Quality Managment in the Textile Industry
CASE STUDY
Implementing Quality Management in the Textile Industry in Pakistan
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PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF QUALITY CONTORL
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Implementing Quality Management in the Textile Industry in Pakistan by Asif Hussain Group General Manager Quality Assurance & H.R. Development SAPPHIRE Lahore - Pakistan
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INTRODUCTION
Generally, there are two types of set-ups of textile manufacturing plants in Pakistan. a) Composite Textile Plants: These types of plants were basically installed till late 1950’s in Pakistan. They comprise of number of yarn manufacturing plants, weaving plants, dyeing plants, made-ups etc at one location. Individual Plants: Due to reasons like government incentives, labour issues, and other comparative advantages, installation of individual spinning and weaving plants became more feasible. Today the textile industry is mainly consisting of these types of individual spinning, weaving, knitting, dyeing and stitching units (plants) in Pakistan. The production capacities of these plants are normally in the following range:
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b)
Spinning Plants Weaving Plants Knitting Plants Dyeing Plants
(with installed capacity of 12500 to 25000 spindles) (with installed capacity of 72 Looms to 102 Looms) (with installed capacity of 10 tons to 20 tons per day) (with installed capacity of 10 tons to 20 tons per day)
The textile industry in Pakistan is mainly owned by number of big groups. Statistics shows that about 75 percent of the textile plants in Pakistan are owned by 25 percent of the big group like Sapphire group, Kohinoor Maple Leaf Group; Gulistan Group, Crescent Group, Ibrahim Group, Master Group, Ilahi Group, Ayesha Group, Chakwal Textile etc. Sapphire is one of the largest textile groups in Pakistan. It owns 20
Implementing Quality Management in the Textile Industry in Pakistan
304, 3rd Floor, Eden Centre, 43 Jail Road Lahore – Pakistan Ph: (+92 42) 7563645-7562260 Fax: 7552656 E-mail: piqc@brain.net.pk; Web Site: http:///www.piqc.com.pk
PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF QUALITY CONTORL
© Pakistan Institute of Quality Control – (ICQI'1998)
1
Implementing Quality Management in the Textile Industry in Pakistan by Asif Hussain Group General Manager Quality Assurance & H.R. Development SAPPHIRE Lahore - Pakistan
1.
INTRODUCTION
Generally, there are two types of set-ups of textile manufacturing plants in Pakistan. a) Composite Textile Plants: These types of plants were basically installed till late 1950’s in Pakistan. They comprise of number of yarn manufacturing plants, weaving plants, dyeing plants, made-ups etc at one location. Individual Plants: Due to reasons like government incentives, labour issues, and other comparative advantages, installation of individual spinning and weaving plants became more feasible. Today the textile industry is mainly consisting of these types of individual spinning, weaving, knitting, dyeing and stitching units (plants) in Pakistan. The production capacities of these plants are normally in the following range:
• • • •
b)
Spinning Plants Weaving Plants Knitting Plants Dyeing Plants
(with installed capacity of 12500 to 25000 spindles) (with installed capacity of 72 Looms to 102 Looms) (with installed capacity of 10 tons to 20 tons per day) (with installed capacity of 10 tons to 20 tons per day)
The textile industry in Pakistan is mainly owned by number of big groups. Statistics shows that about 75 percent of the textile plants in Pakistan are owned by 25 percent of the big group like Sapphire group, Kohinoor Maple Leaf Group; Gulistan Group, Crescent Group, Ibrahim Group, Master Group, Ilahi Group, Ayesha Group, Chakwal Textile etc. Sapphire is one of the largest textile groups in Pakistan. It owns 20