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‘Sustaining and generating skilled workforce for garment
industry.’
Presented bySumita SikkaAssistant ProfessorUniversity Institute of fashion Technology and Vocational Studies
Objectives of the study are to
•Sustain the workforce in garment industry•Identify constraints faced by garment industry for training the workforce•broaden a pool of skilled force to meet the developing needs of the country through ICT•create opportunities for enhancing skills throughout life for better standard of living
Global scenario of apparel industry• As it a labor intensive industry , its concentration is shifting toward developing countries
• Most of the raw material is available with developing countries
• Percentage share of different regions in total trade revenue –Asia Pacific 35.40%, Europe 29.40%,USA 22.30%, Rest of world 12.90%
• In Asia Pacific region China has 50% Market share and India has 15% and rest is contributed by Hong Kong, Philippines , Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan , Bangladesh and Srilanka
Introduction to Indian Garment Industry
• Competitive sector of economy for generating employment for rural and urban population
• Requirement of skilled worker is met by untrained and non certified labor
• Large number of skill development and training institutes are inadequate to meet the future target of training 500 million by 2022
Present status of workforce in textile industry in India
Target group for skill development
Working in organized sector
Working in unorganized sector
Current capacity of skill development programs
12.8 million annually 26 million 433 million 3.1 million annually
Source - National Skill Development Policy March 2009
Skill development and training programmes under textile ministry
• Decentralized Training Programme , 24 Weavers‟ Service Centers, Cooperative Training, 13 Power loom Centres ,, Training Centres for Handicrafts, North –eastern Handicrafts and Handlooms development Corporation Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC)
• Mainly short term (15 days to 3 months).
• Some courses under Handicrafts are of 1 year duration.
• 3 months to 1 year • Focus of the all the training programme is technical – teaching specialized skills required to assemble a garment
• Atomization has reached a stage where all necessary setting for achieving quality standards can be automatically reached
Seamless garment
Globally manufacturers are focusing on providing solutions to end customers in order to reduce inventory.
Technological advancements in garment industry• Design ,Creativity, management and business has been revolutionized by Information and communication technology –CAD/CAM , Digital fabric printers , 3-D body scanners
Mass customized assembly line allows the design to be individualized and produce at minimum cost
• Ability of the software to customize the pattern and design has an edge to turn the mass production into mass customization
• Mass customization is not a distant dream as few of apparel industries like Second Skin Swimwear, Juno Beach, FL, U.S.A, Levis Strauss , Mountain City, TN, U.S.A automobile and information technology industries are already practicing it
Future production process in apparel Industry
• Fragmented and heterogeneous nature of mass customized market would combine the production and retailing unit
• Need would be of trained sales persons and flexible workforce
• Computerized Infrastructure for customers satisfaction in virtual environment
• Neuroscience Research has proved that human brain continue to grow and change throughout life span.
• Creativity can be learned which is required to solve many problems
• Learning can happen in the absence of teacher through ICT- Curiosity is the key
• For mass customization – versatility, flexibility and multiple skills are the essential requirements
• Motivation of the workforce to do quality work and arousing curiosity for solving problem rationally is required in the garment industry because of ever changing products and problems to reach the finished stage.
• Along with technical skill teaching , stress should be on producing creative brains
Sustainability and growth • In present scenario awareness about environment and hazardous effect of unhealthy business and consumer behaviors are of great concern
• Sustaining workforce for the benefit of future generation and sustaining environment by reducing the amount of clothes used for landfills, buying clothes from second hand cloth market or hiring clothes for particular occasion would help in making earth a better place to live.
•Recycled clothes for reducing carbon emission during manufacturing and for reducing landfills should be made fashionable and new trend
•Along with technical training the focus should be on brain training through ICT and learning relaxing techniques to generate more creative individuals who can readily adapt to the changing in production pattern and future trends
Suggestions
•Motivation of workforce to do quality work , curiosities for solving problems , self assessment and regulation though ICT and reward•Using the infrastructure of private organization and universities during free hours for training the workforce would help in bridging the gap in knowledge professional and workforce
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Garment industry in Ludhiana cluster• Contributes 45% to the total textile and apparel export from India
• Institutes providing training to semi skilled workers & fresher are ATDC, AEPC, NITRA, ITI’s, NIIFT, INIFD,Polytechniques ,SIFT and Govt. institutions through vocational training
• Strength- Innovation and capacity to produce in small lots as per customer specifications
• Weakness- Immigration of labour with in 3-4 months after in-house training
• Poor Infrastructure• Limited use of ICT is affecting awareness