A 'Source to Store' retail approach - RFID sees profitable apparel industry applications Paid Article

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) based on Electronic Product Code (EPC) tracks the status of apparels right from the manufacturing point till point of sale. RFID is being considered to have a significant impact in the apparel segment by helping to identify the location, and condition of the merchandise and reduce costs. But the question is how far is it successful in the apparel segment? How much does it help in picking information, sharing, receiving, and replenishing other ...

Computer-aided Product Life Management (PLM): An Indispensable Tool for Fashion and Apparel Industry

PLM is a management strategy adopted by a company to control its collection from the point of conception to the point of sale. In a simpler way product-life-cycle (PLC) concept is linked with variations over time in the volume of sales or profit earned for a specific product category, form or brand. During this period significant cohesive marketing strategies are developed and adopted to increase the profit of company ...

Emerging Trend in E-Commerce in Textile & Apparel

E-commerce is an exemplary concept in the future of textile and apparel industry. It is playing a major role in the present scenario of textile and apparel industry. It is also very significant that the future of textile and apparel industry is complete only with E-commerce. Diverse e-commerce applications are being implemented in the textile and apparel supply ...

Automation in Apparel Industry

Globalization of industries is a defining trend of our time. The textile and apparel industry, in particular, is one of the most globalizing industries in today's world. The apparel manufacturers are faced with the challenges of designing fashionable garments with multiple styles in short runs, managing stock levels, improving delivery speeds, achieving flexibility and versatility and ensuring consistent ...

CAD/CAM Support for Jacquard Based Textile Industry

The move to computerization is a major trend in the apparel /textile industry today. Computers are changing the way designers all over the world are working. For the textile designers, CAD has become more or less indispensable now-a-days. Years back the process of fabric designing was extremely tedious and time ...

Standards to Assess Thermal Behaviour of Textile Materials and Role of Thermal Manikins

Thermal Comfort of Textile Materials and Its Assessment in dynamic environmental conditions has been discussed in previous two articles. For the correct assessment of the thermal properties, global testing standards are must. These standards are not only useful for thermal ...