SHRI KAMAKSHI

HANDLOOM WEAVERS
PRODUCTION & SALES
CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY
LTD
October 24, 2019
 ABOUT CLUSTER

• Kamakshi Handloom is a rich tradition that has been passed

• down from hundreds of years
• Registered in the year 2014
• Run under the Ministry of textiles
• Located at Kamakshipalya
• Stands on top of the list of saree suppliers in the country.
• Listed in trade India’s list of verified sellers offering
• supreme quality of silk sarees .
• 20% rebate on handloom silk Mark sarees
Cluster can be defined as
concentration of micro, small and
medium enterprises in a given
geographical location producing
same or a similar type of products
or services
CLUSTER CONCEPT
SUPPLY CHAIN
Supply chain management is the
handling of the entire production
flow of a good or service starting
from the raw components all the
way to delivering the final product
to the consumer.
 SUPPLY CHAIN STAGES

DESIGN O P E R AT I O N / DISTRIBUTION
S TA G E PRODUCTION S TA G E
S TA G E
DESIGN STAGE
RAW MATERIAL AND
SOURCING
R AW M AT E R I A L
•Natural or unrefined form of product
•chief constituent of the primary product
that is processed or manufactured
•bottleneck assets

R AW M AT E R I A L S O U R C E D B Y K A M A K S H I
•Mulberry silk
•Zari
MULBERRY SILK •Highest quality natural silk
•Mulberry silk has its history in China, where local farmers
grow Mulberry trees and harvest the leaves for silkworms to
feed on
•resulting cocoons spun into raw silk fibers
•unique benefits: 100% natural, odorless and hypoallergenic

Silk worm building cocoon

•contains a natural protein called sericin: reduces the possibility
of an allergic
reaction

About 97% of the raw mulberry silk comes

from six Indian states, namely: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Jammu
cocoon
and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and West Bengal
 •Raw silk
• Contain a  gummy substance called sericin
MULBERRY due which it has a coarser and rough surface
SILK YARN • Fiber used to make raw silk is shorter due
which it has a unique texture

Mulberry Silk Yarn (before Processed silk

dying) • Processing silk yarn to refine to make it
soft and lustrous

Source
• Ramanagara: Silk Town and Silk City
• Approximately: 50 km from Bangalore
• Silk produced is famous for Mysore Silk
Mulberry Silk Yarn (after • Largest market for silk cocoons in Asia
dying) • 50 tonnes of cocoon a day arrive at the town

Average cost: Rs 3000 to 4000/kg

ZARI YARN
• An even thread made of fine gold or silver used traditionally in Indian
garments
• Nowadays in most fabrics, zari is made of cotton or polyester yarn
• Zari is the main material in most silk sarees and Lehenga.

Source
• Surat: in state of Gujarat, the west coast of India
• World's largest producer of all types of zari
Tested Zari Gold Zari

• Cheaper as copper • Silk thread and twist

wire that is a silver thread over

electroplated with this thread, dipped

silver instead of pure into gold to make

silver thread to make gold plated zari

the zari • Cost: Rs 5000 to

• Cost: Rs 360/m 6000 whole reel

.
Saree made from test zari Saree made from gold zari
 OPERATION/
PRODUCTION
STAGE
I. WEAVING

•Weaving is a method
of textile production in which two
distinct sets of yarns or threads are
interlaced at right angles to form a the
fabric.
•The fabric is usually woven on
a loom.
•2 types of loom- Handloom and
powerloom
BASIC LOOM
COMPONENTS
BASIC LOOM MOTIONS
 • A hand loom is a simple
machine used for weaving.
• This loom is powered by
hand.
• Completion of a single saree
takes 2-3 days of work.
• Handloom Saree are
• expensive as compared to
power loom saree.
HANDLOOM
SHUTTLE-PIT
LOOMS
•A power loom is a type of
mechanically powered loom
driven by a steam engine or
electric power used to weave
cloth.

