8. • Fashion-oriented clothing companies like Liz
Claiborne, Gap and The Limited Inc., generally design
and/or market—but do not make—the branded products
they order. They are “manufacturers without
factories”, with the physical production of goods separated
from the design and marketing.
• India has approximately 30,000 ready-to-wear Garment
manufacturing units, with a wide production range.
• India produces more than 100 garment product categories
and is increasingly considered as a major supplier of high
quality fashion clothes.
9. • The garments are manufactured as per the requirement
of the foreign/domestic buyers.
• The industry runs on three basic operations:
– (1) cutting;
– (2) stitching; and
– (3) pressing/finishing
• The typical process is a combined process of various
general and/or specialized machines operated by
manual or electronic devices.
19. Transportation
• Manufacturer to DC = Manufacturer
handles
• DC to Store = DC handles
• DC to Vendor (Reverse Logistics) = AFL
• DC to DC = AFL
• Internal transfers between Stores = AFL
• Modes of Transportation = Tempos
