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1. International company structure

2. Foreign laws and regulations

3. International accounting

4. Cost calculation and global pricing strategy

5. Universal payment methods

6. Currency rates

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1.Preserving the quality of the product. If the raw materials are defective, whole production lines can be ineffective and the defect rates for the finished products can increase.
2. The quantity and costs are balanced. There is always a MOQ for the procurement of textiles and trims, which affects costs directly. To produce the fabric economically, each fabric supplier needs a certain MOQ, otherwise production costs are higher if their production is under MOQ. In general, costs will be higher if a supplier or factory places the raw material order below MOQ.
3. Level of inventory. The preferences of customers change more quickly and speed up inventory sales. Suppliers then need to adapt and improve turnaround times to smaller orders placed by retailer and wholesaler
4. Fashion supplies present and future. The cost reduction will be achieved through future robotic technology used for production and logistics. 5.Location of manufacture. The cost of materials and production times in every sector is essential to enhance and stand out from the competition value of the company in its supply chain. Competitive advantages come from this.

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*Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry*

1.Balancing cost
capacity and compliance-Both the brands and manufactures are facing serious challenges while sourcing these days due to the versatile and dynamic nature of the industry. Cost and speed are particularly important and the same time quality, compliance and capacity cannot be compromised while sourcing.

2.Sustainability is a challenge-market which is changing everyday so the drivers are changing as well. To hit lower lead times and still remain price competitive is the tough call now. It is tough for manufactures to remain sustainable and having long lasting relationship.
3. Changing Customer
As shoppers turn to the internet for information and shopping for price comparisons, and to social media for opinions, the industry's response becomes more service- and price-sensitive.
4.Inventory Level Customer preferences change faster, which speeds up inventory turnover requirements. Suppliers then must adjust to smaller orders placed by retailers and wholesalers, and improve turnaround times. This puts pressure on their raw material, transportation, quality control and labor costs
5.Product Sourcing
The ability of other countries, such as Bangladesh, to handle the production being moved from higher-cost China can affect critical delivery schedules.

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PC16109
PC16109
Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textiles industry
1. Maintaining product quality. If raw materials are flawed, it can make entire production lines inefficient and increase defect rates in the finished goods.
2. Balancing quantity and cost.  For sourcing of fabric and trims there is always a MOQ which directly affects the cost. Every fabric supplier requires a certain MOQ to produce the fabric economically, otherwise the cost of running the production is higher if production is below MOQ. If a supplier or a manufacturer places the order of raw materials below MOQ then generally cost will be more for that.
3. Inventory levels. Customer preferences change faster, which speeds up inventory turnover requirements. Suppliers then must adjust to smaller orders placed by retailers and wholesalers, and improve turnaround times
4. Present and future fashion supplies. The future robotic technology that applied in production and logistic will reduce the cost.
5.Production location. The cost of materials and production times in each area are essential for the company to create value in its supply chain and to stand out from the competition. This is where competitive advantages are born.

PC16036
PC16036
*Describe 5 challanges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry*
1) lack of knowledge and skill concerning global purchasing.
2) communication method due to language barrier.
3) difficult in contact supplier due to difficult: time zone, working week, etc
4) delay in logistic issue, transportation
5) culture, political and labor problem
PC16070
PC16070
Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry 

 1. Fashion supply, its present and future.-The future cost reduction will come from robotic technology applied to production and logistics.

2. Location of production.-
the sourcing strategy with regard to optimum location of each model for its production.

3. Omnichannel model and sourcing.- must generate answers in order to meet their purchasing needs through different sales channels.

4. Change in customer tastes, changes in technology, changes in the political sphere.-production staff need to be smart in changing over from one style to the next without loss of either productivity or quality.

5. Competitors.- There are too many companies that invented new product based on textile
PC16011
PC16011
Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry 

 1. Fashion supply, its present and future.-The future cost reduction will come from robotic technology applied to production and logistics.

2. Location of production.-
the sourcing strategy with regard to optimum location of each model for its production.

3. Omnichannel model and sourcing.- must generate answers in order to meet their purchasing needs through different sales channels.

4. Change in customer tastes, changes in technology, changes in the political sphere.-production staff need to be smart in changing over from one style to the next without loss of either productivity or quality.

5. Competitors.- There are too many companies that invented new product based on textile
PC16083
PC16083
1. Consumer choice and demographic variability
2. Challenges related to supply chain
3. Challenges in design and production
4. Stiff competition
5. Environmental or ecological challenges
PC 16042
PC 16042
Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry 

 1. Fashion supply, its present and future.-The future cost reduction will come from robotic technology applied to production and logistics.

2. Location of production.-
the sourcing strategy with regard to optimum location of each model for its production.

3. Omnichannel model and sourcing.- must generate answers in order to meet their purchasing needs through different sales channels.

4. Change in customer tastes, changes in technology, changes in the political sphere.-production staff need to be smart in changing over from one style to the next without loss of either productivity or quality.

5. Competitors.- There are too many companies that invented new product based on textile.

PC16035
PC16035
Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1. Regulation : Government regulations influence trade regulations such as tariffs and quotas.

2. Product quality: For a company that sends its manufacturing work overseas, monitoring a production line from afar poses challenges ranging from travel time and costs to language barriers.
 
3. Production and Delivery: Dealing with the logistics of shipping and freight handling, the laws governing imports and exports, duties and tariffs, and the need to move products from a port of entry to a point of distribution.

4. Currency Exchange Rate: Currency exchange rate is the currency price of one country compared to that of another country, and it changes on an almost daily basis 

5. Cultural differences:Can cause miscommunication and create problems in supplier evaluation, contracting, product inspection and maintaining relationships in global sourcing.
PC16008
PC16008
Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry 

 1. Fashion supply, its present and future.-The future cost reduction will come from robotic technology applied to production and logistics.

2. Location of production.-
the sourcing strategy with regard to optimum location of each model for its production.

3. Omnichannel model and sourcing.- must generate answers in order to meet their purchasing needs through different sales channels.

4. Change in customer tastes, changes in technology, changes in the political sphere.-production staff need to be smart in changing over from one style to the next without loss of either productivity or quality.

5. Competitors.- There are too many companies that invented new product based on textile.


PC16080
PC16080
Q: Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1. Consumer choice and demographic variability

- Consumers of recent times are becoming more selective, multidimensional and complex due to increased awareness and readily available information on the products and designs. However, a manufacturer cannot directly transfer consumers’ choice and preferences in different product styles to satisfy their needs. 

2. Challenges related to supply chain

-.The major aspect of the supply chain is responsible sourcing, which takes into account factors such as sustainability, compliance, chemical safety and product safety. In modern clothing manufacture, the emphasis on quality is increasing and more intelligence and agility in the supply chain is expected. 

3. Challenges in design and production

- Manufacturers have to handle an extraordinary amount of design changes. Traditionally, the apparel manufacturing process has been performed by production workers who perform the cutting, sewing and other operations in an assembly line. One of the major global concerns in apparel production is rising labour cost.

4. Stiff competition

- An apparel competitor sells similar clothing items to the same market segment, consumers or store types. Merchandisers perform comparison shopping to analyze the price, quality and service of their competitors.

5. Environmental or Ecological challenges

- The demand is shifting to develop eco-friendly products from materials derived from sources other than petroleum, which is a limited resource

PC16023
PC16023 
Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1.  Countertrade requirements -  A special form of international trade refers to all international and domestic trade where buyer and seller have at least a partial exchange of goods for goods or involve partial payment to a firm in cash.

