scholarly journals A LITERATURE REVIEW ON EMPLOYEE TURNOVER IN THE SRI LANKAN APPAREL INDUSTRY

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (02) ◽  
pp. 477-482
Author(s):  
Dilanthi M.G.S. ◽  
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Rasanjana K.A.N ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Employee Turnover ◽  
Apparel Industry ◽  
Sri Lankan

scholarly journals INCORPORATION OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY CONCEPT TO THE APPAREL INDUSTRY: LITERATURE REVIEW

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. GOWSIGA ◽  
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M. THAYAPARAN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Economic Benefit ◽  
Apparel Industry ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Foreign Exchange Earning ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Novel Concept

The apparel industry is one the most foreign exchange earning industries for developing countries. However, it is one of the notable polluting industries in the world too. Additionally, there are numerous factors affecting the economy of the industry, for example COVID 19, and the industry needs to reinvent from those issues by forcing itself to live. Thus, Circular Economy (CE) can act as a potential solution to address the issues related to both environmental and economic factors of the apparel industry. CE is a business strategy to gain economic benefit, minimise environmental impacts and increase the efficiency of resource consumption. CE concept has been practised in various countries such as China, Bangladesh, Europe, Australia and Germany. However, it is still a novel concept in Sri Lanka even though Sri Lankan apparel industry has a solid reputation globally for their high-quality, reliability, lead time, and social accountability. Introducing the CE concept into Sri Lankan apparel industry will help to overcome the financial issues in a sustainable way. With the intention of introducing CE concept to Sri Lankan apparel industry, this paper intends to review the application of CE in global context and in the context of apparel industry, their benefits and challenges in order to further investigate the suitability of CE concept to SL apparel industry. This paper is therefore based on a comprehensive literature review. Hence, it highlights the literature findings on the applicability of CE in apparel industry, its benefits and challenges when adopting CE into apparel industry. This basic finding will aid to assess the possibility of incorporating CE concept within the Sri Lankan apparel industry. The key findings of the research, environmental gain, economic benefit, resource optimisation and collaboration among stakeholders are the key benefits of CE. The main challenges are expensive, advanced technology, measuring the benefits especially financially, lack of support, knowledge, awareness, commitment and leadership, systematic regulation, social and cultural acceptance.

Sustainable Practices Through Competitive Capabilities in the Apparel Industry: Sri Lankan Experience

2021 ◽  
pp. 231971452110603
Author(s):  
P. G. S. A. Jayarathne ◽  
Vilani Sachithra ◽  
N. J. Dewasiri
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Apparel Industry ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Asian Country ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Operational Flexibility ◽  
Sustainable Practices ◽  
Competitive Capabilities ◽  
Controlling Mechanism

The study aims to explore competitive capabilities that enable sustainability practices in the Apparel Industry in the Sri Lankan context. It employs an exploratory approach using the case study method. The study discloses six competitive capabilities: organizational climate, operational flexibility, technological competency, alliance and partnership, knowledge sharing, and learning capabilities which drives twenty-four sustainable practices explored in ten categories: water conservation, energy conservation, carbon footprint reduction, fabric waste management, use of environment-friendly materials, controlling mechanism for suppliers, controlling mechanism for leasing/sub-contracting manufacturing plants, reduce the polluted air release, transportation, and ensuring the well-being of the people. Companies in the apparel industry should inculcate a supportive organizational climate, maintain operational flexibility, invest in required technology, maintain healthy relationships in the supply chain, share knowledge and encourage learning to adopt sustainable practices in the Apparel Industry. This study is the first to explore the specific competitive capabilities that bring respective sustainable practices in the Apparel Industry in a South Asian country.

Viability of Lean Manufacturing Tools and Techniques in the Apparel Industry in Sri Lanka

2011 ◽  
Vol 110-116 ◽  
pp. 4013-4022 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.K.P.N. Silva ◽  
H.S.C. Perera ◽  
G.D. Samarasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Apparel Industry ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Real World Data ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Tools And Techniques

Lean Manufacturing can be considered as a business strategy which was originated and developed in Japan. It tries to identify waste and eliminate it. Thus it leads to improvement in productivity and quality and companies can achieve a competitive advantage over others. Sri Lankan industries, especially apparel sector have attempted to implement this, but a little research work is carried out in regarding its suitability. This research is an attempt to identify a suitable Lean model for the apparel industry in Sri Lanka. As the initial stage of this study, a literature review is carried out to study about the Lean Manufacturing. It starts by looking at how Lean Manufacturing first began. Then it seeks to identify the core principles, tools and techniques and how those tools and techniques are currently being used worldwide. After studying the global scenario the next step is to look at the Sri Lankan context using real world data. This was undertaken by means of structured surveys, observations, and on site interviews. Also the study will reveal period of Lean implementation, suitable implementation methods, order of implementation, tools which are avoided, sustainability of different tools, challenges faced, ways of overcoming challenges and benefits achieved after applying Lean Manufacturing concepts in the apparel sector of Sri Lanka. The findings state Lean Manufacturing can be applied to mass production apparel industries and has created a positive mindset on employees. As implementation of Lean concepts is still in developmental stage, the full benefit is not yet achieved. But current situation suggests that the industry can go forward with Lean and capitalize on its full potential. In this research the authors have proposed a model which can be used to implement Lean in a systematic manner and each manufacturer must develop their own Lean system through training, experiments, employee empowerment, right leadership and kaizen mindset. Originality of the research— The research builds up a Lean Model which is not yet developed for the apparel sector in Sri Lanka. It can be further modified to suit the global apparel industry and other industries as well.

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