THE EFFECT OF MODEL CHANGE PROCESSES ON THE OVERALL EQUIPMENT EFFECTIVENESS IN CLOTHING PRODUCTION

The overall equipment effectiveness is necessary for determining weak points in order to provide optimum equipment conditions. Meanwhile, it focuses on removing the factors such as unexpected malfunctions, speed losses and quality losses in the process. These losses are commonly seen in the transition between orders and in the process for adaptation to a new product in clothing enterprises. This process has a big importance for providing effectiveness in the current understanding of production in which the numbers of orders decrease but the numbers of models increase. This study deals with the effect of the order change time on the overall equipment efficiency.