A systems study on the manufacturing department of Solid Mills, Inc.

Executive Summary. Solid Mills Incorporated (SMI) is a registered manufacturing company. SMI is the first fully integrated textile mill in the Philippines to be ISO-9002 Certified. It started its operation in 1971 recognizing the potential of denim dressing. Its main product is SOLIDenim for jeans and is being exported to other countries besides catering to its own. The other product line is the non-denim fabric for slacks and is locally distributed. The study concerns the whole manufacturing department of SMI. In documenting the present system of the company, PRIMEU approach was utilized. After appraising the system and analyzing it with WOT-SURG. It was redeemed that the company is experiencing a 2.43% color dyeing inconsistency amounting to Php 1,100,000 reprocessing cost from January to December of 1999. After careful review and analysis, the two true causes were identified. These are the occurrence of a dirty padder on the CPB machine and caustization error due to lack of personnel responsibility and systematic procedure. In order to correct the situation, alternatives were generated for each causes. Using the KT Approach, the best solution chosen were to conduct a training program for the CPB machine operators and make a programmed schedule to remedy the caustization error. There are many benefits that the proposed solution contributed to the whole organization, both quantitatively. It was computed that SMI can save approximately Php 3,400,00 within a year upon implementing the new system. The implementation has two stages: transition and action stage. This would take 11 weeks for completion. For future recommendations for the study, time and motion study can be conducted on the cleaning of the padder and other software\u27s can be used to set up a new program for the caustization