An Indian factory cuts setup time from four hours to one hour, which saves far more time than speeding up stitching. Configuring 50 machines takes half a day, producing 500 units takes a day. Setup dominates the timeline, so that's where efficiency gains matter most.
is when you set up a production line, it can take a certain amount of time to set up the machines, right? You have to set up 50 machines, so that takes a certain amount of time. When you're making 500 pieces, the time it takes you to set up your production line is about half a day, and the time it takes you to produce it is about a day. So you're looking at a total of 1 day and a half. The efficiency that you can gain in stitching productivity is near zero. There is a learning curve that you cannot overcome. If you spend less time setting up the line, you can bring it down from 4 hours to 1 hour. Gotcha. That's a big deal. Exactly. So I focus on this more than production efficiency itself.