2. Budget - The budget did address a few gaps of the textile industry through revision of taxation, infrastructure improvement and relaxation of relevant policies directly affecting the industry. The budget also saw the import duty elastane printed fabrics, cotton & metallic yarn dyed blended fabrics, cotton & spandex, metallic blended fabrics, cotton & silk lining fabric reduced to zero provided these articles are imported to manufacture garments for exports.

3.provide support to the omnichannel mode- focus on improving the speed of our supply chain and to add suppliers who can manage the largest possible amount of processes so that the product shipped from origin arrives to destination ready in all its variations. 

4.  Fabric waste -The wastage, not only clogs 126 million cubic yards of landfill space, releases dyes and chemicals which leach into the soil and contaminate surface and groundwater, but the decomposing fabric also releases methane, which contributes significantly to global warming. While 70% of the operational cost for any garment manufacturer is the cost of fabric, at least 5-10% of fabric purchased is wasted as most manufacturers buy incorrect amount of fabric

5.  lack of discerning consumers- They seek variety at low cost and would not mind small manufacturing defects and colour changes, which decreases the wastage from manufacturer's viewpoint.
PC16037
PC16037
1. Currency Risk: due to currency prices fluctuation.
2.Increase Lead time requirement due to location distance.
3. Cultural Understanding: such as religion, attitudes, customs, etc. 
4.Language and Communication Differences: message speed and level of content.
5. Legal Issues: Legal systems differ country to country.

PC16115
PC16115
Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry.

1. Total cost incurred
- Some countries such as India and China have a lower labor cost resulting in a lower labor cost but the hidden cost behind it is greater than the actual cost. Cost of reprocessing the material,cost of surveying/visiting the place and cost of returning the defects. 

2. Currency Barriers
- Every country have their own currency rate where it changes constantly depends on the economical performance of the country. This phenomena will make the trade process to be unstable  and hard for the company to estimate their sourcing costs. 

3. Culture Differences
- Global sourcing between difference countries may causes problem as they have to really adapt with different culture and working environment apply for each countries. Miscommunication,conflict and issues related to manner and respect may happen because of two parties does not understand their different culture and practices.

4. Government Policies
- Each country have different government policies where there is some rules and regulation to be followed by the company. Tariffs and quotas limitation will causes the procurement part of the company to spent some time, efforts and money to allow this sourcing to happen.

5. Time different
- For example, countries such as Germany and Malaysia have a different time frame where the time different is almost 6 hours. This will resulting in delay of time or clash of holiday time that force the material to be be delayed for a few days. 
PC16028
PC16028 
Question :
Describe 5 challenges sourcing in textile industry

1.Consumer choice and demographic variability - Apparel manufacturer   have to produce a diverse product mix as consumers are difficult to understand and predict. 

2.Challenges related to supply chain -  A complete garment is fabricated from various components. For example, a man’s casual shirt consists of cotton or polyester/cotton fabric, different trims and accessories like as nonwoven interlining, woven or printed care labels, polyester embroidered brand labels, buttons or snap fasteners and sewing thread .
3.Challenges in design and production - the apparel manufacturers have to handle an extraordinary amount of design changes.
4.Stiff competition- Apparel manufacturers and retailers always state that apparel manufacturing is highly competitive. An apparel competitor sells similar clothing items to the same market segment, consumers or store types. The globalization and post-MFA conditions have accentuated the competition. Merchandisers perform comparison shopping to analyze the price, quality and service of their competitors. 

5. environmental or Ecologiical challenges- One of the biggest challenges in the world for the entire economy is sustainable development. The unsustainability of the production, as mentioned, is a relevant problem for all industries, but the textile industry overall has its unique place within the whole matter. The Apparel industry pollutes the environment in significant amounts of natural resource usage. 
PC16108
PC16108
Q: Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry. 

A: 
1. Shipping costs- Depending on certain places if the distance of their warehouse and the locations of the buyer are near then the shipping costs might not cost high but if the locations of the buyer is far then the shipping cots are undoubtedly high.

2. Assuring sustainability of the fabrics- sometimes, creating a secure, long-term system that addresses social, environmental and buying best practices will probably cost you more and hard to keep up for outside country compared to local. 

3. The currency exchange rate in global sourcing are fluctuated- The international trade will be easier if the currency are stables but in this case it is highly unlikely to have no currency changes and while its happen, the instability are making complexity in trading and introduces risk.

4. Meeting customer demand- the are various factors that effects the customer taste in fabrics such as fashion update, seasonal changes and the endurance rate of the fabric which might effect while shipping the fabric.

5. Delays- to receive the product on-time, it is vital to have firm completion date and time-frames. yet delays can cost various of drawbacks such as the schedule completion of the fabrics will be changing that can drive new costs which can turn into new risk.

PC16029
PC16029
Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry 

1.Intellectual Property-The proprietary knowledge regarding design, materials and other elements in the textile can be exposed to the light of day easily. So the textile enterprise will expose to the risk of losing intellectual property.
 
2.Fluctuation of currency exchange rate in global sourcing- the money has to be moved between domestic countries and foreign partners. Stability of currency enables the international trade to be easier while instability makes it more complex and introduces risk
 
3.Supplier selection complexity in global sourcing- Supplier selection is a vital aspect in the performance of global sourcing implementation. Unlike dealing with domestic suppliers, the costs involved in identifying, selecting, and evaluating foreign suppliers can be prohibitive 
 
 
4.Location of production- the cost of materials and production times in each area are essential for the company to create value in its supply chain and to stand out from the competition

5.Complicated logistics in global sourcing- international management of logistics is definitely a necessary and crucial procedure. Lack of holistic logistics knowledge in low-cost developing countries would trouble the procurement executives when implementing global sourcing of textile


PC16018
PC16018
Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry 

1.Fashion supply, its present and future
-must control and manage costs efficiently. On the other, we must meet the demands of an increasingly demanding consumer in terms of transparency of production processes, rational and proper use of resources, environmental protection and the strict compliance with corporate social responsibility policies. 

2. Location of production
-team of professionals with updated knowledge in terms of production costs in each country, the specialization of each productive region, the cost of materials and production times in each area are essential for the company to create value in its supply chain and to stand out from the competition 

3.Omnichannel model and sourcing
-must offer from origin solutions to make the commercial multichannel efficient and successful. Manage the information we receive from consumers and after analyzing this enormous amount of data, we must generate answers in order to meet their purchasing needs through different sales channels. More specifically, it means, for instance, to focus on improving the speed of our supply chain and to add suppliers who can manage the largest possible amount of processes so that the product shipped from origin arrives to destination ready in all its variations. Our design will reach the hand of the end-consumer entirely regardless of the purchase channel that was chosen 

4.Design and production
-apparel manufacturers have to handle an extraordinary amount of design changes. Traditionally, the apparel manufacturing process has been performed by production workers who perform the cutting, sewing and other operations in an assembly line. In spite of the technical advancements, the apparel industry still remains as a labor-intensive unit. One of the major global concerns in apparel production is rising labor cost

5.Consumer choice and demographic variability
-produce a diverse product mix as consumers are difficult to understand and predict. Their choice is unstable and unpredictable, and there is wide variation in their demographics and physiographics. In addition, consumer’s age, household income, education level, occupation and ethnicity also affect their choice. Consumers of recent times are becoming more selective, multidimensional and complex due to increased awareness and readily available information on the products and designs. Consumer’s choice is shifting from traditional designs towards luxury high-fashion items. 
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PC16117
PC16117
1.      COST -they have to must control and manage costs efficiently
2.      CUSTOMER DEMANDS-They must meet the demands of an increasingly demanding consumer in terms of transparency of production processes, rational and proper use of resources, environmental protection and the strict compliance with corporate social responsibility policies.
3.      LOCATION OF PRODUCTION -As textile sourcing is now more global than ever, a topic that gains great relevance is the sourcing strategy with regard to optimum location of each model for its production.
4.      OMNICHANNEL MODEL AND SOURCING Very interesting challenge that they face as textile sourcing professionals is to provide support to the omnichannel model.
5.       SUPPLY CHAIN -They have to focus on improving the speed of the supply chain and to add suppliers who can manage the largest possible amount of processes so that the product shipped from origin arrives to destination ready in all its variations.


