Article ReviewEssay Preview: Article ReviewReport this essayAs demand of high-end apparel in China grows, Chinese garment industry looked for help from Philippine garment manufacturing firms. Even though Chinese garment industry set up a complete system, they need production and design sourcing for domestic high-end apparel market because of lack of sophistication. Lawrence H. de los Santos, president of the Confederation of Garment Exporters of the Philippines said that the Philippines has positioned itself for higher value products and has been known as for reliability, quality and speed of delivery. He also said that the wage of Philippines is relatively high for now, but wage rates in China, Vietnam and India are rising very fast, so they will be more soon. The China National Garment Association (CNGA) emphasized that the Chinese firms need patience until they make profits (Hermosa).
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For a high-tech company, the demand for high quality materials requires that they employ a top-rated, quality control system that takes into account all the factors (products, people as well as conditions) and produces higher quality items.\r
Because of the high demand, it is important that the highest quality materials are put on sale within the appropriate parameters.\r
In particular, higher-risk materials are considered to be more valuable than lower-risk materials (less risky) since the quality control requires that a high-quality material is chosen first.\r
To achieve this level of satisfaction, quality control in these materials and processes is required.\r
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A high-quality apparel company is no ordinary job. All of the other high-tech companies or vendors require a specific set of skills, as compared with a similar company. This requires a special skill set.\r
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Therefore, for high-quality, quality products, it is more likely that the appropriate technical level (e.g., welding skills, materials engineering), or quality control skills, will become part of the product and that the final product might be a high-quality product.\r
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Higher quality garments and other high-tech products are in demand across the Asia-Pacific, as well as the emerging and developing economies.\r
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The high-tech industry does not need professional engineers to make high-quality items. Its success will depend on the quality of its products and on the experience needed to sell those products.\r
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It is important that the manufacturing process is automated, that a product is fully differentiated and that it is delivered as quickly as possible. A high-tech company takes care of production and packaging maintenance.\r
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Quality control is a priority for a number of high-tech companies and is an important factor in creating value.\r
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Low-grade items are seen on the street as highly valuable, but a product needs to be manufactured on an affordable and consistent cost basis as compared with a cheaper and more affordable product.\r
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Once the quality control system establishes an acceptable value from the lower-priced and higher-value products, customers will not be dissatisfied with their product.
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High-tech products will become more profitable and may even win recognition.\r
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High-tech products and services will remain relatively affordable under lower-quality, lower-margin, higher-impact brands.\r
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Higher-quality apparel is made only by other high-tech companies. An appropriate technical level will not be acquired by those high-tech products. Therefore, the cost of the company must be high in order to gain market share or to ensure the quality of low-value, higher-quality items.
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The main purpose of this article seems to be to analyze the flow of China sourcing in terms of the system and also another growing country in sourcing, Philippine. China is currently the leader country in sourcing, so majority of U.S apparel companies are already manufacturing in China. Nevertheless, China could not occupy their own domestic market because Chinese apparel industry is weak in design development. Thus, China seeks sourcing from Philippine to meet demand of high-end apparel.
The specific audience of this article should be high-end apparel companies which are currently manufacturing in China and those who seek a right sourcing country. Finding a right sourcing partner is important as the authors say in the textbook, “sourcing is determining the most cost efficient vendor of materials, production, and/or finished goods at the specified quality and service level with delivery within an identified time frame” (Kunz and Garner 28). Now, Chinese garment industry has the ability to churn out, whereas it lacks production and design for high-end market. However, the article insists that Philippine garment industry has availability of manufacturing high-end apparel (Hermosa). In addition, Philippine has the advantage in terms of wage because the wage rates in China go up very quickly. Another article also argues that Chinese garment manufactures plan to relocate Philippine due to skilled manpower, fast turnaround delivery, flexibility and design capacities (Cahile-Magkilat). Therefore, this article gives an idea that there will be a good sourcing option other than China and Philippine might be the right sourcing partner in the future especially for high-end apparel companies.
Work CitedCahile-Magkilat, Bernie.”Chinese Garment Manufactures Plan to Relocate Here due to Labor Advantage.” Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation 18 Jan. 2011 < Garner,