THE IMPACT OF SUUPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN APPAREL AND TEXTILE INDUSTRY

Abstract

Effective supply chain management (SCM) has become a potentially valuable way of securing competitive advantage and improving organizational performance since competition is no longer between organizations, but among supply chains. This Research conceptualizes and develops five dimensions of SCM practice (strategic supplier partnership, customer relationship, level of information sharing, quality of information sharing, and postponement) and tests the relationships between SCM Practices, competitive advantage, and organizational performance. Data for the study were collected from 196 organizations and the relationships proposed in the framework were tested using structural equation modeling. The results indicate that higher levels of SCM practice can lead to enhanced competitive advantage and improved organizational performance. Supply Chain Management is mostly the movement of material which agreements the actual movement of resources all the way through the price chain. The chain spreads from the Dealers to the business and to the business to the clients. Processes Executives should be able to recognize that the strong point of the Supply Chain is the asset of its scrawniest connection. If a business bombs to make use of the client reply it not only drops its client base but also failures its supply chain and misplaces its business to its clienteles. Dealers normally, come at the upper part of the business and customs at the lower level to, broad the Supply Chain. Many Software’s are accessible to .safeguard that Supply chain is achieved efficiently by the group. Supply Chain is now getting acceptance in Pakistan, Pakistan apparel & textile industry has its main part in goods made from cotton items. Which has it focused on the downstream of this supply chain. It has held an important share of biosphere in apparel and fabric and garments spreads although weak point exist at different tiers of the supply chain.