Abstract:
Today Apparel Industry accounts for the largest portion of total exports of Sri
Lanka and its biggest challenge is the existence of higher labour turnover
resulting from the ill effects of labour recruitments. Research focuses upon
enhancing efficiency and effectiveness of Human Resourcing Practice
eliminating waste and creating high value addition component of the Apparel
Industry as a whole on the foundation of the application of Lean Concept. We
have identified the Human Resourcing Best Practice of the Apparel Industry
through past literature and expert opinions and focused upon five medium and
large-scale apparel manufactures in Sri Lanka to identify inefficiencies and
ineffectiveness of Human Resourcing Practice by comparing their current
Practice with the industry Best Practice. As a result, we identified that nonexistence
of value adding activates and existence of non-value adding
activities mainly contributed to the higher labour turnover in Apparel
Industry. Finally, study recommends that Hoshin Kanri Lean tool can be used
to eliminate the waste in Human Resourcing Practice.