PC 16087
PC 16087
5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry:

1. Fashion supply, its present and future.-The future cost reduction will come from robotic technology applied to production and logistics.

2. Location of production.-
the sourcing strategy with regard to optimum location of each model for its production.

3. Omnichannel model and sourcing.- must generate answers in order to meet their purchasing needs through different sales channels.

4. Change in customer tastes, changes in technology, changes in the political sphere.-production staff need to be smart in changing over from one style to the next without loss of either productivity or quality.

5. Competitors.- There are too many companies that invented new product based on textile.


PC 16100
PC 16100
5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile indusrty: 

1. Fabric Wastes
Even under the conditions of the most productive and efficient production, there is still a waste of fabric that will end up being thrown away. The United States textile recycling industry removes approximately 2.5 billion pounds of post-consumer textiles each year from the waste stream. Unfortunately, millions of tonnes of textiles are discarded every year. 
 
2. Sustainability
 
The unsustainability of the production, as mentioned, is a relevant problem for all industries, but the textile industry overall has its unique place within the whole matter. The Apparel industry pollutes the environment in significant amounts of natural resource usage. 
 
3.Recycling
A lot of natural fibers and materials, such as cotton, for example, are almost impossible to recycle. 
 
4.Balancing cost, capacity and compliance
 
Due to the ever going evolution which this industry is undergoing this pattern is going to change further in the time to come. Both the brands and manufactures are facing serious challenges while sourcing these days due to the versatile and dynamic nature of the industry. Cost and speed are particularly important and the same time quality, compliance and capacity cannot be compromised while sourcing.
 
5. Consumer choice and demographic variability

Their choice is unstable and unpredictable, and there is wide variation in their demographics and physiographics. Consumers of recent times are becoming more selective, multidimensional and complex due to increased awareness and readily available information on the products and designs.
PC16116
PC16116
Describe 5 Challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry :

Consumer choice and demographic variability
-Consumer demand for fashionable items and frequent style changes has necessitated reduction in the design and product cycle time.
2. Challenges related to supply chain
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Challenges in design and production
Stiff competition
Environmental or Ecological challenges
PC16016
PC16016
5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry. 

Consumer choice and demographic variability
Trade regulations
Challenges in design and production
Stiff competition
Environmental or Ecological challenges
PC16099
PC16099
Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry.
 
1.Consumers’ choices and expectations.
-Consumer demand both moderate pricing and frequent style changes, but some prefer to follow the latest fashion trend whereas others desire to purchase investment clothing.
2.Supply chain
-Each component is manufactured by different suppliers, the non-arrival of any single component can cause delay in the production. The textile supply chain is complex and demanding due to global outsourcing, longer lead times and shorter seasons.
3.Design and production
-An apparel item such as a pair of jeans looks simple compared to a vehicle, which may contain about 15,000 parts.
4.Stiff competition
-An apparel competitor sells similar clothing items to the same market segment, consumers or store types.
5.Environmental
-The major environmental threat involved in the textile manufacturing process is contributed by wet processing, which pollutes water.

PC16104
PC16104
5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1. Quality and price
It is hard for a company to find the best supplier with the best quality in a low price. Nowadays, there are many customers who are focus on the low price but still want the good quality of products. Therefore, it is quite challenging for textile company to satisfy that demand as good quality textile usually comes with a high price. 

2. Rapid market change
In textile industry, the change in market is very fast especially during festive season. This is due to the new design that comes from designers and customers. Hence, the challenges would come to textile company because if they produce more it may cause loss. 

3. Disposal of unwanted textile
The apparel that are not used are hard to dispose. It cannot be recycled because the type of textile cannot be used for nature purpose. Researchers had search for technologies and systems but there are still no effective and perfect tools to dispose the textile. 

4. Competitors
As the world is arising towards a modern and emerging technologies, textile industries also is emerge by many new comers. There are too many companies that invented new products based on textile. Therefore, suppliers are getting busy and must search for more textile source from around the world. 

5. Eco-friendly environment
There are many customers that are aware about the environment nowadays. Hence, supplier must attract customers with the eco-friendly textile that can save the world. However, this idea need more technologies and required high cost. 
PC16061
PC16061
Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry. 

Fabric Wastes
Even under the conditions of the most productive and efficient production, there is still a waste of fabric that will end up being thrown away. The United States textile recycling industry removes approximately 2.5 billion pounds of post-consumer textiles each year from the waste stream. Unfortunately, millions of tonnes of textiles are discarded every year. 
 
·         Sustainability
 
The unsustainability of the production, as mentioned, is a relevant problem for all industries, but the textile industry overall has its unique place within the whole matter. The Apparel industry pollutes the environment in significant amounts of natural resource usage. 
 
·         Recycling
A lot of natural fibers and materials, such as cotton, for example, are almost impossible to recycle. 
 
·         Balancing cost, capacity and compliance
 
Due to the ever going evolution which this industry is undergoing this pattern is going to change further in the time to come. Both the brands and manufactures are facing serious challenges while sourcing these days due to the versatile and dynamic nature of the industry. Cost and speed are particularly important and the same time quality, compliance and capacity cannot be compromised while sourcing.
 
·         Consumer choice and demographic variability
Their choice is unstable and unpredictable, and there is wide variation in their demographics and physiographics. Consumers of recent times are becoming more selective, multidimensional and complex due to increased awareness and readily available information on the products and designs.

PC16061
PC16061
Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry. 

1. Fabric Wastes
Even under the conditions of the most productive and efficient production, there is still a waste of fabric that will end up being thrown away. The United States textile recycling industry removes approximately 2.5 billion pounds of post-consumer textiles each year from the waste stream. Unfortunately, millions of tonnes of textiles are discarded every year. 
 
2. Sustainability
 
The unsustainability of the production, as mentioned, is a relevant problem for all industries, but the textile industry overall has its unique place within the whole matter. The Apparel industry pollutes the environment in significant amounts of natural resource usage. 
 
3.Recycling
A lot of natural fibers and materials, such as cotton, for example, are almost impossible to recycle. 
 
4.Balancing cost, capacity and compliance
 
Due to the ever going evolution which this industry is undergoing this pattern is going to change further in the time to come. Both the brands and manufactures are facing serious challenges while sourcing these days due to the versatile and dynamic nature of the industry. Cost and speed are particularly important and the same time quality, compliance and capacity cannot be compromised while sourcing.
 
5. Consumer choice and demographic variability

Their choice is unstable and unpredictable, and there is wide variation in their demographics and physiographics. Consumers of recent times are becoming more selective, multidimensional and complex due to increased awareness and readily available information on the products and designs.

