Textile is considered as one of the industries contributing greatly to the Vietnamese economy, especially bringing high value through exports. In recent years, although the aggregate demand in the world has decreased, with their acumen, the textile and garment enterprises have made accurate forecasts and have been proactive with technology to shift production structure to help increase growth. Industry growth continues to grow and develop strongly. During the industrial revolution, many predictions that the textile and apparel industry will suffer many major impacts in the direction of difficulty. Modern machines such as robots are being used in mass, leading to job layoffs, unemployment, fewer orders and higher investment costs for machinery and equipment, resulting in difficult challenges. for the whole economy.
Andon system – levers for the textile industry
However, due to the common characteristics of the textile-fashion industry is the change of designs, styles and materials regularly and continuously. That is why the introduction of robots into mass use or production automation processes is completely difficult to implement and effectively. As a result, the textile industry is not too pressured by this 4.0 revolution, instead, it is necessary to solve the problem of improving automation rates, ensuring labor productivity, specifically saving time. time to supply materials, time to count quantity, reduce errors and detect and handle defects in the production process.
Andon system with tools of indicator lights, alarms or sensors .. attached to each fixed position of sewing machines, conveyor belts .. help count quantity quickly and accurately. Besides, the system allows producers to directly call for materials quickly, without interrupting the production process. Reduce errors in production, improve labor productivity.
The lean manufacturing use specifically the Andon system has proven feasible and efficient in recent years. The systems help businesses collect information about the status of operation, time of incidents or downtime of machines and workers. From there, forming a data warehouse for managers to use for the purpose of analyzing and giving optimal production solutions, helping leaders make decisions to increase production efficiency and improve productivity. competitiveness of businesses.
The industrial revolution is taking place strongly, the application of Andon System is a simple, close and suitable way to the characteristics of the garment industry in particular and the manufacturing industry in general so that businesses can take steps. outstanding development.
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