Facilities and Information Technology

as Key Competitive Forces In Export

Garments Growth

By Group 10:
Bhogi Sai Sasi Kumar MBA07221
Rayasam Akash MBA07112
Sayee Prasad Kompella MBA07206
P B Pravalika MBA07098
 Case Study Overview
The case study is based upon the role of facilities and information as
supply chain drivers in export business, Clifton Exports-Institute of
garments manufacturing, where he has touched upon various threads of
supply chain management like facility management, role of information
technology in exporting, constraints at every stage in the case of garment
components manufacturer and thus, tried to portray a clear picture of the
relationship between manufacturer and exports ways…
Q1. Discuss the state –of the art facility
management of clifton?
 State of the Art house facility at Clifton

The state of art House comprises of

● Seam Engineering Unit
● Garment Processing Unit
● Knitting Unit
● Dyeing Unit
● Garmenting and Finishing Unit
 SEAM ENGINEERING

JOBS :
-Yarns from fibre
-Threads from fibre
-Final products from yarns and threads
-Seam and Stitching of garments

PROCESS:
fibre-> yarns & threads -> final Product
PRECAUTIONS:
● -Quality parameters of threads and machine
● -Lubrication of machine
 GARMENT PROCESSING

JOBS:
● Fibre processing
● Yarn processing
● Fabric processing
● Garment processing
● Wet processing
● Finishing

PROCESS:
● Garment finishing by wet processing
● Dyed for imparting color
● Finishes for texture of fabrics

PRECAUTIONS:
● Garment Processing grown because of fashion consciousness of people hence quality should not be
ignored.
● Quality control should be efficient in pre sales , post sales services
● Defects should be lessen as much as possible.
 KNITTING DIVISION
JOBS:
● circular knitting by good technology from Germany, Japan, Far East
● fabrics like Fleece and Polar Fleece, Jersey, Pique, Interlock, Rib & Interlock Pointellis etc.
● Fibres like 100% cotton, Polyester/ Cotton Blends, Gassed Mercerised Cotton,100% Polyesters, 100%
Viscos/Rayon and Cotton/Viscos blends

PROCESS :
● Capacity of 3 tonnes/day
● Process is of very short cycle time

PRECAUTIONS:
● Garments should be various varieties that can meet demand
● Technology should be used properly
● None of the orders from customer should be avoided in any means
● Quality should be well enough for selling
 DYEING DIVISION

JOBS:
● Dyeing jobs for Yarns, Fabrics, Garments
● Pigment padding
● Bio- wash
● Softening
● Tape Dyeing

PRODUCTS:
● Tape dyeing which is used in home furnishing industries
● Dyeing and finishing of all kind of fabrics produced in the house
● Equipped with modern HTHP soft flow of Dyeing Machine
● Vessel capacity from 50kg-800kg
● Daily capacity 3.8 tonns

PRECAUTIONS:
● Documented quality control programmed for each activity certified by International Lab
● Quality of Products are matched with International Standards regularly
● Production is done by keeping Environmental issues like water contamination in mind, how it can be
reduced
● Newly technology based lab uses sophisticated technology like spectrometer for measuring the designs
 GARMENTING & FINISHING

JOBS:
● Compacting
● Mercerising
● Stentering
● Raising
● Tiggering
● Shearing
● Stenter

PRODUCTION:
● Capacity of 16,000 t-shirts daily
● Finishing job capacity of 5 tonnes/day
● Shearing machine capacity of 3.5 tonnes/day
● Finishing by stenter can be done with capacity of 3.2 meters at a time
● Overall Production Capacity of the unit is about 8 tonnes/day

PRECAUTIONS:
● Each garments are checked in International Standards manually as well as machines
● Needle detectors searches for defects
● Vacuum is used for fastening the job
Q2. Prepare a report on the advantages of locating in
a cluster, orientation towards IT enablement and
fair and ethical practices as seen in Clifton.
● Information technology is an important supply chain driver in garments
export business because there is different layers like buyer, intermediary
in case of Clifton exports.
● Clifton exports has invested on a different ERP and SAP ERP 4.7 with an
aim of automating their supply chain and track inventory levels.
● In garment export business, expected to deliver faster, within the shortest
order time cycle.
● This IT provides total solution with predictable costs, proven
performance & low maintenance costs.
● It tracks all the data automatically which is free of human interventions.
● IDEATEC is a mini-ERP solution which helps in judgment making.
● It has segmented the whole cluster into different modules which is giving quick
information to the management about any change in economy of the production at any
point, like
■ -Status Tracking
■ -Material Tracking
■ -Cost Tracking
● In total, there are twenty-nine modules which manage business of export processing,
monitoring and control of business.
● ERP takes care of planning ,Scheduling and also handles physical, financial and
information flow of business.
SWOT
Analysis
 W
S O T
● Good market share in India.
● Exports to UK, US, France by all variety of Garments.
● Bulk order of 2M pieces so focus can be on one place.
● Six trained quality personnel to check the quality rejections.
● Inventory carrying policy has a provision to store 20 days stock.
● Highly qualified production: Skilled & unskilled.
● Labor productivity is high.
● Ambience, facilities & high standard social infrastructure of new
production house.
 W
S O T
● Recovery time is high as 36 months
● The variable cost of the materials may affect the price
● Order dispatches could be weekly or in one lot. If order size is huge that
can only be dispatched in more than one stages.
● Inventory cost is affected by price fluctuation and by annual contracts.
 W
S O T
● Business is always for long run hence it is good for the company to deal
with.
● Capacity of Company will increase
● At least for 36 months the expansion project will run on full capacity
hence no chance of being idle
● They are outsourcing materials but producing it at their own plant where
customer can directly complain about the final products.
 W
S O T
● As most of the transportations are through sea, that may delay
sometime in delivery which can fulfilled by air although it hampers
economics by 30-40%
Thank
you!