PC16025
PC16025 
5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1. Location of production - sourcing strategy with regard to optimum location of each model for its production
2. Omnichannel model and sourcing -  face as textile sourcing professionals is to provide support to the omnichannel model
3. Cost - must control and manage costs efficiently
4. Customer demands -must meet the demands of an increasingly demanding consumer in terms of transparency of production processes, rational and proper use of resources, environmental protection and the strict compliance with corporate social responsibility policies
5. Risk - competition from the rapidly growing countries in the industry has high impact and risks
PC16030
PC16030
Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry. 

1. The lack of research & development (R&D) in cotton sector. Its happened because of low profitability in cotton crops. Therefore, not many of them use cotton crops as the main income. So, it becomes difficulties to make appropriate R&D to develop the textile industry 
2. Lack of modernize equipment. Old fashion of technology makes cost of productions higher and unable to produce the product right on time and in large quantity.  Ineffective production will make it difficult to compete with the international textile industry.
3. Increasing cost of production. High interest rate of raw materials and maintenance will increase the cost of production. High cost production will minimize the opportunity for textile industry to compete in international market.
4. Lack of investment.  The textile industry needs a high investment to produce effective production. One of the factors in the shortage of investors in the textile industry is that long-term returns. Meanwhile the cost of raw material and equipment is also expensive to produce the textile product.
5. Raw material prices. The main problem is the cotton price increases. It happens when the requirement of raw material resources are limited. In this situation, suppliers take an opportunity to increase their income. So the raw material prices are rising at high prices.

PC16021
PC16021
1. Cultural understanding. Different country would have different customs and tradition. One should learn it first before dealing with that particular country.

2. Language and communication differences. Each country have their own language and way of communications. The language differences would make it difficult when dealing with the supplier.

3. Logistical issues. Some countries might have the best product that one's needed but have a difficulty when delivering the product to the customers. Some countries still have this issues. 

4. Currency risk. When dealing with other countries, the exchange-rate risk would be higher.

5. Increase of lead time. This is due to the distance from one's country to another
PC16059
PC16059
Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry. 

1. Consumer choice and demographic variability.
- Consumers are difficult to understand their choice is unstable and unpredictable.
- There is wide variation in their demographics. Difference of age, household income, education level, occupation and ethnicity affect their choice. 
- Consumers’ choices and expectations within a target market. Demand moderate pricing and frequent style changes and latest fashion trend. 
2. Challenges related to supply chain.
- The apparel supply chain is complex and demanding due to global outsourcing, longer lead times and shorter seasons.
- Difficult to forecast the changing styles, and the supply chain is complicated by hard-to-model constraints, costs and lead times.
3. Challenges in design and production.
- Enormous design changes in a season whereas the later undergoes few changes even for many years.
- Therefore, the apparel manufacturers have to handle an extraordinary amount of design changes. 
4. Stiff competition. 
- Apparel manufacturing is highly competitive. There are competitor that sells similar clothing items to the same market segment, consumers or store types. Can see competition in term of price, quality and service.
5. Environmental or Ecological challenges.
- Contributed by wet processing, which pollutes water. The toxic effluents that are harmful to aquatic lives.  
- Use recyclable materials and reduced chemical finishes. The demand is shifting to develop eco-friendly products. 
PC16014
PC16014
5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1.Sustainability-It is tough for manufactures to remain sustainable and having long lasting relationship since market is changing everyday and becoming very global now. 

2.Cost balancing- Due to the versatile and dynamic nature of the industry. Cost and speed are important and the same time quality, compliance and capacity cannot be compromised while sourcing.

3. Policies-
 The textile policies in India are not much supportive and there is no dearth of qualified people to make garments at low cost.

4 High cost-
 China has become very expensive thus buyers are definitely looking for newer markets. 

5. Omnichannel model- Focus on improving the speed of supply chain and add suppliers who can manage the largest possible amount of processes so that the product shipped from origin arrives to destination ready in all its variations. 

PC16026
PC16026
 
1.Sustainability - To hit lower lead times and still remain price competitive is the tough call now. It is tough for manufactures to remain sustainable and having long lasting relationship. The need of the hour is further innovation from the brands. 
2.Balancing cost, capacity and compliance - Cost and speed are particularly important and the same time quality, compliance and capacity cannot be compromised while sourcing. The biggest challenge lies in balancing all these factors. 
3.Location of production - A professional or a team of professionals with updated knowledge in terms of production costs in each country, the specialization of each productive region, the cost of materials and production times in each area are essential for the company to create value in its supply chain and to stand out from the competition. 
4.Different time - it is hard to deal because of different time. So, need to set up the proper time which fair for both related company. 
5.Different languages – It make the communication become harder and sometimes can misunderstood. 
PC16020
PC16020
5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industries.

1. Logistics in global sourcing refers to plenty of additional problems such as transportation delays, border-crossing procedures and longer inventory management. Lack of holistic logistics knowledge in low-cost developing countries would trouble the procurement executives when implementing global sourcing. Low-grade infrastructure of logistics in developing countries influences the efficiency of global sourcing.

2. Language barriers always threaten cultural communication and even technology transfer in global sourcing. Although many suppliers from developing countries have technical staff and sales people with English skill, difficulties still arise when they need to interact with Western experts to discuss professional technical issues.

3. Local and regional economic environment can be a primary risk factor for global sourcing. Due to the cheap-labor and other factors, developing countries may be experiencing uncertain economic situation.

4. In global sourcing, the money has to be moved between domestic countries and foreign partners. Stability of currency enables the international trade to be easier while instability makes it more complex and introduces risk.

5. Due to the various phases of industrialization in different countries, industrial standards vary among different countries in the world. Therefore, evaluating the situations and clarifying the differences are highly important and necessary before the companies share designs with their suppliers who may use different technical standards. In addition to the different standards, the special regulations promulgated by governments also influence global sourcing directly and indirectly and often make it complicated.

PC16047
PC16047
 
5 CHALLENGES OF WORLDWIDE TEXTILE INDUSTRY : 
 
1. A professional or a team of professionals with updated knowledge in terms of production costs in each country, the specialization of each productive region, the cost of materials and production times in each area are essential for the company to create value in its supply chain and to stand out from the competition. This is where competitive advantages are born. 
 
2. Logistisc support. Timely movement of materials, parts and the finished product is the major part of logistics. the basic goal is to achieve maximum cost-effectiveness while maintaining service requirements. International logistics generally cover longer distance than domestic logistics. the longer the ditsnce, the longer the lead time, which requires more inventories and creates more opportunities for things to go wrong. 
 
3. Cultural differences. Culture is an integrated system of learned behavioral patterns that distinguish the characteristics of members if any society. Values, attitudes, manners, customs, religion and language are the components of culture. Differences in these factors can cause miscommunication and create further problems in global sourcing. 
 
4. Regulations. Several government regulations influence global sourcing directly and indirectly and often make it complicated. The most directly influential trade regulations and tariffs and quotas. 
 
5. Security. Many developing countries identified for low cost global sourcing are subject to political uncertainty or even internal political. that risk needs to be assessed in terms of whether your offshore will be ablle to provide the products successfully. 
 

