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Due to increased customer demand and global competition, on time delivery with quality for the Indian apparel manufacturer has become important. In RMG industries, lead time is decreasing day by day. In order to reduce wastage of time, resources and money, lean tools are implemented. Lean tools are simple and do not require a lot of investment for good results. There is limited study on implementation of lean manufacturing system in garment industry. The primary focus of the study is on the implementation of one of the lean tools, viz. Kanban Management System, in a shirt manufacturing unit. The production reports and production flow was analysed to understand the root cause of the problem. After indication, improvement proposal is given to the industry from which the productivity as well as line efficiency has compared before and after applying the techniques.The report is then analysed after the time duration of three months.Also the positive change in the working environment due to implementation is analysed.