Information Technology Has Spawned New Channels For Garment Industry

With the advent of the information society, more and more clothing enterprises have realized the importance of information technology. Whether it is tens of billions of sales giants or tens of millions of industry rookies, they are trying their best to build their own information platform, trying to rely on the superior information platform to reduce production costs, shorten the reaction cycle or enhance the terminal control capability.

The production informatization of clothing enterprises can be roughly divided into two levels, one is technology informatization and post informatization, the other is the informatization of production and operation process, realizing the whole process management from design, purchase to production and finished product, including logistics storage, cost and quality related contents at the same time. The two is the production informatization.

In order to improve the production and operation indicators such as cost, quality and delivery time, many garment enterprises changed the information system in 2007, and implemented second or even third times.

Beijing Strategic Management Consulting Co., Ltd., conducted in-depth research on the informatization status and management strategy of the domestic garment industry at the end of 2007. The research contents are mainly divided into 4 aspects: information input and restriction factors, IT organization status, IT application status and future considerations, IT strategy and management.

　　投入水平和制約因素

Information construction is a long-term strategic investment. It needs more than just oral attention and attention. Instead, it needs input from enterprises to ensure the achievement of informatization construction. Foreign enterprises' informatization input generally reaches at least 2% of sales, and leading enterprises even reach 5% to 10%.

The percentage of information input and sales revenue of the surveyed enterprises increased in 2007, and the information input of 55.56% of the surveyed enterprises was between 0 and 19%. 11.11% of the surveyed enterprises reached 20% to 29%, and 3.33% of the surveyed enterprises reached 30% to 39%.

58% of enterprises believe that the restriction of informatization lies in "lack of technological accumulation, high technological risk and high cost of technological innovation", while 50% of enterprises consider "lack of high-quality talents", while 42% of enterprises consider it as "lack of funds".

From the results of this survey, the investment level of domestic garment enterprises is generally low, and the low input level determines the unsatisfactory construction of informatization.

IT team building

IT organization is the first asset of enterprise informatization construction. It is a powerful guarantee for enterprise information planning, information construction and information project landing.

Based on the importance of IT organization, how should the organizational structure of garment enterprises be set up and who should control the leadership of information organization?

The investigation of IT's organizational level shows that most garment enterprises are fully aware of the influence of information organization factors on informatization work. 55% of the surveyed enterprises have set up the post of information director, and are directly responsible to the general manager or chairman, providing a guarantee for the smooth development of enterprise informatization from the organizational level.

In 2007, the number of employees in the IT organization increased by 68% compared with 2006, with the growth rate of 93% of ordinary employees, 78% of software maintainers and 40% of software developers.

The mobility of IT staff showed a saddle curve, 67% of the surveyed enterprises were below 5%, 25% of the surveyed enterprises were between 10% and 15%, and two accounted for 92% of the total. This shows that while most of the garment enterprises are becoming mature, there are still many management problems in the informatization of garment enterprises.