Beyond Cost: Matching China in Apparel Strengths
A closer look
Against the backdrop of macroeconomic instability and heightened uncertainty, China’s dominance didn’t arise from just manufacturing garments—it evolved through learning and diligence.
From decoding tech packs and design nuances.
To understand brand-specific fits and seasonal calendars
To master lead times and supply chain fluidity/diversity.
China created an ecosystem, rooted in decades of data, relationships, innovations, research, and expertise, that drives some of the most agile and accurate production capabilities in the world today.
As supply chains diversify/derisk/decouple, the question one needs to ask is
Is there any single country—or a regional alliance—that genuinely compares with China’s end-to-end strength purely from the global supply chain standpoint in the clothing industry?
CREDITS: Ram Sareen l Founder @ TUKAgroup | Apparel CAD/CAM Software Technology.