Department of Fashion Technology

The purpose of this paper is to measure if Design intervention helps in the revival of  dying crafts and illustrate how interesting ideas and new intervention models can be developed for several purposes, whether for revitalizing a languishing craft or for developing new products to create livelihoods.

Profitability of any industry depends on money (Financial inputs), material
(Raw material & other store spares inputs), machinery (Technology used and its level of upkeep),
man (Employees - Human Resources), systems / procedures and market (Demand and price
position).[1] Among all these factors, manpower assumes greater significance. Manpower is the life
blood of any industry. Therefore, every effort should be taken on a priority basis to keep this factor
for achieving the main objectives of the industry. The textile industry occupies a unique place in our
country. It is the second largest employment generator after agriculture. The textile industry being
labor-intensive, is a major contribution to the country‟s economy with its vast potential for creation
of employment opportunities in the agricultural and industrial sectors. Business organizations are
made up of people and function through people. Textile industries are no exception to this.(Kumar,
MarimuthuSelva, Subbiah, A. and Krishnaveni, B.)[2]It is thus essential to apply human resource
management in the export sector to retain employees.

According to NTPC Safety Rules building worker means “A person who is
employed by a contractor or his subcontractor to do any skilled, semi-skilled
or manual, supervisory, technical or clerical work for hire or reward, whether
the terms of employment be expressed or implied, in connection with any
building or other construction work.” (Rules, 2012). Construction industry is
the backbone of the economy as they provide job opportunity to the creators
of modern India. The labour strength comprises of both skilled and unskilled
workforce. In the current scenario of everyday development of Indian
economy, these construction workers play an indispensable role. Female
workers abroad are provided with proper protective clothing depending on
the kind of work being assigned to them, but unfortunately none was found
in Delhi during the study. The focus of the study is to understand the nature
of work on site and identify the key factors related to the problems faced by
female workers while on site in terms of clothing. The interaction with the
female labours and the field study has revealed the problems that women are
currently facing. The study further leads to systematically design and
development of protective clothing for female workers which caters to the
functional aspect designed by keeping in mind the cultural essence also. The
knowledge gained via survey and the interview conducted on 46 female
workers on construction site, helped understanding their requirement and
offering them a functional solution in their clothing to ease their problems

Business environment is perpetually undergoing
changes at such a pace that organizations are bound to be
affected by this plethora of rapid technological innovations,
fluctuations in consumer demands, latest state of the art
machinery, and evolving Human Resource (HR). The responses
that this dynamic competitive environment elicits are equally
dynamic. Dependence of apparel export organisations depend on the merchandisers is fairly large and the jobs undertaken by
merchandisers are too many. To ensure that tasks are performed
in accordance with expectations, list of activities to be undertaken must be specified to each merchandiser. Indian apparel export organizations need to exploit all available resources to survive and retain their share in the global market. The apparel export
occupies a prominent place in Indian Economy and is a labour
intensive industry. The human resource environment is very
complicated with lack of experienced and trained people, lack of sources of employment and little focus on human resource
planning, performance measurement and working conditions. In addition to this, absence of appropriate measures to assess the performance and link those to overall competitiveness.

Supply Chain Managemеnt today is integratеd into organizational processеs and managemеnt functions and has comе to be recognizеd as the stratеgic advantagе for firms across the globе. Human Resourcе Managemеnt on the othеr hand has comе about as the dеciding factor whеn mapping the futurе scopе of an organization. So much so, that Stratеgic Human Resourcе Managemеnt practicеs havе becomе indispensablе whеn trying to gain competitivе advantagе. A unidirеctional rеlationship betweеn HRM and supply chain is indicativе of the fact that enhancеd focus on HRMwill improvе SCM and contributе to its succеss. HRM factors likе employeе training and employeе support advantagеously activatе SCM in four dimеnsions, namеly, valuе addеd, rarenеss, imitation cost barriеr and organizational structurе. Not only do bettеr HRM practicеs ensurе good communication across the supply chain, thеy also rеsult in cost saving. Thesе two phenomеna whеn combinеd givе the organization an unmatchablе edge.

Background: This study aims to determine the impact of human resource management (HRM) practices on supply chain management (SCM) in garment manufacturing firms. Methods: This study found that garment manufacturing firms perform moderate level of HRM which have an impact on Supply chain Management (SCM).There is a correlation between HRM practices that proactively contributes in supply chain success. Training, an important HRM practise contributes greater to SCM success. A two way approach was followed to collect Data which was from research papers and garment manufacturing firms. A Questionnaire was prepared which was filled by middle level managers of garment industry in order to know their perception as well as to understand the existing HRM practices which have or can have an impact on SCM.

Background: This study aims to determine the impact of human resource management (HRM) practices on supply chain management (SCM) in garment manufacturing firms. Methods: This study found that garment manufacturing firms perform moderate level of HRM which have an impact on Supply chain Management (SCM).There is a correlation between HRM practices that proactively contributes in supply chain success. Training, an important HRM practise contributes greater to SCM success. A two way approach was followed to collect Data which was from research papers and garment manufacturing firms. A Questionnaire was prepared which was filled by middle level managers of garment industry in order to know their perception as well as to understand the existing HRM practices which have or can have an impact on SCM.