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Uncovering the circular economy potential and opportunities for the textile and apparel sector in Kenya [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesThe global textile & apparel industry is undergoing rapid change driven by fast fashion trends, shift of consumer preferences towards eco-products and intensified environmental and social welfare-motivated regulations.
Bowen Betzy, Khisa Kelvin, George Sharon
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Maximizing performance of apparel manufacturing industry through CAD adoption
International Journal of Engineering Business Management, 2020 Textile and apparel manufacturing industry of India is second highest employment generator sector and largest contributor to India’s GDP. Unfortunately, it lacks behind in innovations and adoption of technology to meet the challenges.
Sarita Chaudhary +2 more
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Results in EngineeringThe apparel manufacturing industry (AMI) significantly contributes to the economic growth of various developing nations. However, unsustainable production practices remain a major concern in this sector.
Binoy Debnath +7 more
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Revista Produção Online, 2011 This work aims to identify aspects of the creative economy in the region of Flanders that influence the performance of the textile and apparel value chain in order to contribute to the design of policies that can enhance the entrepreneurial creativity of
Flavio da Silveira Bruno +2 more
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Axioms, 2021 The apparel and textile industry are known as a key sector in the structure of many economies around the world. In particular, the influence of foreign outsourcing manufacturers on textile supply chains has been recognized for decades.
Chia-Nan Wang +2 more
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Factors driving online apparel shopping in South Africa [PDF]
The Retail and Marketing Review, 2016 This article seeks to examine factors that affect consumer attitudes and intentions towards online apparel shopping in South Africa. This is achieved by testing Monsuwé et al.’s (2004) expanded version of the well-known Technology Acceptance Model, which
G J Lee, T Barnes
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Global Labour Journal, 2013 Ensuring a healthy working environment in the apparel sector is advocated by various multi-stakeholder initiatives and retailers because of apparent concerns for the health and welfare of workers.
Kanchana Ruwanpura
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Engineering ReportsThe study explores how digitalization together with lean manufacturing techniques influences operational performance within the apparel sector while highlighting Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) as a critical indicator of performance.
Bülent Koç, Selin Hanife Eryürük
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Agile Integrated Facilities Maintenance Approach to Apparel Sector
Procedia Manufacturing, 2018 Abstract Facilities managers in apparel sector face numerous uncertainties due to the unpredictable nature of facilities maintenance. In this context, apparel industry practitioners urge for an effective facilities maintenance strategy to minimize uncertainty and opt to adopt strategic changes in maintenance approaches in recent past.
Chamini Thenuwara, Y.G. Sandanayake
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Female Earnings in the Apparel Industry Post-MFA: Evidence From Pakistan
SAGE Open, 2020 One of the major worries vis-à-vis the phasing out of the multifiber arrangements (MFA)/agreement on textile and clothing (ATC) in 2005 was that the textile and apparel (T&A) production would shift from the developed to the developing countries and have ...
Jabbar Ul-Haq +3 more
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