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The company uses advanced machines for value addition in jeans
Different washes is one of the strength of Trigger Apparels
already using such systems, and going forward it will be our prime concern,” Sailendra explained, and further added that with the help of all these initiatives in last few months, the company has seen nearly 30 per cent increase in its revenue.
Improvements are not only happening in the retail and front-end of the business, but also at the shopfloor level where Trigger, with its state-of-theart manufacturing unit of more than 300 stitching machines, has achieved positive results. One of them is really interesting. Recently, the HR team of the company had many counselling sessions with its workers and the idea was to reduce the absenteeism. These brainstorming sessions, training for supervisors, shopfloor data analysis, and troubleshooting initiatives to identify reasons for absenteeism finally helped it to increase the attendance rate by 10 per cent. Now the average attendance rate of the workers is nearly 93 per cent. With
regard to apparel export, the focus is on quality and on-time delivery so that it can have repeat orders. The company has succeeded to add new markets and more buyers with the help of these in-house initiatives and aggressive marketing.
Laundry forms an integral part of the denim processing. Equipped with laser / ozone finishing capabilities and with a handling capacity of over 2,50,000 pieces per month in laundry, the company offer wide range of washes including pigment, sulphurs and reactive dyeing. It gives major thrust to sustainable washings and looks at enhancing production technology on this front.
“ Apparel manufacturing and retailing is one of the most challenging industries, but we have the strength, right from the starting stage of the supply chain, supported by good team and strong product, so we are definitely going to be successful,” concluded Sailendra confidently. www. apparelresources. com | AUGUST 16-31, 2018 | Apparel Online India 47