Globalisation in the Textiles Industry
2. Briefly describe the following current issues that affect the industry:
a. Globalisation – design, manufacture, distribution and marketing
Globalisaation:
-Increasing worldwide connection, integration and inter-relationships in the economic, social, technological, cultural, political and ecological spheres.
-Advances and development of technology create links between people of all cultures and integrating whole earth one global system. * Globalisation in Design: * Global migration, global trade, global culture and global communication all contributed to expansive marketplace opportunities for designers. * Increases global networking (internet) * Increased ‘culture exchange rate * Allowed designers to operate on a rapidly increased multicultural/global level * Globalistion in Manufacture: * Australia companies often select to manufacture their goods overseas due to high cost of labour and manufacturing in Australia. * Cost of labour, wages and facilities are cheaper overseas * Allows companies to manufacture their goods at a labour cost and ship them back to Australia at cheaper rate * Can also give companies access to various government assistance packages * Extended Overseas Assembly Provisions (EOAP) * Enables companies to assemble clothing in low-cost labour countries from garment pieces that are pre-made in Australia and import them through customs duty-free. * Eg. Bonds products used to be manufactured in Australia but due to the low cost of labour and wages overseas, Bonds now manufactures their products in China. The problem is many consumers still think that they are 100% made in Australia. * Globalisation in Distribution: * New drivers * Interaction between information and communication technologies in association with increased distribution * E-commerce business * Business can reach new markets, receive
a. Globalisation – design, manufacture, distribution and marketing
Globalisaation:
-Increasing worldwide connection, integration and inter-relationships in the economic, social, technological, cultural, political and ecological spheres.
-Advances and development of technology create links between people of all cultures and integrating whole earth one global system. * Globalisation in Design: * Global migration, global trade, global culture and global communication all contributed to expansive marketplace opportunities for designers. * Increases global networking (internet) * Increased ‘culture exchange rate * Allowed designers to operate on a rapidly increased multicultural/global level * Globalistion in Manufacture: * Australia companies often select to manufacture their goods overseas due to high cost of labour and manufacturing in Australia. * Cost of labour, wages and facilities are cheaper overseas * Allows companies to manufacture their goods at a labour cost and ship them back to Australia at cheaper rate * Can also give companies access to various government assistance packages * Extended Overseas Assembly Provisions (EOAP) * Enables companies to assemble clothing in low-cost labour countries from garment pieces that are pre-made in Australia and import them through customs duty-free. * Eg. Bonds products used to be manufactured in Australia but due to the low cost of labour and wages overseas, Bonds now manufactures their products in China. The problem is many consumers still think that they are 100% made in Australia. * Globalisation in Distribution: * New drivers * Interaction between information and communication technologies in association with increased distribution * E-commerce business * Business can reach new markets, receive