Journal of Fashion Business (패션비즈니스)

The Korean Society of Fashion Business (한국패션비즈니스학회)
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A Study on the Work Process Analysis of Korean Apparel Exporters

의류수출업체의 업무과정 분석에 관한 연구

  • Moon, Jiyeon (Dept. of Fashion, Graduate School of Fashion, Dongduk Women's University) ;
  • Kim, Sora (Dept. of Fashion Design, College of Design, Dongduk Women't University)
  • 문지연 (동덕여자대학교 패션전문대학원 패션학과) ;
  • 김소라 (동덕여자대학교 디자인대학 패션디자인학과)
  • Received : 2015.07.15
  • Accepted : 2015.09.03
  • Published : 2015.09.30
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Abstract

This study aimed to systematize the apparel vendor work processes and provide useful information to future employees of clothing export units by analyzing the processes of vendors' manufacturing tasks. A survey of 20 apparel vendors servicing mainly U.S. buyers was conducted on employees of overseas business departments working for more than five years. buyers. Based on the results, vendors mainly manufactured cut-and-sew knit products. Regarding the production method, OEM was used more frequently than ODM. Fourteen (70%) companies used the ODM method. This suggests that vendors are expanding their production method from OEM to ODM. In order to summarize the work of each business based on the clothing production process research results, buyers were in charge of planning products and the vendors were in charge of sampling. Production of materials and the approval of material tests were out sourced. Overseas factories of vendors were in charge of bulk (mass) production and garment finishing, as well as packaging and shipping the completed products. Even though the vendors' head offices do not directly produce clothes, they play a pivotal role in ensuring planning and management progress in clothing production. As buyers prefer direct contracts for cost reduction, the vendor additionally performs the role of an agent. Also, with the increase in ODM production ratio, the work area of the vendor is expanding. If Korean clothing exporters improve their global competitiveness by investing in the R&D of materials and design to enhance the ODM method, the development of Korea's clothing and export industry will benefit significantly.

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