Introduction

According to Indian traditional wisdom, clothes are one of the four basic daily necessities: clothes, food, a home, transportation. Just like many basic commodities clothes are produced in a globalize production chain involving a wide variety of companies. Production capacity from other factories through sub-contracting network among suppliers factories. Further still an increasing number of home -base garment workers are in many states that rely on garment production for export growth. The garment industry is one of the earliest to globalize its supply chain, factories once located near designers and retail in USA & Europe, began relocating to Asia in the 1970s and have since began established on every continent now providing valuable exports to a wide range of countries. Sewing machines are relatively in-expensive and mobile compared to other manufacturing items. Buyers and suppliers readily shifted their orders and factories in search of the most competitive locations. The fluidity of the globalize production structure is also explained by its labour intensiveness. Companies always seek the cheapest labour, wherever it is, but primarily in developing countries. All these factors present a classic case of global supply chain in this era of globalization. While business and economist may be mostly interested in its management and efficiency.

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About the Author

The author is Research Scholar at University of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka, India