QUICK RESPONSE PRODUCTION PLANNING SYSTEM WITHIN A COMPUTER INTEGRATED LOGISTIC CONCEPT FOR THE TEXTILE-APPAREL-RETAIL-PIPELINE

Objective

One of the key factors for the European textile and clothing industry in order to sustain competition is to win the "time race" against low cost producers around the world.

The application of "Quick Response Strategies" calls for the development of production planning concepts and instruments. It should thus be possible to improve significantly planning throughout the whole textile and clothing chain, both within each stage of production and between the various stages and/or partners, and also to integrate planning in a logistics concept. In order to do so, a consortium of partners will develop and implement planning methods and components based on the current state of the art of software technology and communication networks. A computer-controlled planning of production and logistics will thus be achieved, which will help to greatly reduce throughput times within each processing stage (e.g. spinning, dyeing, knitting, finishing, making-up) as well as lead times between these various stages. Moreover, this will contribute to a significant reduction of buffer stocks of intermediate and end products.

To achieve this, after a thorough system analysis, the experimental systems for the major processing stages will be developed within a consortium of representatives of the European knitting industry. Thus, after developing new components for computer-aided planning (logging of the operational data, monitoring of machines and control of orders), the latter will be tested. Since the partners of this consortium are spread out over the whole EC-area, special attention will be given to the portability of the solutions and to the development of concepts for knowledge transfer. Further predominant points of the project are the planning overlapping the various stages of textile manufacturing as well as the integration in the supply and sales organisation.

Programme(s)

• FP3-BRITE/EURAM 2 - Specific programme (EEC) of research and technological development in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1990-1994

Topic(s)

• 2.3.1 - Design integrating strategies

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

SCHIESSER AG

Address

Schutzenstraße 18
78315 Radolfzelle
Germany

Participants (10)

BARCO GRAPHICS NV

Belgium

Address

President Kennedy Park 35
8500 Kortrijk

BAUER HEIKO

Germany

Address

Haid-und-neu-straße 7-9
7500 Karlsruhe

Deutsches Institut für Textil- und Verfahrenstechnik

Germany

Address

Körschtalstraße 26
73770 Denkendorf

GIANNIS GIANNOUSSIS SA

Greece

Address

Inofita Viotias, Ipsilandou Street 55
11521 Athens

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD

Greece

Address

Poseidonos Avenue 6
17674 Athens

Manifattura di Legnano SpA

Italy

Address

Via Lega 13
20025 Legnano Milano

OPTI-SENS GmbH

Germany

Address

Robert Bosch Straße 11
7750 Konstanz

PALLAS SA

Greece

Address

Alkminis 5
11854 Athens

PETSAS SA

Greece

Address

Mer. Serron P.o. Box 83
69100 Komotini

Ragno SpA

Italy

Address

Via Cremosina 43
13018 Valduggia