2. Full Article
2.1 Scope of the Authors Study
Table 1: Dyehouse Audits by Author by Country
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Country
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Number of Audits
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UK
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5
|
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France
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6
|
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Belgium
|
3
|
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Switzerland / Germany / Austria
|
6
|
|
Spain
|
4
|
|
Portugal
|
3
|
|
Italy
|
40
|
|
Slovakia
|
3
|
|
Hungary
|
5
|
|
Turkey
|
20
|
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Hong Kong
|
3
|
|
Mainland China
|
10
|
|
South Korea
|
3
|
|
Taiwan
|
2
|
|
Indonesia
|
15
|
|
South Africa
|
5
|
|
Mauritius
|
8
|
|
Ecuador
|
5
|
|
Peru
|
6
|
|
Brazil
|
3
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It leads to some very interesting observations; which defy
any text book or theoretical treatise. The study, when taken as a whole,
reflects on what real people are doing in a real world.
The lessons are there to be learned.
The dangers are there for all to see.
2.2. Background
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India Told to Aim Higher
(Dr Sanjay Gupta Ref
1)
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The current state of the Indian Textile Industry has been
reviewed from within by both the Finance Ministry of the Government (Ref 2) and
the Indian Cotton Mills Federation (Ref 3). This was reported by Dr Sanjay
Gupta (Ref 1).
The main points from these internal analyses will be
summarised in this paper.
The overriding conclusion from both sources is that there is
a clearly defined need for the Industry as a whole to improve Productivity; but
particularly so within the wet processing sector (ie. within the dyehouse).
2.3 The Government View
During the last Olympic games, Mr P. Chidamabaram (Ref 2),
then the Union Finance Minister for the Indian government, advised the Indian Textile
Industry to adopt the Olympic Games Motto and become :
