Boosting Business Competitiveness

With rising costs, pricing pressures, and increasingly volatile market demands, the manufacturing industry faces numerous challenges that threaten its financial stability, pushing many companies to the brink of debt and bankruptcy risks.

The manufacturing industry is currently grappling with several critical challenges, such as inefficient production processes, outdated workflows, fragmented supply chains, and inconsistent practices. Additionally, weak factory management systems and ineffective leadership further exacerbate these issues. Factory management struggles to address these challenges and transform manufacturing operations into more competitive and profitable platforms.

Most targeted improvement initiatives (Kaizen events) or factory-wide transformation projects fail or achieve only superficial, limited improvements, falling far short of realizing the full capacity of available manufacturing resources, leaving management to believe that this is the maximum potential.

Setting up a new manufacturing unit often involves replicating existing setups with minor adjustments, assuming these changes will enhance competitiveness, reduce costs, and address evolving market dynamics. However, this approach often neglects the need for updates in management systems, roles, and skills.

In today’s competitive apparel industry, the product development lifecycle—from concept to finished garments—often takes longer than necessary, with a significant amount of time consumed in the development process up to customer approval. Buyers face constant pressure to accelerate their collections and deliver them to consumers in a timely manner. To meet these demands, many are heavily investing in reducing product development lead times to better respond to market needs.