The Client: Sandia National Laboratories has extensive
experience in the Textile industry since 1993. We have been working with the U.S. Integrated Textile Complex (ITC) which involves all four sectors of the industry (retail, apparel, textile, fiber). The
primary work has been with through the American Textile Partnership (AMTEX).
The Work:
Sandia's work has mostly been in the area of supply chain management on the
Demand
Activated
Manufacturing Architecture(DAMA)
Project. We have developed tools to securely share information across the Internet across multiple companies, forsupply chain analysis, and for information architecture for a virtual supply chain.Sandia has also wo
rked on the
Computer Aided Fabric Evaluation (CAFE)
Project for the textile industry. This project involvedthe detection of fabric defects as the fabric comes off the weaving machine.
Key Benefits:
These AMTEX Projects are all directed at:
- Regaining domestic share of fabric and apparel - every 10% gain creates a $10 billion manufacturing business and
- 124,000 jobs.
- Save an estimated $12 billion annually by cutting in half current losses due to excess inventory, markdowns, shortages and other non-value-added costs.
- Increase responsiveness to customers, reduce time and cost of product development.
- Create new businesses to provide tools and services of the electronic marketplace.
- Business potential up $100 million annually
Results:
- Modeled entire U.S. ITC pipelines for Men's Cotton Slacks, Nylon Jacket, Bedsheet, and Women's Blouse showing how sharing information reduces the product time to market.
- Demonstrated an electronic procurement system that enables small manufacturers to compete more effectively.
- Developed and piloted TEXNET -- a secure system for selectively sharing information across multiple companies over the Internet.
- Developed a sourcing database of textile and apparel manufacturers in collaboration with Auburn University.
- Implemented a Sourcing Mall -- an Internet site to find information on U.S. manufacturers.
- Piloted supply chain information architecture for collaborative business improvements
References:
See the following Web sites:
DAMA
:
Link is:
http://dama.tc2.com
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