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Fewer Equipment Changeovers for the Embroidery Process at Oxford Industries

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  • Melissa R. Bowers

    (College of Business Administration, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996)

  • Anurag Agarwal

    (Transportation Center, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37932)

Abstract

Oxford Industries, Inc., a leading US apparel manufacturer, implemented a scheduling algorithm that significantly reduced equipment changeovers in its in-house embroidery facility. The company was experiencing difficulties meeting due dates in one of its more profitable, new markets---branded custom-embroidered golfwear. The time Oxford was spending on equipment changeovers was leaving insufficient processing time to meet a surge in demand in this new market. We identified an opportunity for increased production capacity through more efficient scheduling of sequence-dependent changeovers among garments. During the period that we studied, the use of the scheduling algorithm reduced the number of changeovers by an average of 88 percent per order.

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  • Melissa R. Bowers & Anurag Agarwal, 2007. "Fewer Equipment Changeovers for the Embroidery Process at Oxford Industries," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 37(6), pages 526-538, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:37:y:2007:i:6:p:526-538
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.1070.0320
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