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1. Challenge in fashion supply, its present and future.
2.Challenge in location of production.
3. Sustainability is a challenge
4. Despite inflation
5. rising labor costs and a limited value chain for textiles



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1.Balancing cost, capacity and compliance-Both the brands and manufactures are facing serious challenges while sourcing these days due to the versatile and dynamic nature of the industry. Cost and speed are particularly important and the same time quality, compliance and capacity cannot be compromised while sourcing.
2.   Sustainability is a challenge-market which is changing everyday so the drivers are changing as well. To hit lower lead times and still remain price competitive is the tough call now. It is tough for manufactures to remain sustainable and having long lasting relationship.
 3. Changing Customer-As shoppers turn to the internet for information and shopping for price comparisons, and to social media for opinions, the industry's response becomes more service- and price-sensitive.
4.Inventory Level- Customer preferences change faster, which speeds up inventory turnover requirements. Suppliers then must adjust to smaller orders placed by retailers and wholesalers, and improve turnaround times. This puts pressure on their raw material, transportation, quality control and labor costs
5.Product Sourcing-The ability of other countries, such as Bangladesh, to handle the production being moved from higher-cost China can affect critical delivery schedules.
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5 Challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1. cost reduction from robotic technology
2. fiber contents that affect the cost of production
3. location of production
4. material options that affect from global sources
5. design development stage that free from any hazard issues
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1. Consumer choice and demographic variability
2. Challenges related to supply chain
3. Challenges in design and production
4. Stiff competition
5. Environmental or ecological challenges
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1. Economical : Tariffs, duties, hidden costs.
2. Political conditions: Legal system, political stability, protectionism.
3. Cultural conditions: Flexibility, values, openness, etc.
4. Location of production: the distance that can reduce the lead time.
5. Competitors: In producing new design.
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1.Cultural Understanding: such as religion, attitudes, customs, etc. 
2.Language and Communication Differences: message speed and level of content.
3. Legal Issues: Legal systems differ country to country.
4.Currency Risk: due to currency prices fluctuation.
5.Increase Lead time requirement due to location distance.

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Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textiles industry
1. Maintaining product quality. If raw materials are flawed, it can make entire production lines inefficient and increase defect rates in the finished goods.
2. Balancing quantity and cost.  For sourcing of fabric and trims there is always a MOQ which directly affects the cost. Every fabric supplier requires a certain MOQ to produce the fabric economically, otherwise the cost of running the production is higher if production is below MOQ. If a supplier or a manufacturer places the order of raw materials below MOQ then generally cost will be more for that.
3. Inventory levels. Customer preferences change faster, which speeds up inventory turnover requirements. Suppliers then must adjust to smaller orders placed by retailers and wholesalers, and improve turnaround times
4. Present and future fashion supplies. The future robotic technology that applied in production and logistic will reduce the cost.
5.Production location. The cost of materials and production times in each area are essential for the company to create value in its supply chain and to stand out from the competition. This is where competitive advantages are born.

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*Describe 5 challanges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry*
1) lack of knowledge and skill concerning global purchasing.
2) communication method due to language barrier.
3) difficult in contact supplier due to difficult: time zone, working week, etc
4) delay in logistic issue, transportation
5) culture, political and labor problem

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Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1. Fashion supply, its present and future.-The future cost reduction will come from robotic technology applied to production and logistics.

2. Location of production.-
the sourcing strategy with regard to optimum location of each model for its production.

3. Omnichannel model and sourcing.- must generate answers in order to meet their purchasing needs through different sales channels.

4. Change in customer tastes, changes in technology, changes in the political sphere.-production staff need to be smart in changing over from one style to the next without loss of either productivity or quality.

5. Competitors.- There are too many companies that invented new product based on textile

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Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1. Fashion supply, its present and future.-The future cost reduction will come from robotic technology applied to production and logistics.

2. Location of production.-
the sourcing strategy with regard to optimum location of each model for its production.

3. Omnichannel model and sourcing.- must generate answers in order to meet their purchasing needs through different sales channels.

4. Change in customer tastes, changes in technology, changes in the political sphere.-production staff need to be smart in changing over from one style to the next without loss of either productivity or quality.

5. Competitors.- There are too many companies that invented new product based on textile

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1. Consumer choice and demographic variability
2. Challenges related to supply chain
3. Challenges in design and production
4. Stiff competition
5. Environmental or ecological challenges

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Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1. Fashion supply, its present and future.-The future cost reduction will come from robotic technology applied to production and logistics.

2. Location of production.-
the sourcing strategy with regard to optimum location of each model for its production.

3. Omnichannel model and sourcing.- must generate answers in order to meet their purchasing needs through different sales channels.

4. Change in customer tastes, changes in technology, changes in the political sphere.-production staff need to be smart in changing over from one style to the next without loss of either productivity or quality.

5. Competitors.- There are too many companies that invented new product based on textile.

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Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1. Regulation : Government regulations influence trade regulations such as tariffs and quotas.

2. Product quality: For a company that sends its manufacturing work overseas, monitoring a production line from afar poses challenges ranging from travel time and costs to language barriers.

3. Production and Delivery: Dealing with the logistics of shipping and freight handling, the laws governing imports and exports, duties and tariffs, and the need to move products from a port of entry to a point of distribution.

4. Currency Exchange Rate: Currency exchange rate is the currency price of one country compared to that of another country, and it changes on an almost daily basis

5. Cultural differences:Can cause miscommunication and create problems in supplier evaluation, contracting, product inspection and maintaining relationships in global sourcing.

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Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1. Fashion supply, its present and future.-The future cost reduction will come from robotic technology applied to production and logistics.

2. Location of production.-
the sourcing strategy with regard to optimum location of each model for its production.

3. Omnichannel model and sourcing.- must generate answers in order to meet their purchasing needs through different sales channels.

4. Change in customer tastes, changes in technology, changes in the political sphere.-production staff need to be smart in changing over from one style to the next without loss of either productivity or quality.

5. Competitors.- There are too many companies that invented new product based on textile.

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Q: Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1. Consumer choice and demographic variability

- Consumers of recent times are becoming more selective, multidimensional and complex due to increased awareness and readily available information on the products and designs. However, a manufacturer cannot directly transfer consumers’ choice and preferences in different product styles to satisfy their needs.

2. Challenges related to supply chain

-.The major aspect of the supply chain is responsible sourcing, which takes into account factors such as sustainability, compliance, chemical safety and product safety. In modern clothing manufacture, the emphasis on quality is increasing and more intelligence and agility in the supply chain is expected.

3. Challenges in design and production

- Manufacturers have to handle an extraordinary amount of design changes. Traditionally, the apparel manufacturing process has been performed by production workers who perform the cutting, sewing and other operations in an assembly line. One of the major global concerns in apparel production is rising labour cost.

4. Stiff competition

- An apparel competitor sells similar clothing items to the same market segment, consumers or store types. Merchandisers perform comparison shopping to analyze the price, quality and service of their competitors.

5. Environmental or Ecological challenges

- The demand is shifting to develop eco-friendly products from materials derived from sources other than petroleum, which is a limited resource

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Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1.  Countertrade requirements -  A special form of international trade refers to all international and domestic trade where buyer and seller have at least a partial exchange of goods for goods or involve partial payment to a firm in cash.

2. Budget - The budget did address a few gaps of the textile industry through revision of taxation, infrastructure improvement and relaxation of relevant policies directly affecting the industry. The budget also saw the import duty elastane printed fabrics, cotton & metallic yarn dyed blended fabrics, cotton & spandex, metallic blended fabrics, cotton & silk lining fabric reduced to zero provided these articles are imported to manufacture garments for exports.

3.provide support to the omnichannel mode- focus on improving the speed of our supply chain and to add suppliers who can manage the largest possible amount of processes so that the product shipped from origin arrives to destination ready in all its variations.

