Analyzing the effectiveness of smock production using lean system as a model in northern ghana for sustainable development

Lean manufacturing comprises a mixture of systems and procedures, all of which have a similar ultimate purpose; to reduce waste and non-value-added activities at each production or service process to provide the most fulfilment to the consumer. A growing number of industries in emerging countries are executing lean production to generate performance advancements and remain competitive. The central thrust of the current study is to analyze the effectiveness of the textile design and production of Smock using the lean businesss system as a modelin Northern Ghana forsustainability. The study employed essential concepts from the theory of constraints and contingency theory organisation design to explain the effectiveness of the textile design and production with a lean business system of smock production in northern Ghana. The exploratory and descriptive research design was chosen due to the nature of the study. A mixed method strategy was employed to reach conclusions that are accurate, reliable and reproducible. The population of the study was made up of 89 participants, focused on weavers and sewers working in smock production in Northern Ghana. Interviews, as well as questionnaires, were employed to collect the required data for the study. SPSS was employed to analyze the quantitative data. The major empirical findings of the study demonstrate that respondents have no idea about lean business practices. Thus, smock producers demonstrated their lack of understanding when it comes to the concept of lean business practices, and as a result, there is a low level of application of the lean business concept in the Ghanaian textile industry.