South Africa’s textile industry started late, and clothing is South Africa’s 11th largest export industry. But management in the apparel and textile industry must support supply chain operations. This area has always been neglected, which is not conducive to South Africa’s clothing industry to save costs and compete with other global competitors. The South African government is currently carrying out textile and clothing competitiveness through the Ministry of Planning, Industry and Trade to provide funds, conduct professional training and experience exchanges to promote member companies to improve Competitiveness. At present, South Africa’s clothing and textile industry has seen a huge turnaround, and the decline in employment rates has slowed.
The South African textile industry started late. Before World War II, there were only manufacturers of home textiles such as sheets and blankets. It was not until the 1950s and 1960s that manufacturers of woven woven fabrics, cotton yarn, and worsted wool (velvet) appeared. Clothing is South Africa’s 11th largest export industry. Gary Knight, president of the South African Supply Chain Management Agency, told member companies of the Kwazulu-Natal Textile and Apparel Industry Organization in the Durban region that South Africa’s textile and apparel manufacturers must have a more efficient supply chain strategy to catch up with international Peers. The ctcp plan supported by the South African Department of Industry and Trade includes two parts: a production incentive plan and a competitiveness improvement plan, and has been implemented in some member companies of the kwazulu-natal organization. It is committed to promoting local retailer member companies to focus on improving product production, advantages in processing and logistics efficiency, and promote its member companies to enhance their competitiveness through activities such as professional training and experience exchange. Member companies of the kwazulu-natal organization have benefited from the implementation of the Textile and Clothing Competitiveness Program (ctcp). The organization recommends that member companies analyze air freight costs for textiles and clothing and do more research on supply chain solutions. These studies include certification of information technology systems and customs import procedures. Knight said: “These details are important because they are key elements for the country’s apparel industry to compete with other global competitors and save costs.”
The ctcp project includes a production incentive plan and a competitiveness improvement plan. The Ministry of Industry and Trade provides funds to help member companies improve their competitiveness through professional training and experience exchange. The program is committed to promoting member companies to focus on product production, processing and logistics efficiency. Knight said: “The management department of the apparel and textile industry must support the operation of the supply chain. We have always neglected this area and often outsourced this department to others or third parties.”
He encouraged members to share costs, such as transportation costs, quality control system costs and other costs, which may make the supply chain more efficient and convenient. Knight encourages member companies to share costs including transportation and quality control, which can make the supply chain more efficient and convenient.
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davis said that the 2013/14 Industrial Policy Action Plan had been implemented earlier this year. Through the implementation of the plan, the clothing, textile, leather and footwear industries will be turned around. The competitiveness enhancement plan will halt the decline in employment rates and 12,205 new job opportunities will be created.
Local retailers are committed to sourcing locally as much as possible to support domestic manufacturers. Thanks to the implementation of this plan, the shoe company’s output will increase from 52 million pairs to 100 million pairs in the next three years.
The program will run for four years, two of which will be implemented at the Kwazulu-Natal apparel and textile manufacturing base. Many apparel manufacturers are striving to compete with their counterparts around the world, especially those from Asia. relative to foreign companies. Domestic companies have an advantage. They can take advantage of their proximity to provide better products and services to domestic customers.
Knight said that the business management departments of the apparel and textile industry must support the operation of the supply chain and execute it personally. The operating department has not always paid much attention to this area, often leaving this department to third parties for management. Therefore, this kind of business competition is fierce. He encouraged member companies to share costs, such as transportation costs, quality control system costs and other costs, which could make supply chains operate more efficiently and conveniently. Wood hopes that in the next two years, textile and apparel companies can make more improvements. He said: “Many companies in South Africa have now tried to give up competition with their opponents, especially competitors from Asia. But local clothing companies understand local consumer demand better than international companies. This is their advantage, and it also means that They will be able to provide better services to the market in the future.
It is reported that member companies such as allwear, celrose clothing, durbanoverall, eddels, zorbate and saddlerbelts&leathercraft have received support from the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Two weeks ago, South Africa’s Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davis said at the start of the implementation of the 2013~2014 Industrial Policy Action Plan in Sandton, Johannesburg that through this plan, South Africa’s clothing, textile, leather and footwear industries will be able to development has taken a turn for the better. He said: “The competitiveness improvement plan will halt the downward trend in employment rates and has already created 12,205 new jobs.”
Retailers have also begun to purchase locally to support the development of the local textile and apparel manufacturing industry. One example is the foschini group’s reduction plan, and prestigeclothing company also participated in the ctcp plan. It is understood that at present, the South African trade and industry department has passed�The program has assisted 469 textile, clothing and footwear companies. The department said that in the next three years, the output of shoe companies will increase from 52 million pairs to 100 million pairs.
Local retailers promise to source products locally as much as possible to support domestic manufacturers. The kwazulu-natal industrial cluster has helped nine companies improve their competitiveness through professional training and peer exchanges through the production capacity building project. Mike Wood, chairman of kwazulu-natal, said the project will last for four years, while the local textile and apparel industry cluster in kwazulu-nata will last two years in the plan.
Davis, the Minister of Trade and Industry of South Africa, said that at present, South Africa’s clothing and textile industry has seen a huge turnaround, and the decline in employment rate has slowed down. Local companies have won back domestic market share and formed cooperative relationships with the government, retailers and other manufacturers. The 2013-14 Industrial Policy Action Plan (ipap) launched by the South African government will also support the development of textile and apparel manufacturing and other ancillary industries.
The South African Department of Industry and Trade takes the lead in implementing the “Competitiveness Incentive Plan” for the textile and apparel industry to provide training for companies, promote industry exchanges, and integrate supply chains to improve the global competitiveness of the local apparel and textile industry. After implementation, the plan will halt the declining employment trend and promote annual output growth in the footwear, apparel and textile industries. The plan is expected to bring export business opportunities to China’s upstream textile and apparel supporting products. South Africa’s integration of the textile and apparel industry chain will bring export business opportunities to China’s upstream textile and apparel supporting products. Industries such as textile machinery and clothing raw and auxiliary materials can pay more attention to the country’s market.
