A conceptual model of business intelligence system adoption for the textile and apparel industry in Pakistan

Textile and Apparel (T&A) industry is the backbone of Pakistani economy, including one-fourth of the industrial sector, and comprises 40% of industrial employees and approximately 60% share of Pakistani exports. Although, industry is striving hard to compete in international market; a persistent stream of innovation is required to maintain its due share in recent quota free global trade of textiles. Business Intelligence (BI) system is one of the most-used buzzwords in the modern business landscape for well informed decision making. In spite of the great synergies and benefits, BI system grant to the businesses and organizations. The adoption level is low with high failure ratio, especially in developing countries. Further, researchers did not propose any theory or model for the T & A industry. This study aims to fill this gap by conducting a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) for identifying the most appropriate factors, theory and model for the current study. Total of 75 studies were selected which were published during the period of 2011- 2020. A conceptual model is developed with most potential factors by using Technology-OrganizationEnvironment (TOE) framework. This conceptual model will guide the policy makers and industry practitioners to integrate and adopt the BI system successfully that would helpful to achieve competitive edge in the international business markets

Statistical assessment of business intelligence system adoption model for sustainable textile and apparel industry

The textile and apparel industry is one of the biggest competitive industries in the world. Nowadays, industry 4.0 concepts put pressures on textile and apparel companies to integrate advanced technologies. Consequently, Business Intelligence (BI) systems are diffusing rapidly to process large data sets to harness the true value of smart technologies. Regardless of its potentials, most textile and apparel companies are lagging and hesitating to adopt this credible innovation in the presence of a high failure rate (70%-80%) especially in developing countries. To achieve the successful adoption of BI systems, statistical assessment is required to better understand this complex phenomenon. Therefore, a BI system model based on Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) is developed to evaluate the role of potential determinants pertaining to the users, technology, organization, and environment. Data were collected using a survey with self-administered questionnaires from decision-makers with authoritative designations in the textile and apparel industry, academia, and software companies. Influential relationships among critical determinants were assessed and validated by using Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) approach. The results of this study would contribute to the success of costly BI system projects and will motivate the industry experts to potentially assign investments for the BI projects in the developing countries to sustain in the competitive markets

Towards sustainable textile and apparel industry: Exploring the role of business intelligence systems in the era of industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 is a new era of industrial revolution in which textile and apparel (T&A) companies are adopting and integrating advanced technologies to achieve sustainability and a competitive edge. Previous studies have just focused on the perspective of big data utilization in Industry 4.0 and neglected the role of business intelligence systems (BIS), especially in the T&A industry. The current study is one of the first to investigate the determinants of BIS adoption with an eye towards understanding how BIS can resolve sustainability issues in T&A companies with Industry 4.0 technologies. Methodology: A qualitative research approach is applied with 14 semi-structured in-depth interviews from 12 of the world's high-end T&A companies. The snowball and purposeful sampling strategy is used to select the participants. The qualitative content analysis technique is used to analyze the interview data. Results: The findings revealed various themes, such as sustainability issues in T&A companies, improved value creation processes with leading BI solutions, and perceived difficulties in the adoption of BIS. Major improvements are perceived in the apparel retail business because apparel companies are more prone to adopt the Industry 4.0 technologies with advanced business intelligence (BI) solutions. The results prove the pivotal role of economic sustainability in the adoption of BIS and Industry 4.0 technologies in T&A companies

ICS Materials. Towards a re-Interpretation of material qualities through interactive, connected, and smart materials.

The domain of materials for design is changing under the influence of an increased technological advancement, miniaturization and democratization. Materials are becoming connected, augmented, computational, interactive, active, responsive, and dynamic. These are ICS Materials, an acronym that stands for Interactive, Connected and Smart. While labs around the world are experimenting with these new materials, there is the need to reflect on their potentials and impact on design. This paper is a first step in this direction: to interpret and describe the qualities of ICS materials, considering their experiential pattern, their expressive sensorial dimension, and their aesthetic of interaction. Through case studies, we analyse and classify these emerging ICS Materials and identified common characteristics, and challenges, e.g. the ability to change over time or their programmability by the designers and users. On that basis, we argue there is the need to reframe and redesign existing models to describe ICS materials, making their qualities emerge

An aesthetic for sustainable interactions in product-service systems?

