Abstract
With the dawn of year 2005, ‘quantitative restrictions’ or ‘quota system’ in textiles and apparels sector will come to an end, making way for retailers and private label brand manufacturers to source openly across the globe. To take advantage of low-cost manufacturing locations across the world, they will need to re-visit their sourcing strategies by consolidating their vendor bases and restructuring their global supply chains.

This white paper discusses the impact of quota elimination on key stakeholders and the benefits that lie ahead for retailers and manufacturers . The paper gives a brief about criteria that can be used for selecting a country and a vendor and also how information technology can come as an aid in meeting this restructuring challenge.

Authors Kannan Natarajan Chirag Agarwal

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