4.  Fabric waste -The wastage, not only clogs 126 million cubic yards of landfill space, releases dyes and chemicals which leach into the soil and contaminate surface and groundwater, but the decomposing fabric also releases methane, which contributes significantly to global warming. While 70% of the operational cost for any garment manufacturer is the cost of fabric, at least 5-10% of fabric purchased is wasted as most manufacturers buy incorrect amount of fabric

5.  lack of discerning consumers- They seek variety at low cost and would not mind small manufacturing defects and colour changes, which decreases the wastage from manufacturer's viewpoint.

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1. Currency Risk: due to currency prices fluctuation.

2.Increase Lead time requirement due to location distance.

3. Cultural Understanding: such as religion, attitudes, customs, etc.

4.Language and Communication Differences: message speed and level of content.

5. Legal Issues: Legal systems differ country to country.

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Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry.

1. Total cost incurred
- Some countries such as India and China have a lower labor cost resulting in a lower labor cost but the hidden cost behind it is greater than the actual cost. Cost of reprocessing the material,cost of surveying/visiting the place and cost of returning the defects.

2. Currency Barriers
- Every country have their own currency rate where it changes constantly depends on the economical performance of the country. This phenomena will make the trade process to be unstable  and hard for the company to estimate their sourcing costs.

3. Culture Differences
- Global sourcing between difference countries may causes problem as they have to really adapt with different culture and working environment apply for each countries. Miscommunication,conflict and issues related to manner and respect may happen because of two parties does not understand their different culture and practices.

4. Government Policies
- Each country have different government policies where there is some rules and regulation to be followed by the company. Tariffs and quotas limitation will causes the procurement part of the company to spent some time, efforts and money to allow this sourcing to happen.

5. Time different
- For example, countries such as Germany and Malaysia have a different time frame where the time different is almost 6 hours. This will resulting in delay of time or clash of holiday time that force the material to be be delayed for a few days.

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Describe 5 challenges sourcing in textile industry

1.Consumer choice and demographic variability - Apparel manufacturer   have to produce a diverse product mix as consumers are difficult to understand and predict.

2.Challenges related to supply chain -  A complete garment is fabricated from various components. For example, a man’s casual shirt consists of cotton or polyester/cotton fabric, different trims and accessories like as nonwoven interlining, woven or printed care labels, polyester embroidered brand labels, buttons or snap fasteners and sewing thread .
3.Challenges in design and production - the apparel manufacturers have to handle an extraordinary amount of design changes.
4.Stiff competition- Apparel manufacturers and retailers always state that apparel manufacturing is highly competitive. An apparel competitor sells similar clothing items to the same market segment, consumers or store types. The globalization and post-MFA conditions have accentuated the competition. Merchandisers perform comparison shopping to analyze the price, quality and service of their competitors.

5. environmental or Ecologiical challenges- One of the biggest challenges in the world for the entire economy is sustainable development. The unsustainability of the production, as mentioned, is a relevant problem for all industries, but the textile industry overall has its unique place within the whole matter. The Apparel industry pollutes the environment in significant amounts of natural resource usage.

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Q: Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry.

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1. Shipping costs- Depending on certain places if the distance of their warehouse and the locations of the buyer are near then the shipping costs might not cost high but if the locations of the buyer is far then the shipping cots are undoubtedly high.

2. Assuring sustainability of the fabrics- sometimes, creating a secure, long-term system that addresses social, environmental and buying best practices will probably cost you more and hard to keep up for outside country compared to local.

3. The currency exchange rate in global sourcing are fluctuated- The international trade will be easier if the currency are stables but in this case it is highly unlikely to have no currency changes and while its happen, the instability are making complexity in trading and introduces risk.

4. Meeting customer demand- the are various factors that effects the customer taste in fabrics such as fashion update, seasonal changes and the endurance rate of the fabric which might effect while shipping the fabric.

5. Delays- to receive the product on-time, it is vital to have firm completion date and time-frames. yet delays can cost various of drawbacks such as the schedule completion of the fabrics will be changing that can drive new costs which can turn into new risk.

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Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1.Intellectual Property-The proprietary knowledge regarding design, materials and other elements in the textile can be exposed to the light of day easily. So the textile enterprise will expose to the risk of losing intellectual property.

2.Fluctuation of currency exchange rate in global sourcing- the money has to be moved between domestic countries and foreign partners. Stability of currency enables the international trade to be easier while instability makes it more complex and introduces risk

3.Supplier selection complexity in global sourcing- Supplier selection is a vital aspect in the performance of global sourcing implementation. Unlike dealing with domestic suppliers, the costs involved in identifying, selecting, and evaluating foreign suppliers can be prohibitive

4.Location of production- the cost of materials and production times in each area are essential for the company to create value in its supply chain and to stand out from the competition

5.Complicated logistics in global sourcing- international management of logistics is definitely a necessary and crucial procedure. Lack of holistic logistics knowledge in low-cost developing countries would trouble the procurement executives when implementing global sourcing of textile

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Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1.Fashion supply, its present and future
-must control and manage costs efficiently. On the other, we must meet the demands of an increasingly demanding consumer in terms of transparency of production processes, rational and proper use of resources, environmental protection and the strict compliance with corporate social responsibility policies.

2. Location of production
-team of professionals with updated knowledge in terms of production costs in each country, the specialization of each productive region, the cost of materials and production times in each area are essential for the company to create value in its supply chain and to stand out from the competition

3.Omnichannel model and sourcing
-must offer from origin solutions to make the commercial multichannel efficient and successful. Manage the information we receive from consumers and after analyzing this enormous amount of data, we must generate answers in order to meet their purchasing needs through different sales channels. More specifically, it means, for instance, to focus on improving the speed of our supply chain and to add suppliers who can manage the largest possible amount of processes so that the product shipped from origin arrives to destination ready in all its variations. Our design will reach the hand of the end-consumer entirely regardless of the purchase channel that was chosen

4.Design and production
-apparel manufacturers have to handle an extraordinary amount of design changes. Traditionally, the apparel manufacturing process has been performed by production workers who perform the cutting, sewing and other operations in an assembly line. In spite of the technical advancements, the apparel industry still remains as a labor-intensive unit. One of the major global concerns in apparel production is rising labor cost

5.Consumer choice and demographic variability
-produce a diverse product mix as consumers are difficult to understand and predict. Their choice is unstable and unpredictable, and there is wide variation in their demographics and physiographics. In addition, consumer’s age, household income, education level, occupation and ethnicity also affect their choice. Consumers of recent times are becoming more selective, multidimensional and complex due to increased awareness and readily available information on the products and designs. Consumer’s choice is shifting from traditional designs towards luxury high-fashion items.

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1.      COST -they have to must control and manage costs efficiently

2.      CUSTOMER DEMANDS-They must meet the demands of an increasingly demanding consumer in terms of transparency of production processes, rational and proper use of resources, environmental protection and the strict compliance with corporate social responsibility policies.

3.      LOCATION OF PRODUCTION -As textile sourcing is now more global than ever, a topic that gains great relevance is the sourcing strategy with regard to optimum location of each model for its production.

4.      OMNICHANNEL MODEL AND SOURCING Very interesting challenge that they face as textile sourcing professionals is to provide support to the omnichannel model.

5.       SUPPLY CHAIN -They have to focus on improving the speed of the supply chain and to add suppliers who can manage the largest possible amount of processes so that the product shipped from origin arrives to destination ready in all its variations.

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5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry:

1. Fashion supply, its present and future.-The future cost reduction will come from robotic technology applied to production and logistics.

2. Location of production.-
the sourcing strategy with regard to optimum location of each model for its production.

3. Omnichannel model and sourcing.- must generate answers in order to meet their purchasing needs through different sales channels.

