In an evolving industry, the evolution of technology and management tools cannot
be far behind..., in fact they are the engines of evolutions supporting the industry to
stay ahead and prepared for all the challenges.
As we enter in the New Year, the team reviews various subjects of focus for StitchWorld over the past one year where eight clear directions have emerged – IT, Sustainability, Less Explored Products, Technology for Value Addition, Automation, IE, Quality Management, and Bonding & Welding... These directions are indicative of how the industry is moving ahead to stay competitive.
In 2015, SW took a deep look at how technology providers and industry are better using IT solutions to add value to their operations. From virtual prototyping to appbased solutions to M2M communication, a lot has been happening in this area... Our Retrospect takes the reader through the various articles that deal with the subject. Sustainability is today perhaps the most discussed topic in all spheres and the garment industry has also been evaded with ways to keep systems, processes and factories sustainable. Efforts are at both ends – at industry-level and technologylevel, and with an intelligent synergy of both, companies are successfully taking the sustainability route to growth.
For an industry looking at options for ‘differentiating’, SW has identified some new products that have the potential to give a competitive edge. Also in focus is technology for value addition..., after all India cannot run away from its core strength; and how to get better, faster and more economical results in value addition, is the key.
Today, no industry can ignore the need for automation and over the year many articles lay out the various interventions and technologies that help in automating operations for both better productivity and quicker response time. A detailed series on IE and the various roles and responsibilities of the IE department threadbare areas that earlier did not even exist, like ‘ergonomics’.
The major goal of any manufacturing company is to produce quality products and the same is equally important in a garment factory, if not more... SW has dwelled on various ways to manage quality and how to implement QMS in factories. We have been talking of Bonding and Welding now for some time and the concept is growing bigger by the day... New developments of 2015 are discussed in some penetrating articles. I firmly believe that the technology is here to stay and co-exist with traditional sewing.
StitchWorld will continue with its journey of discovery to talk about new innovations, management tools and also benchmark practices. As always, I invite my readers to share new ideas and also suggest topics that they would be keen to read about. Wishing all of you a very busy and fruitful year ahead. Happy New Year...!
As we enter in the New Year, the team reviews various subjects of focus for StitchWorld over the past one year where eight clear directions have emerged – IT, Sustainability, Less Explored Products, Technology for Value Addition, Automation, IE, Quality Management, and Bonding & Welding... These directions are indicative of how the industry is moving ahead to stay competitive.
In 2015, SW took a deep look at how technology providers and industry are better using IT solutions to add value to their operations. From virtual prototyping to appbased solutions to M2M communication, a lot has been happening in this area... Our Retrospect takes the reader through the various articles that deal with the subject. Sustainability is today perhaps the most discussed topic in all spheres and the garment industry has also been evaded with ways to keep systems, processes and factories sustainable. Efforts are at both ends – at industry-level and technologylevel, and with an intelligent synergy of both, companies are successfully taking the sustainability route to growth.
For an industry looking at options for ‘differentiating’, SW has identified some new products that have the potential to give a competitive edge. Also in focus is technology for value addition..., after all India cannot run away from its core strength; and how to get better, faster and more economical results in value addition, is the key.
Today, no industry can ignore the need for automation and over the year many articles lay out the various interventions and technologies that help in automating operations for both better productivity and quicker response time. A detailed series on IE and the various roles and responsibilities of the IE department threadbare areas that earlier did not even exist, like ‘ergonomics’.
The major goal of any manufacturing company is to produce quality products and the same is equally important in a garment factory, if not more... SW has dwelled on various ways to manage quality and how to implement QMS in factories. We have been talking of Bonding and Welding now for some time and the concept is growing bigger by the day... New developments of 2015 are discussed in some penetrating articles. I firmly believe that the technology is here to stay and co-exist with traditional sewing.
StitchWorld will continue with its journey of discovery to talk about new innovations, management tools and also benchmark practices. As always, I invite my readers to share new ideas and also suggest topics that they would be keen to read about. Wishing all of you a very busy and fruitful year ahead. Happy New Year...!
