ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY REQUIREMENT AND IMPORTANCE FOR TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN TURKEY

Year 2017, , 58 - 66, 30.06.2017

Mehtap Erdil Aysenur Erdil

https://doi.org/10.17261/Pressacademia.2017.572

Abstract

Today’s
competitory disposition of business obligates companies to implement an
extensive business quality control system that highlights sustainable
improvement of quality and productivity. In every sector, it is significant to
support  industries, meet the quality
requirement of current’s market by providing and improving the quality contol
policy. Management development of work structures and frameworks should be
involved in quality oriented production and quality control strategy. This
topic should be supported by top management dedication to increase the quality
level of production as a business policy and strategy within supportive resources.
It is now generally accepted that textile is a fabric which made from fibers
but the fibers may either be converted into yarn firstly and then the yarns put
unitedly in one of a diversity of methods to make fabrics or the fibers can be
altered directly into a fabric. The textile sector is selected as a research
area in this study, because this is one of the most requirement and fundamental
industries for households and populations. In this study, the integration steps
of  Quality Oriented manufacturing is
hightlighted  in the textile sector. An
industrial perception  is presented  in the scope of this research. In addition of
this, an overview of textile ındustry in Turkey will be presented  and an approach for the importance of quality
oriented production in garment industry is emphasized and is declared its
strengths, opportunities, threats and weaknesses aspects according to the
business quality policy.

 

Keywords

Consumption, industry, quality, production, swot, textile

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