Supply Chain Resilience And The Best Supply Chain Practices Applied In Export Knitwear Industries In Tirupur District, TamilNadu, India

Abstract

Supply chain resilience is the capacity to absorb stress, recover critical functionality, and thrive in altered circumstances, and it has become a key indicator of an industry’s overall performance. Resilient industries enjoy better outcomes than their peers. Downturns and disruptions are inevitable. Whether industries lose momentum or preferably adapt and advance comes down to one thing: supply chain resilience.
Driven by the globalization of markets and the competitive business environment, supply chain practices have become very popular calling for continuous flow processing with low inventory volumes, leveled and just-in-time production and accurate scheduling of transport for cross-docking operations leading to more cost-effective and responsive supply chains (SCs).  The research is descriptive in nature, on the basis of the primary as well as secondary data. The aim of this study is to amalgamate knowledge on supply chain resilience and best supply chain practices that constitute an important reflect in the export knitwear industries. The study summarizes and builds upon the other well-cited reviews and surveys in this research area taking into consideration the export knitwear industries in Tirupur. A direct survey was designed and conducted extensively to collect data from employees working in Export Knitwear Industry at Tirupur District, which is analyzed with the help of SPSS and AMOS software and conclusions are drawn.