development
78 people
103 companies
- 20 courses 65
companies
- Sustainable Improvement
- Motivate to work happily
for an entire organization
-Self inspection for
production dept. (sewing)
- Waste reduction
-Garment Merchandiser
Competency Test from23
companies 74 candidates
- ACP Apparel Co., Ltd.
- MCAP Erawan Co., Ltd.
Education Resources
Management
VQ: Vocational
Qualification
2 Courses
Cooperative study
1 Time
New skilled labors
recruitment for the industry
2 Times
Career Center
1 Time
Teaching Media
Development
1 Topic
- Bachelor degree of engineering
- Bachelor degree of industrial
engineering at RMUTSV
- Cooperative study project
with RMUTK
The Project of Best Practices
Example
Sponsored by Department of Industrial Promotion
Best Practice
concept
“Help each other, exchange and learn together”
Best Practices Modules
Sample Room and
Prototype Improvement
Multi Skill
Development
Japanese Advanced
Production System
Production Planning
and Control
Material Utilization
Lean Manufacturing
Best Practice Success case
Productivity Improvement and Cost
Reduction by Multi-skills
Grand Knit Wear Co., Ltd.
A medium size company with approximately 300 machines
Result in Sewing line improvement
• Space consuming
• Long production line
• Double work
• Time consuming
After
Start
Finish
Before
• Production line was rearranged by sitting next to each
other so that workers can see the works amount of their
teammates.
• Quality control was brought in place at the line’s end for
immediate inspection.
Results
Topic
Target
Before
After
Efficiency
increase
≥ 10%
80 pieces
160 pieces (100%)
Rework
decrease
≤ 5%
30 pieces
10 pieces (200%)
WIP
decrease
≥ 20%
132 pieces
70 pieces (88.5%)
Improving Stages
1. Adjustment of production from work process focused to goods produced
focused.
2. Reduction of Work-In-Process by changing from bundle system to one-pieceflow system.
3. Revision of workers’ compensation system.
4. Changing workers’ attitude.
5. Supervisors focus only production alone.
6. Prepare sewing manual for common products.
7. Determine group compensation.
Best Practice Success case
Productivity Improvement and Cost
Reduction by
Production Planning & Control
Heart & Mind Co., Ltd.
A medium size company with approximately 300 machines
Result in Fabric inventory improvement
Before
After
Use the whole lot of fabric
Receiving withdrawal card
Receiving withdrawal card
Use the fabric as stated in
the card
Giving fabric as stated in
the card
Giving fabric as stated in
the card
Restocking the left-over
fabric
• Space consuming
•Time consuming
• Reducing time by giving out fabric according to more
precise calculation
• Better on-time delivery of fabric to production dept. due
to process reduction
Results
Topic
Target
Before
After
Efficiency
increase
≥ 5%
59%
62.5% (5.9%)
Lead Time
decrease
≤ 5%
39 days
37 days (5.1%)
OTP
increase
≥ 20%
55.2%
69% (25%)
Improving Stages
1. Reducing Lead-time in fabric inventory department by redo the process of giving
and restocking fabric, reducing the process of withdrawing fabric for cutting,
reducing time for fabric inspection.
2. Reducing production cost by reducing the percentage of sewing accessories
purchasing,
Best Practice Success case
Productivity Improvement and Cost
Reduction by Lean Production
Central Garment Factory Co., Ltd.
A medium size company with approximately 300 machines
Result in Process line improvement
Before
• The length of work flow
is 20.5 meters.
After
• The length of work flow
is reduced to 10 meters
(46.3%)
Results
Topic
Target
Before
After
Productivity
increase
≥ 10%
4,480 pieces
6,780 pieces (51%)
Cost
decrease
≤ 10%
43.54 Baht/piece
23.54 Baht/pieces
(45%)
WIP
decrease
≥ 20%
2,216 pieces
706 pieces (68.8%)
Improving Stages
1. Adjustment of production line process.
2. Search and improve for 3 wastes, production, waiting time and motion.
3. Connection of Boxer cutting dept. to sewing dept. and control of work and
equipment using Kamban system with Andong system for failure detection.
4. Self-inspection of work in each process.
5. Setting up a standard of procedures (SOP).
Best Practice Success case
Productivity Improvement and Cost
Reduction by Sample Room
Development
Neo Apparel Co., Ltd.
A medium size company with approximately 300 machines
Result in Sample room improvement
Before
Late
sample
delivery
Long
Lead
Time
Not Right
First
Time
No
Standard
of
Procedure
After
• Prepared sample
plan/status for follow up
• Prepared sample
production plan
• Prepared a form for
purchasing sample
• Creating Prototype
Standard pattern
• Creating Pattern Manual
• Improved size spec form
• Creating Prototype Pattern
for embroidery
• Improved sample order card
• Creating manual for correct
cutting
• Creating sewing technique
manual and critical point
• Etc.,
Results
Topic
Target
Before
After
On Time Sample
Delivery
increase
≥ 10%
38%
48.28%
Lead Time
Reduction
decrease
≤ 10%
13 days
7.5 days(42.3%)
Not Right First
Time
decrease
≥ 30%
93%
31%
Improving Stages
1. Prepare work flows by applying lean manufacturing concept to reduce waste.
2. Prepare Master Plan and Load Analysis.
3. Implement Design Engineering based on actual production and cost according
to the need of customers.
4. Implement Risk Assessment.
5. Prepare Master Pattern.
6. Re-organize for a friendly environment layout .
Skills Development project
For 10 careers in apparel industry in operator and
supervisor levels
Sponsored by OSMEP
Careers
Operator / Supervisor level
1. Production Planning and Control
2. Merchandiser / Retail
3. Purchasing
4. Pattern technician
5. Cutting
6. Sewing
7. Sample room management
8. Quality Control
9. Sewing machine mechanic
10.Trainer for industrial sewing machine
Pre-Test
Training
PostTest
On-thejob
evaluation
Result in skills improvement
Before
Average Test Score = 48%
From 254 candidates in 10 careers
After
Average Test Score = 75%
From 254 candidates in 10 careers
SHARE activities
Teacher’s Training
Session
SHARE activities
Best Practices &
TPM
68 Factories
participated
Total Cost reduced
by $12 Million /
year
SHARE activities
Productivity
Improvement for SMEs
25 Factories
participated
Total Cost
reduced by $1.8
Million / year
Skills Improvement for
SMEs
Over 250
personnels
participated
Over 80%
satisfaction rate
from employers
SHARE activities
Fashion Muslim
100
personnels
participated
Networking
between
manufacturers
and community
SHARE activities
Pattern Workshops
• Swim wear
• Under wear
• Lady wear
SHARE Forums
• Once a month
• Topics variety
• Well-known
guest speakers
SHARE activities
Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR)
• Education segment
• Apparel focused
SHARE executives & staff
Future Multi National Projects for SMEs
Experts Exchange and Study Visit
• Merchandiser
• Pattern Technician
• Productivity Improvement
• Competencies Improvement
Targeted Countries
• China, South Korea, Russia, UAE, India and etc.
Future Multi National Projects for SMEs
International SMEs Networking
• Collaboration
• Annual conference
• Etc.,
Targeted Countries
• Russia, India, China, South Korea, Etc.,
Thank You
Q&A
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