4. Change in customer tastes, changes in technology, changes in the political sphere.-production staff need to be smart in changing over from one style to the next without loss of either productivity or quality.

5. Competitors.- There are too many companies that invented new product based on textile.

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5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile indusrty:

1. Fabric Wastes

Even under the conditions of the most productive and efficient production, there is still a waste of fabric that will end up being thrown away. The United States textile recycling industry removes approximately 2.5 billion pounds of post-consumer textiles each year from the waste stream. Unfortunately, millions of tonnes of textiles are discarded every year.

2. Sustainability

The unsustainability of the production, as mentioned, is a relevant problem for all industries, but the textile industry overall has its unique place within the whole matter. The Apparel industry pollutes the environment in significant amounts of natural resource usage.

3.Recycling

A lot of natural fibers and materials, such as cotton, for example, are almost impossible to recycle.

4.Balancing cost, capacity and compliance

Due to the ever going evolution which this industry is undergoing this pattern is going to change further in the time to come. Both the brands and manufactures are facing serious challenges while sourcing these days due to the versatile and dynamic nature of the industry. Cost and speed are particularly important and the same time quality, compliance and capacity cannot be compromised while sourcing.

5. Consumer choice and demographic variability

Their choice is unstable and unpredictable, and there is wide variation in their demographics and physiographics. Consumers of recent times are becoming more selective, multidimensional and complex due to increased awareness and readily available information on the products and designs.

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Describe 5 Challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry :

1. Consumer choice and demographic variability

-Consumer demand for fashionable items and frequent style changes has necessitated reduction in the design and product cycle time.
2. Challenges related to supply chain

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1. Challenges in design and production

2. Stiff competition

3. Environmental or Ecological challenges

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5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry.

1. Consumer choice and demographic variability

2. Trade regulations

3. Challenges in design and production

4. Stiff competition

5. Environmental or Ecological challenges

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Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry.

1.Consumers’ choices and expectations.
-Consumer demand both moderate pricing and frequent style changes, but some prefer to follow the latest fashion trend whereas others desire to purchase investment clothing.
2.Supply chain
-Each component is manufactured by different suppliers, the non-arrival of any single component can cause delay in the production. The textile supply chain is complex and demanding due to global outsourcing, longer lead times and shorter seasons.
3.Design and production
-An apparel item such as a pair of jeans looks simple compared to a vehicle, which may contain about 15,000 parts.
4.Stiff competition
-An apparel competitor sells similar clothing items to the same market segment, consumers or store types.
5.Environmental
-The major environmental threat involved in the textile manufacturing process is contributed by wet processing, which pollutes water.

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5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1. Quality and price
It is hard for a company to find the best supplier with the best quality in a low price. Nowadays, there are many customers who are focus on the low price but still want the good quality of products. Therefore, it is quite challenging for textile company to satisfy that demand as good quality textile usually comes with a high price.

2. Rapid market change
In textile industry, the change in market is very fast especially during festive season. This is due to the new design that comes from designers and customers. Hence, the challenges would come to textile company because if they produce more it may cause loss.

3. Disposal of unwanted textile
The apparel that are not used are hard to dispose. It cannot be recycled because the type of textile cannot be used for nature purpose. Researchers had search for technologies and systems but there are still no effective and perfect tools to dispose the textile.

4. Competitors
As the world is arising towards a modern and emerging technologies, textile industries also is emerge by many new comers. There are too many companies that invented new products based on textile. Therefore, suppliers are getting busy and must search for more textile source from around the world.

5. Eco-friendly environment
There are many customers that are aware about the environment nowadays. Hence, supplier must attract customers with the eco-friendly textile that can save the world. However, this idea need more technologies and required high cost.

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Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry.

Fabric Wastes

Even under the conditions of the most productive and efficient production, there is still a waste of fabric that will end up being thrown away. The United States textile recycling industry removes approximately 2.5 billion pounds of post-consumer textiles each year from the waste stream. Unfortunately, millions of tonnes of textiles are discarded every year.

·         Sustainability

The unsustainability of the production, as mentioned, is a relevant problem for all industries, but the textile industry overall has its unique place within the whole matter. The Apparel industry pollutes the environment in significant amounts of natural resource usage.

·         Recycling

A lot of natural fibers and materials, such as cotton, for example, are almost impossible to recycle.

·         Balancing cost, capacity and compliance

Due to the ever going evolution which this industry is undergoing this pattern is going to change further in the time to come. Both the brands and manufactures are facing serious challenges while sourcing these days due to the versatile and dynamic nature of the industry. Cost and speed are particularly important and the same time quality, compliance and capacity cannot be compromised while sourcing.

·         Consumer choice and demographic variability

Their choice is unstable and unpredictable, and there is wide variation in their demographics and physiographics. Consumers of recent times are becoming more selective, multidimensional and complex due to increased awareness and readily available information on the products and designs.

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Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry.

1. Fabric Wastes

Even under the conditions of the most productive and efficient production, there is still a waste of fabric that will end up being thrown away. The United States textile recycling industry removes approximately 2.5 billion pounds of post-consumer textiles each year from the waste stream. Unfortunately, millions of tonnes of textiles are discarded every year.

2. Sustainability

The unsustainability of the production, as mentioned, is a relevant problem for all industries, but the textile industry overall has its unique place within the whole matter. The Apparel industry pollutes the environment in significant amounts of natural resource usage.

3.Recycling

A lot of natural fibers and materials, such as cotton, for example, are almost impossible to recycle.

4.Balancing cost, capacity and compliance

Due to the ever going evolution which this industry is undergoing this pattern is going to change further in the time to come. Both the brands and manufactures are facing serious challenges while sourcing these days due to the versatile and dynamic nature of the industry. Cost and speed are particularly important and the same time quality, compliance and capacity cannot be compromised while sourcing.

5. Consumer choice and demographic variability

Their choice is unstable and unpredictable, and there is wide variation in their demographics and physiographics. Consumers of recent times are becoming more selective, multidimensional and complex due to increased awareness and readily available information on the products and designs.

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5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1. Location of production - sourcing strategy with regard to optimum location of each model for its production
2. Omnichannel model and sourcing -  face as textile sourcing professionals is to provide support to the omnichannel model
3. Cost - must control and manage costs efficiently
4. Customer demands -must meet the demands of an increasingly demanding consumer in terms of transparency of production processes, rational and proper use of resources, environmental protection and the strict compliance with corporate social responsibility policies
5. Risk - competition from the rapidly growing countries in the industry has high impact and risks

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Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry.

1. The lack of research & development (R&D) in cotton sector. Its happened because of low profitability in cotton crops. Therefore, not many of them use cotton crops as the main income. So, it becomes difficulties to make appropriate R&D to develop the textile industry

2. Lack of modernize equipment. Old fashion of technology makes cost of productions higher and unable to produce the product right on time and in large quantity.  Ineffective production will make it difficult to compete with the international textile industry.

3. Increasing cost of production. High interest rate of raw materials and maintenance will increase the cost of production. High cost production will minimize the opportunity for textile industry to compete in international market.

4. Lack of investment.  The textile industry needs a high investment to produce effective production. One of the factors in the shortage of investors in the textile industry is that long-term returns. Meanwhile the cost of raw material and equipment is also expensive to produce the textile product.

5. Raw material prices. The main problem is the cotton price increases. It happens when the requirement of raw material resources are limited. In this situation, suppliers take an opportunity to increase their income. So the raw material prices are rising at high prices.

