Background of the study

The new creation manufacturing was founded by Mr. Hiro, an Indian national who sold beddings
along Tomas Pinpin in Manila. The products of Mr. Hiro became popular in 1950. The demand of
beddings increased and even extended his product lines into bedsheets, pillowcases, comforters, and
towels.

In the year 1972, the business grew faster than the founder expected so he came up with an
idea to introduce a company named Hello Dolly to the public. This company focuses on producing
infants wear and infants’ beddings. Hello Dolly creatively launched their products to the market. Brands
under this company name are; Strok Baby Wear, Baby beddings, Sanggol Value Pack, and Hello Dolly
Baby Wear.

Hello Dolly started its journey in the Philippines, and can be found at 0675 Quirino Ave., San
Dionisio, Parañaque City. However during 70’s and 80’s they experienced local product struggle. Mr
Ravi, son of Mr. Hiro, decided to offer their product internationally, acquired international licenses and
collaborated among other licenses Brand which are the Fisher Price, Peanuts, Crayola and Sanrio to
meet the customer demands. Because of the licenses they obtained, they are now exporting to different
countries in the world particularly in Europe, Japan, Australia, UAE, and Saudi Arabia.

This paper investigated the facility layout and the flow of process in order to understand its
current process flow and come up with a better layout in terms of its cycle time, space requirements and
correlations.

FLOOR PLAN LAYOUT

Figure 1 shows the current layout of Hello Dolly Production Area

Hello Dolly has processing area beginning from quality assurance of raw Materials to product

packing. The following flows discuss how Hello Dolly produce its product:

Flow Chart

Figure 2. Process flow chart of activities inside Hello Dolly Production Area
Research Method/Design

The descriptive evaluative research design was used in this paper. The process of descriptive

method goes more than getting information. It involves interpretation of the meaning or significance of

what is described. It is a purposive process of gathering, classifying and tabulating of data about

prevailing condition, beliefs, trends, and process and then making adequate and accurate interpretation

about such data with or without the aid of statistical method. This method is often combined with

comparison and contrast involving measurement, classification, interpretations and evaluation.

It describes the facility of Hello Dolly specially the Production area, where the problem regarding

the flow of process occurred, and evaluated that would help to redesign the production area. Designing

of the production area would result a better workstation, safe workplace for the workers and improve

efficiency.

According to Timothy Hubbard, Assistant professor of management in the Mendoza College of

Business. Descriptive research is the collection of data describing some phenomenon that is may or may

not be quantifiable such as close-ended scales, open-ended survey question, observation and

interviews. The purpose of the research is to evaluate or measure the result against some know or

hypothetical standards.