Investigation of factors affecting the production process of a textile industry to achieve sustainable growth

Production process could be defined as the conversion of raw materials, components, or parts into finished goods that would satisfy customers expectations or mentioned specifications. Usually Manufacturing has a man-machine set up with large quantity of production that utilizes division of labor concept. Itt includes a design to raw material collection to manufacturing to distribution towards its end of life, including disposal. In Bangladesh and all over the world, The textile industry plays a vital role in the economy. It has a close connection with RMG (Ready Made Garments) production. RMG sectors is a major foreign currency earner and export item. In the entire production process, there are many segments and factors are involved. For optimization, it will be effective and economical if prominent segments and factors could be determined for optimization. A textile production process involves spinning, weaving, dyeing, printing, and finishing. In this study, to find out the most prominent segment of the textiles industry production process, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was fused. Firstly, a questionnaire was developed based on the idea received from the brainstorming part. The questionnaire was sent to the experts. Data received from them were used to perform analysis using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). The AHP analysis shows that yarns manufacturing is the most critical segment in the textiles production process.