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1. Cultural understanding. Different country would have different customs and tradition. One should learn it first before dealing with that particular country.

2. Language and communication differences. Each country have their own language and way of communications. The language differences would make it difficult when dealing with the supplier.

3. Logistical issues. Some countries might have the best product that one's needed but have a difficulty when delivering the product to the customers. Some countries still have this issues.

4. Currency risk. When dealing with other countries, the exchange-rate risk would be higher.

5. Increase of lead time. This is due to the distance from one's country to another

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Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry.

1. Consumer choice and demographic variability.

- Consumers are difficult to understand their choice is unstable and unpredictable.
- There is wide variation in their demographics. Difference of age, household income, education level, occupation and ethnicity affect their choice.
- Consumers’ choices and expectations within a target market. Demand moderate pricing and frequent style changes and latest fashion trend.
2. Challenges related to supply chain.
- The apparel supply chain is complex and demanding due to global outsourcing, longer lead times and shorter seasons.
- Difficult to forecast the changing styles, and the supply chain is complicated by hard-to-model constraints, costs and lead times.
3. Challenges in design and production.
- Enormous design changes in a season whereas the later undergoes few changes even for many years.
- Therefore, the apparel manufacturers have to handle an extraordinary amount of design changes.
4. Stiff competition.

- Apparel manufacturing is highly competitive. There are competitor that sells similar clothing items to the same market segment, consumers or store types. Can see competition in term of price, quality and service.
5. Environmental or Ecological challenges.
- Contributed by wet processing, which pollutes water. The toxic effluents that are harmful to aquatic lives.
- Use recyclable materials and reduced chemical finishes. The demand is shifting to develop eco-friendly products.

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5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1.Sustainability-It is tough for manufactures to remain sustainable and having long lasting relationship since market is changing everyday and becoming very global now.

2.Cost balancing- Due to the versatile and dynamic nature of the industry. Cost and speed are important and the same time quality, compliance and capacity cannot be compromised while sourcing.

3. Policies-
The textile policies in India are not much supportive and there is no dearth of qualified people to make garments at low cost.

4 High cost-
China has become very expensive thus buyers are definitely looking for newer markets.

5. Omnichannel model- Focus on improving the speed of supply chain and add suppliers who can manage the largest possible amount of processes so that the product shipped from origin arrives to destination ready in all its variations.

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1.Sustainability - To hit lower lead times and still remain price competitive is the tough call now. It is tough for manufactures to remain sustainable and having long lasting relationship. The need of the hour is further innovation from the brands.

2.Balancing cost, capacity and compliance - Cost and speed are particularly important and the same time quality, compliance and capacity cannot be compromised while sourcing. The biggest challenge lies in balancing all these factors.

3.Location of production - A professional or a team of professionals with updated knowledge in terms of production costs in each country, the specialization of each productive region, the cost of materials and production times in each area are essential for the company to create value in its supply chain and to stand out from the competition.

4.Different time - it is hard to deal because of different time. So, need to set up the proper time which fair for both related company.

5.Different languages – It make the communication become harder and sometimes can misunderstood.

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5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industries.

1. Logistics in global sourcing refers to plenty of additional problems such as transportation delays, border-crossing procedures and longer inventory management. Lack of holistic logistics knowledge in low-cost developing countries would trouble the procurement executives when implementing global sourcing. Low-grade infrastructure of logistics in developing countries influences the efficiency of global sourcing.

2. Language barriers always threaten cultural communication and even technology transfer in global sourcing. Although many suppliers from developing countries have technical staff and sales people with English skill, difficulties still arise when they need to interact with Western experts to discuss professional technical issues.

3. Local and regional economic environment can be a primary risk factor for global sourcing. Due to the cheap-labor and other factors, developing countries may be experiencing uncertain economic situation.

4. In global sourcing, the money has to be moved between domestic countries and foreign partners. Stability of currency enables the international trade to be easier while instability makes it more complex and introduces risk.

5. Due to the various phases of industrialization in different countries, industrial standards vary among different countries in the world. Therefore, evaluating the situations and clarifying the differences are highly important and necessary before the companies share designs with their suppliers who may use different technical standards. In addition to the different standards, the special regulations promulgated by governments also influence global sourcing directly and indirectly and often make it complicated.

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5 CHALLENGES OF WORLDWIDE TEXTILE INDUSTRY :

1. A professional or a team of professionals with updated knowledge in terms of production costs in each country, the specialization of each productive region, the cost of materials and production times in each area are essential for the company to create value in its supply chain and to stand out from the competition. This is where competitive advantages are born.

2. Logistisc support. Timely movement of materials, parts and the finished product is the major part of logistics. the basic goal is to achieve maximum cost-effectiveness while maintaining service requirements. International logistics generally cover longer distance than domestic logistics. the longer the ditsnce, the longer the lead time, which requires more inventories and creates more opportunities for things to go wrong.

3. Cultural differences. Culture is an integrated system of learned behavioral patterns that distinguish the characteristics of members if any society. Values, attitudes, manners, customs, religion and language are the components of culture. Differences in these factors can cause miscommunication and create further problems in global sourcing.

4. Regulations. Several government regulations influence global sourcing directly and indirectly and often make it complicated. The most directly influential trade regulations and tariffs and quotas.

5. Security. Many developing countries identified for low cost global sourcing are subject to political uncertainty or even internal political. that risk needs to be assessed in terms of whether your offshore will be ablle to provide the products successfully.

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1. Challenge in fashion supply, its present and future.
2.Challenge in location of production.
3. Sustainability is a challenge
4. Despite inflation
5. rising labor costs and a limited value chain for textiles

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1.Balancing cost, capacity and compliance-Both the brands and manufactures are facing serious challenges while sourcing these days due to the versatile and dynamic nature of the industry. Cost and speed are particularly important and the same time quality, compliance and capacity cannot be compromised while sourcing.

2.   Sustainability is a challenge-market which is changing everyday so the drivers are changing as well. To hit lower lead times and still remain price competitive is the tough call now. It is tough for manufactures to remain sustainable and having long lasting relationship.
3. Changing Customer-As shoppers turn to the internet for information and shopping for price comparisons, and to social media for opinions, the industry's response becomes more service- and price-sensitive.
4.Inventory Level- Customer preferences change faster, which speeds up inventory turnover requirements. Suppliers then must adjust to smaller orders placed by retailers and wholesalers, and improve turnaround times. This puts pressure on their raw material, transportation, quality control and labor costs
5.Product Sourcing-The ability of other countries, such as Bangladesh, to handle the production being moved from higher-cost China can affect critical delivery schedules.

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5 Challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry

1. cost reduction from robotic technology
2. fiber contents that affect the cost of production
3. location of production
4. material options that affect from global sources
5. design development stage that free from any hazard issues

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1. Consumer choice and demographic variability
2. Challenges related to supply chain
3. Challenges in design and production
4. Stiff competition
5. Environmental or ecological challenges

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1. Economical : Tariffs, duties, hidden costs.
2. Political conditions: Legal system, political stability, protectionism.
3. Cultural conditions: Flexibility, values, openness, etc.
4. Location of production: the distance that can reduce the lead time.
5. Competitors: In producing new design.

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1.Cultural Understanding: such as religion, attitudes, customs, etc.

2.Language and Communication Differences: message speed and level of content.

3. Legal Issues: Legal systems differ country to country.

4.Currency Risk: due to currency prices fluctuation.

5.Increase Lead time requirement due to location distance.

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Describe 5 challenges of worldwide sourcing in textile industry.
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