Abstract:
The improvement of produc~ivity is ~. concer:n which involve several disciplines,
in"eluding management, design engineering, ergonomi.cs, safety engineering, etc ..
Most of the cycle parts manufacturing units in Bangladesh cannot compete with
the imported bicycles components. The -primary reason being their higher costs
of production arising due to -lack of proper utilization of man, machine and raw
materials, excessive consumptions of spare parts and fast moying tools and failure
to meet the market demand.
In this regard the present work was conducted in a local production unit claimed
to be the largest bi-cycle components manufacturer in the country. The
objectives of the study were (i) to study and analyse of the existing production
system,(ii) to suggest ways and means to overcome the weakness and- bottlenecks
to increase efficiency and productivity, (iii) to examine the scope for import
su bstitution of some spare parts, (iv) to optimize of machine utilization and
maximizing profit through optimum product-mix_ of selected spare parts and (v)
to investigate inj~ry occurance profiles and their preventions. It was revealed;
as usually found in similar studies elsewhere in various production systems that
no scientific methodology was applied to improve the overall productivity of the
unit. From its inception, as found from the study, standards of production were
not set properly. In conducting this 'study an analysis of the production system
was done with an objective to identify the factors due to which productivity
suffers. In this regard idle/unproductive man and machine has been ascertained
_and ways have been suggested to remove the bottlenecks in the production
system.
