Man to Machine ratio

What is Man to Machine ratio in garment industry?

Definition: Man to machine ratio is defined as total workforce in a factory to total number of operational sewing machines. Man to machine ratio widely varies depending on the on the organization structure. If a factory has only production related departments (cutting, sewing, maintenance, quality and IE) then this ratio will be low. On the other hand if a factory includes department from design & development, sampling to finishing to shipment and documentation then this ratio will be high. How to measure Man to machine ratio? To measure Man Machine Ratio (MMR) of a factory - First find how many employees are there (include all manpower). Second, Count how many sewing machines are there. Consider only operation machines that are being used in current month (data analysis month) For example, 1. If total manpower is 1000 and total available machine is 500. Then Man:Machine = 1000:500 = 2:1 2. If total manpower is 800 and total available machine is 500. Then Man:Machine = 800:500 = 1.6:1 How calculate department wise ratio? Instead of whole factory manpower, one can measure MMR only for sewing department. In this case, include only those employees who work under sewing section. Like, operators, helpers, pressmen, feeder, line checker, table checkers, line supervisors, work study boys, maintenance personnel, production writer, floor in-charge etc. Assume that total manpower in sewing floor is 630. So man to machine ratio for sewing floor will be = 630:500 = 1.26:1 For further analysis, factories represent MMR department wise. To show you calculation I have taken hypothetical data for department wise manpower. Factory have total machine of 500 and 1000 manpower. Total manpower (1000) = Sewing (D1=630) +Cutting (D2=30) + Pre-production (D3=80) +Finishing and packing (D5=100) +Quality (D6=30) +Administration and marketing (D7=100) + store (D8=20) + others (D10=10) Factory MMR =2:1 Department wise division of manpower ratio out of total ration against machines is calculated as Sum of (D1:D2:D3:D4....: D10) = 2 D1=2*630/1000=1.26 D2=2*30/1000=0.06 ... D5 =2*100/1000=0.2 D10=2*10/1000=0.02