Supply Chain Management in Apparel Industry

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Supply Chain Management in Apparel Industry
Now supply chain management working as a key success factor for the apparel industry.
That’s why the core focus of top management is to develop an effective supply chain
management system. Supply Chain Management is the process of managing resources,
the movement of resources from one party to another, one place to another place, one
department to another department, and one section to another section. Here, movement
of resources should be in a way so that the availability of the right resources in the right
place, at the right time, with adequate quantity, where the process cost is least. Here in
this article, you will have a broad idea of supply chain management in apparel industry
and what are the things you need to be careful when you work with Supply Chain
Management for Textile and Garments.
The important thing is supplying the required resources at a minimum cost. Manage the
flow of goods and services through the supply chain network and it is mainly related to
logistic. For this reason, logistic planning is one of the key focus. In a supply chain
management, the management of resources in every stage of manufacturing.
Why Supply Chain Management in the Apparel
Industry
The apparel industry is a vast industry producing millions of garments every day. One of
the toughest challenges faced by this industry is increasing the cost of garments
making and the price of both local and imported raw materials also increasing.
Manufacturers make garments both for local and export market but industrial scale
production is for export. You know the export market is highly competitive because China,
Bangladesh, Vietnam, India all are fighting for offering a better price to the garments
buyers to hold the export share high. You can compete in the market but first of all, you

need to minimize your direct and indirect cost associated with your garments production.
And the right solution is to use of supply chain management by which optimal sourcing
is possible where cost is minimum. And this is the reason why supply chain management
is important for the apparel industry.
Another thing is, we know about supply chain management but many of us are not sure
of how to apply and how to plan for proper supply chain management. Apparel manager
should carefully develop their supply chain and they will be successful only if they have a
proper planning for supply chain management. Future is very much competitive for
garments business. Those who manage Supply Chain (SC) properly will get
a competitive advantage over its competitors. It is the right time to hire some Supply
Chain Management (SCM) professionals and develop supply chain management for your
garment’s factory.
Supply Chain Management is Applicable to
• Manpower
• Machine
• Materials
• Money
Things you need to know about supply chain
management
• In every function/process/operation you can apply supply chain management
• Supply chain management ensures the right time delivery of
product/resources/services to the right place for a minimum cost.
• SCM will provide you a better logistic solution
• Everything is interconnected in an organization, all you need to do is to identify
the elements and process, analyze them and plan for a better connection.
Always a logical innovation in supply chain management will give you a reward for an
efficient business operation which will ultimately lead you to success.

Supply Chain Management is Everywhere
You can find the scope of supply chain management in every single place within your
garment’s factory. In your factory, you may require to supply, receive of materials from
one department to another, one section to another section and one location to another
location. So, there must be a proper planning for designing and setup of an effective
supply chain management in apparel industry.

Importance of Supply Chain Management in
Apparel Industry
1. Create flexibility in operation
2. The positive effect of mobility of resources
3. Minimization of Total Cost of owing (TCO)
4. Properly utilization of available resources
5. Ensure logistics management in terms of both raw materials sourcing and delivery
of final product.
Written by
Md. Nahian Mahmud Shaikat
http://ordnur.com