Abstract:


Over the last 20 years there hasbeen a dramatic technical development of machines and software in theproduction of knitted fashion garments. This development has made it possibleto rationalize design and production of knitted garments so that today it ispossible to make a knitted garment, almost ready made, directly in the knittingmachine, with a minimum of processes, such as cutting and sewing.


The objective of this paper is toexplain and give examples of how this new knitting production technology couldbe implemented in a fast fashion logistic system. The method for this paper isan inductive approach based on a literature survey.


The new technical achievements havenot meant the great breakthrough that was expected. Why? Many companies movedtheir production to development countries where the costs of production, mainlylabour costs are lower than in western countries. Another reason is that it isnot enough to invest in new machinery and then use the machines in the sameproduction system as before. To gain the benefits of this technique theproduction processes in the company have to be changed and adapted to these newconditions. The lack of knowledge in supply chain design and a one-sidedperspective on production costs, instead of a customer orientated one, is oneexplanation. This, in a business (fashion) where the demand is changing day by-day and the short time to market is vital to a companys ability to becompetitive. This article describes the integral and complete garment knittingtechniques and the advantages that they open up, both from a logistics and atechnical point of view. An integral knitted whole garment technologyimplemented and adjusted to the production and business system in a company,can reduce lead times dramatically and respond quickly to the rapidly changingfashion market.



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