Lean Quality Defects Control and Productivity Gains
Adopting modern management practices reduced quality defects by 43.1% (p = 0.001), lowered yarn inventory by 21.7% (p = 0.060), increased output by 9.4% (p = 0.026), and increased Total Factor Productivity (TFP) by 16.6% (p = 0.061), yielding an estimated annual profit increase of $325,000 per plant.