![]() Lean manufacturing is now one of the most powerful manufacturing systems in the competitive world. ![]() Later in 1990s, Womak and Jones gave the name it as a lean manufacturing. Due to success of TPS, many companies across the world started using the same. Toyota started practicing TPS (Toyota Production System) since 1950, successfully. Present review is an attempt to highlight application areas of lean manufacturing in textile and garment industries as a line balancing concept. This management tool helps in visualizing the different wastes generated in the organization (during the production) and future possibilities of eliminating or reducing them. As lean manufacturing eliminates numbers of the problems associated with poor production and line balancing so particularly suitable for companies those do not have strong material requirements planning (MRP), production scheduling and production allocation systems in place. It is a systematic approach to identify and remove wastes (non-value added activities) which were originated and developed in Japan. Lean manufacturing is also a kind of approach for the same. ![]() A number of techniques are followed to control the overall cost like removing non-productive works. Therefore to control cost and waste reduction is main concerns for maintaining the economy of these industries. Textile and apparel industries are time consuming and labor oriented.
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