Waste Management & Quality Assessment of Footwear Manufacturing Industry in Bangladesh: An Innovative Approach

Globally, the manufacturing industries have incredible contribution in the global economic growth and ithas wide recognition in the area of poverty alleviation. The manufacturing sector is also considered as one of the significant economic contributor in the Asian sub-continent since last 1900 century.The management of solid waste has become an urgent problem. Product quality meansthat a product will accompany its producer from cradle to grave; prevention, recycling anddisposal of waste are part of a theory of the firm. Lean manufacturing tools areone of the most influential & most effective methodologies for eliminating wastes (MUDA), controlling quality, and improving overallperformance of any machine, system or process in any industry with the complete assurance of large annual profit margins. This research work has been carried out in aleading footwear manufacturing industry in Bangladesh to show how to eliminate its wastage and improve its quality by using Lean tools. This paper related to work isnot only applied to footwear manufacturing industry but also in any other types of organizations. By implementing Lean toolsa perfectsynchronization among cost, quality, production time and control time will be observed. Keywords-Waste Management; Quality Assessment; Labor Waste; Casual Shoe;Pareto Chart; Footwear industry