Apparel manufacturing is traditionally very labor intensive due to the extensive style and fabric variation of the products. Most of the sewing machine manufacturers and some of the larger apparel companies have developed semi-automated sewing stations to perform operations which are constant across a large style range. These normally require an operator to load the machine, which then automati...

Much has been written on the intensive interconnection between supply chain management (SCM) and quality management (QM) with a particular focus on the systems-based view as the common thread between these two operation management topics. Absent in this debate has been any examination of the dynamics of SCM and QM practices and the resultant implications for the end customer in terms of product...

This study aims at contributing to the analysis of the evolution of apparel industry in Brazil by answering the following questions: (a) Does global sourcing still explain the value upgrading process in the apparel production chains?; (b) Are there new sources of value upgrading to be considered?; (c) Is the dynamics of the apparel production pervaded by a phenomenon that is strongly related to...

The cooperation strategy followed by the buyer and vendor results is an overall effect on the saving percentage along with the impact of inventory costs such as holding cost, fixed and linear backorder cost. This paper deals with buyer vendor incentive inventory model with fixed lifetime product with fixed and linear back order cost. A distinguishing feature of this model is that both fixed and...

In this paper we consider a single machine system that produces items part of which are defective. The defective items produced in a time period, consisting of several equal cycles, are accumulated and are all reworked in the last cycle of this period called the rework cycle. At the end of the rework cycle the whole process will start all over again. The first significant objective of this stud...

This article is about thermal comfort in the wearable product. The research correlates fashion and architecture, in so far as it elects the brise soleil - an architectural element capable of regulating temperature and ventilation inside buildings - as a study referential, in trying to transpose and adapt its mechanisms to the wearable apparel.

This analysis estimates the expected number of Victorian public hospital neonatal intensive care unit cot-days that could be saved annually by reducing maternal smoking rate. Approximately 106 if rate was reduced from 8.4% to 6.4% (estimated annual cost saving A$276 000).

Iran's apparel market is currently filled with foreign brands that are generally ranked as high quality goods with high prices. With a surface examination of the apparel market and customers’ opinions, it can be concluded that Iranian apparel, despite having lower prices, is not in a suitable status in comparison with its foreign counterparts. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to ...