✔ How to Calculate Production Capacity of a Factory?
“Production Capacity” is a very important issue for any garments and textile factory. This is equally important for both the company owner and the buyer. The "Production Capacity" of the factory makes it easy to know how many orders the company owner can take in a particular season and how much the buyer can meet his demand from a particular company. Therefore, it is very important for any garment and textile factory to know and determine the method of finding the correct production capacity. This is discussed in detail below in Garments. Another article will discuss in detail the "Production Capacity" of textiles. "Production Capacity" is usually determined by the total number of machines in the factory and the number of daily productions. In this case, the total number of machines in the factory is almost always the same. But according to the style and product category, the daily production is a little more or less. In that case if “Production Capacity” is extracted from SAM (Standard Allowed Minute) according to the total Available Time and style of the factory then the capacity is much more accurate.
Calculate Production Capacity of a Factory
Information required to determine production capacity.
2. SAM of Product
3. Average Line Efficiency
1. Factory’s Total Capacity in Hour Determination.
First, you need to find out the total number of machines in the factory and how many hours the factory works every day.
Let's say,
Total number of machines in the factory = 1200
The factory runs every day = 10 hours.
So, Factory’s Total Capacity in Hour = 1200 * 10 hours = 12000 hours
2. SAM of Product.
SAM is Standard Allowed Minute. Which is different for each product. Usually, the Work-Study / IE Department of the company determines the SAM for each product. In this case, you have to take the average SAM of the last few months. Suppose the average SAM of the last three months is = 22.65
3. Average Line Efficiency.
This data is created and stored by the IE Department of the factory. In this case, also the average efficiency of the last few months has to be taken. Suppose the average efficiency of the last three months = 48%.
Determining the total production capacity of the factory
The formula for determining the total production capacity of a factory is-
Factory’s Total Capacity in pieces = [(Factory’s Total Capacity in Hour × 60) / SAM of Product] × Average Line Efficiency
According to the above information,
Factory’s Total Capacity in pieces = [(12000 × 60) /22.65] × 48%
= 15258 Back (approx.)
Q: A garment factory has a total of 15 lines. There are 48 machines in each line. If the factory runs for 10 hours per day, each line has a garment production of 20 SAMs and the average efficiency of 15 lines is 55%, then what is the daily capacity of that factory?
Given,
Factory total line = 15, number of machines in each line = 48 and daily factory runs = 10 hours
So, Factory’s Total Capacity in Hour = 15 × 48 × 10 hours = 7200 hours
More to come,
15 lines average SAM = 20 and average efficiency = 55%
Then according to the source,
Factory’s Total Capacity in pieces
= [(Factory’s Total Capacity in Hour × 60) / SAM of Product] × Average Line Efficiency
= [(7200 × 60) / 20] × 55%
= 11880 Pieces
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