Textile software innovation in Cambodia

摘要

In a bid to modernise Cambodia’s textile and garment sectors through digitalisation, the industry introduced innovative new software in February that will help improve efficiency by improving fabric handling and cutting down repeat clothing defects by almost half – in addition to making overall gains on factory productivity. Singapore-based fashion technology start-up Zilingo, along with Cambodia’s industry body the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC), introduced the company’s ‘proprietary production’ software in Cambodia for the first time in early February, Zilingo’s head of expansion and country manager for Vietnam and Cambodia, Cian O’Dowd, says. The technology will help businesses to increase efficiency by accessing real-time data in their factories, he adds. It will also “improve the overall production reducing defects based on available performance reports”. The technology has already been tried and tested successfully in other textile and garment-making hubs, including India, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. “Some of our factories report a 50% decline in repeat clothing defects after deploying our quality control module – this is huge when you consider that fixing a defective garment takes two to three times longer than it does to make the garment for the first time,” says O’Dowd. Besides, the software will improve overall production efficiency by 10-15% in partner factories, which is huge in a sector where margins are in the single digits.