•They work ten times faster than

the handloom.
POWER
•2-3 saree are
completed in a day by a single
LOOMS
unit.
JACQUARD
LOOM
II. DYEING AND FINISHING

Dyeing is the application

of dyes or pigments on textile materials such
as fibers, yarns, and fabrics with the goal of achieving
color with desired color fastness. Dyeing is normally
done in a special solution containing dyes and particular
chemical material.
YARN FABRIC
DYEING DYEING
 Yarn Dyeing

• Yarn dyeing is the dyeing of the yarns before they have been woven or
knitted into fabrics.
• Yarn dyeing is used to create interesting checks, stripes and plaids with
different-colored yarns in the weaving process. 
 Fabric Dyeing

• Fabric Dyeing is the method after weaving, knitting, or non-woven to make fabrics.
• Dyeing forms of the fabric dyeing can be used in 2 ways:
1. Open width form using the fabrics to spread without any creases and dye them. 

2. Rope form using the fabrics with the form like a rope.
 Finishing

• Finishing involves treatment with chemical compounds aimed at improving the quality of
the fabric.
 Making process

1. Silk saree is made from silk yarn. Mulberry silk is widely

used.
2. Produced using sericulture process.

3. The yarn in this saree is woven and dyed into colorful ,

lustrous threads.
4. Silk yarn may be woven into fabrics.

5. Next step that follows are the thread extraction, spinning.

6. Threads are then dipped into colorful dyes for preparing
colorful sarees out of them.
PRODUCT AND
DISTRIBUTION
STAGE
 Handloom
saree Powerloom
saree
• Heavy in weight
• Light in weight
• Un-even selvedge
• Even selvedge
• Smooth surface
• Rough surface
• More expensive
• Less expensive
• More labour
• Less labour
intensive
intensive
Art silk saree Gold zari Dupion silk
saree saree
 KANJIVARAM KHADI SILK
SAREE SAREE

CREPE
BANARASI SILK
SAREE SAREE
 VALUE
ADDITION
Cluster Development
initiatives (CDI) androle of National
I n s t i t u t e o f F a s h i o n Te c h n o l o g y ( N I F T )

• Special project under the aegis of Sawarnjayanti Gram Svarojgar

Yojna under the Ministry of Rural Development
• It’s a mutually advantageous link which
• helped in making around 2500 new products
• Hampi  in karnataka being one such beneficiary of it.
• CDI
• Coalesces the traditional India’s craft clusters with contemporary
designs and
• Marketing strategies
EXISTING BOTTLENECKS FOR HANDLOOM SILK
S A R I S A N D W E AV E R S

• Unorganized/Decentralized sector
• Lack of Education
• Poor exposure to new Technologies
• Absence of market intelligence
• Poor institutional framework
• Western sophistications
• Small size of clusters hinder internalization of functions such
as Training, Logistics and Technological innovations
Recommendations
f o r We a v e r s a n d t h e i r u p l i f t m e n t

• Weavers to be well supported in terms of Infrastructure bottlenecks by state owned

infrastructure on plug and play model to establish SMEs with anchor Entrepreneurs
and angel investors.
• Simplified process and enhanced incentives

• Digitization of entire supply chain from production to delivery

• India needs to be sourcing hub for entire value chain with five ‘F’ s:
• Farm-Fibre-Fabric-Fashion-Foreign
• SHGs with women Empowerment to build social Capital by creating step by step
approach
Value addition in design

1. Design development: Variations in size and design of motifs around “pallu”, borders and
blouse can help them produce different price range sarees covering low-mid-high cost
depending upon the intricacy of design and motifs.
2. Contemporising the traditional motifs and placing them differently on sarees, around
borders and on blouse.
3. Collaborating with skilled designers and hiring interns time to time when needed, who
will help them to make their product more relevant in the market.
4. To take responsibility to train the weavers with new and upgraded weaving processes
and also educate their future generation with the same.
Va l u e a d d i t i o n i n s u p p l y c h a i n a n d l e a r n i n g
outcomes

• Educate the weavers

• Expand product offerings
• Get products shelf ready
• Enhance customization capabilities
• Manage inventory more efficiently
• React faster to changing business needs.
• Manage transportation costs.
• Ensure continuous improvement
Model for the betterment of labors

Govt. should invest Marketing and

in this model awareness

Supply-chain
model

CHANGE WILL HAPPEN SLOWLY