글로벌 아웃소싱 의류업체의 제품개발 및 품질관리 현황 분석: 해외 의류업체 국내 지사의 사례를 중심으로

Abstract

Since the 1980s, the development of the IT technology linking buyers and suppliers helped wholesale manufacturers or retailers select optimal materials, equipments, technologies, labours, and etc. for the product development performance throughout the whole world. Once the primary purpose of the outsourcing strategy to reduce the production cost via the global outsourcing is achieved, the organizations pursuit the further steps to maintain manufacture sites with the different levels of technologies while keeping the entrepreneurial security. Considering the accumulated basic and high technologies and well developed manufacturing infra systems in Korean textile-clothing industries, the final purpose of the outsourcing, i. e. to produce high quality products using a wide range of the in land/offshore production sites, can improve the industry to get higher competitive position in the world markets. In the context of the product manufacture outsourcing strategy highlighted, the business must consider the better quality and efficient production management. In this aspect, the study aimed first, to achieve the understanding of the quality assurance system and its processes in the clothing industry by analysing the previous relevant researches and second, to explore the quality assurance processes found out between the headquarter and the offshore manufacture site throughout the case study clothing company analysis. The theoretical study identified the apparel quality characteristics, quality assurance methods and the quality assurance system related with the product development processes. The results derived from the case study were summarized in the categories of (1) the case study organization structures, (2) production management system, (3) product quality assurance system, (4) quality assurance data feedback processes and the lead time related to.