Copyright @ 2012 Greenleaf PublishingEco-efficient Product-Service System (PSS) innovations represent a promising approach to sustainability. However the application of this concept is still very limited because its implementation and diffusion is hindered by several barriers (cultural, corporate and regulative ones). The paper investigates the barriers that affect the attractiveness and acceptation of eco-efficient PSS alternatives, and opens the debate on the aesthetic of eco-efficient PSS, and the way in which aesthetic could enhance some specific inner qualities of this kinds of innovations. Integrating insights from semiotics, the paper outlines some first research hypothesis on how the aesthetic elements of an eco-efficient PSS could facilitate user attraction, acceptation and satisfaction

International Journal of Home Economics (IJHE); Volume 10, Issue 2 : Special Issue Teaching and learning in Home Economics Education

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Fashion, Society and the First World War

The historiography of the Great War has been significantly renewed in recent years, yet, despite its crucial social, economic, and cultural importance, the role that fashion played in shaping wartime experiences and economies has not yet been addressed. This collection fills this gap in the literature by examining the impact the Great War had on fashion, its industry, and civilians in a transnational context. With contributions from leading experts, Fashion, Society and the First World War explores wartime style and the reframing of selfhood, gender roles, and national identity through clothing and print culture

Proceedings of the Conference on Production Systems and Logistics: CPSL 2022

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You Are What You Wear: A Vital Materialism of Textiles

Intermedial artworks are deemed effective when they draw from the roots of the most basic, universal elements of materiality, concept, sensation, and/or experience, melding disparate elements into an inextricable novelty. As hybrid artifacts, they take up an unusual degree of substance in one dimension or another, and can at times be difficult to categorize, describe, or document. Nonetheless, the potential for intermedial expressions to resonate with their viewership is strengthened by the depths to which the artist ventures, and through such a process the most far-reaching and complexly interconnected issues of our time can be made approachable on the personal level. The work documented and realized herein developed from the idea of addressing the issue of global textile waste on a personal level. Inspired by the need to perform basic clothing repair, I began exploring textile-based art practices during the 2020 pandemic lockdown, studied them formally at the University of Maine from Fall ’20 to the time of publication, and greatly benefitted from the culture of ecological ethics, forest management, and community-engaged art flourishing at and around the University. My path of research-oriented artistic production has led me to participate directly in many facets of the reuse economy of central Maine and beyond; at times I have operated as a volunteer in a Catholic mission’s thrift store, and as an employee of a donation-based shop. I have both attended and hosted workshops, “skill-shares”, and other events in a variety of settings, from guest presenter at a public high school to spontaneous runway model at a fashion show for upcycled streetwear. Focusing primarily on ubiquitous textile artifacts, such as the graphic t-shirt, in conjunction with universally attainable and applicable projects such as tote bags, pockets, written messages, and drawstring pouches, I have developed an artistic practice geared towards inspiring in the viewer/wearer a newfound appreciation for textile materiality as a function of their embodied experience—ideally empowering them to begin independently addressing their textile footprint. The body of artwork associated with my studies culminated in a gallery-centered event, named You Are What You Wear, where participants were encouraged to wear, and offered from a shared selection, garments with visible repair work and customization—thus allowing an imaginative glimpse at the potential for healing and self-expression through textile work. With the abundance of textile material available for those of us on this side of the manufacturing cycle, the means by which we address the inefficiencies and injustices of global textile production cannot be solely derived from a sustainability mindset; there must also be celebration of abundance: freedom to make mistakes, generosity, gratitude, and discovery. Through analysis of my work and the concepts which support it, I intend to show that worn textiles and the associated actions of repair are inherent parts of the human experience, and how creative work can encourage a more mindful and harmonious relationship with textile materiality. Aided by a series of informal interviews conducted over the last two years, I will also present analysis derived from a variety of perspectives that I hope will show that the reuse economy as found across donation centers, second hand retail, volunteer labor, sewing workshops, and other social structures, is a viable and important lens through which one can perceive a community