Introduction

Textile Value Chain describes the full range of activities that are required to bring a cloth from conception (i.e. product design and development), through the different phases of production (i.e. the physical transformation of raw materials to finished product outputs), delivery to final consumers (i.e. sales and distribution), and final disposal after use (i.e. consumption / recycling).

In depth knowledge on Textile Value Chain will help an individual, a firm or a country to analyze and identify its core competencies. An individual, a firm or a country can also plan holistically on an industry by locating what to do and what not to do. Clear understanding of the complexities of textile value chain would build confidence among the people working in different stages of the value chain. And this would help the whole sector grow together by maintaining harmony reducing risk.

By mapping the flow of inputs—goods and services—in the production chain, a firm could determine who else’s behavior plays an important role in its success.

Moreover, value chain analysis provides insights to the debate on how producers— whether firms, regions or countries—should participate in the global economy. Focusing on all links in the chain (not just on production) and on all activities in each link also helps to identify which activities are subject to increasing returns, and which are subject to declining returns.

Thus, understanding Textile Value Chain is very important to understand the need and scope for systematic competitiveness to tap the gap for a firm or country. For an individual this understanding is even more important to choose a specific career path.

Contents of workshop

• What is Textile Value Chain
• Value Chain: Mapping and Analysis
• Global Value Chain: Textile and Garments
• Value Added Formation in the Textile and Garments Supply Chain
• Governance Structures of Value Chains
• Textile Value Chain :
  • Raw material Network
    • Farming
    • Fiber
      (i) Natural Fiber (Cotton, Wool, Silk etc.)
      (ii) Synthetic Fiber (Oil, Natural Gas)
      – Ginning
  • Component Network
    • Yarn (Spinning)
    • Petrochemicals
    • Synthetic Fibers
    • Fabric (Weaving, Knitting)
    • Finishing (Dyeing, Printing)
  • Production Network 
    • Textile Product (Apparel)
      • Designing
      • Cutting
      •  Sewing
      •  Buttonholing
      •  Ironing
  • Export Network
    • Brand Named Apparel Companies
    • Overseas Buying House
    • Trading Companies
  • Marketing Network
    • Departmental Stores
    • Specialty Stores
    • Mass Merchandise Chains
    • Discount Chains
    • All Retail Outlets
    • Consumers
  • More Value for the Textile Chain (Smart Textiles)