Textile and garment enterprises catch up with digital transformation

According to Mr. Vu Duc Giang - Chairman of Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association, textile and garment enterprises are applying modern technology such as 3D printing in design, digitalization, and artificial intelligence applications to increase the use in fashion to produce ready-made garments according to anthropometric parameters. This helps enterprises reduce costs and improve productivity.

As a strong enterprise in digital transformation, PPJ Group is currently operating a closed textile supply chain. Talking about this, Mr. Dang Vu Hung - Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Director of PPJ Group, said that PPJ Group's relatively complete digital ecosystem helps to access and control every corner of production - business activities and corporate governance. PPJ Group has built, completed and operated a comprehensive ERP digital management system, successfully bringing the world's advanced information technology and green technology applications to serve textile production and business.

Textile and garment enterprises catch up with digital transformation. Photo: NT

PPJ Group also masters advanced textile techniques and technologies, increases automation, and combines digital and green in textile production throughout the system. “ Laser technology (creating fashion effects on garments), Diamond Finishing technology (helping the fabric surface adapt better to Laser without having to use chemicals or bleach), Eflow (washing and dyeing with Nanobubble gas particles, helping to save maximum water, chemicals and electricity consumption), Ozone (decolorizing, deodorizing, and uniformizing product color) ... PPJ Group has invented its own equipment to operate. 3D and Metaverse technology in product design and demonstration are also PPJ Group's outstanding strengths, helping to reduce physical samples by nearly 30% - equivalent to 3,000 clothing samples/month - compared to traditional design methods ”, Mr. Dang Vu Hung informed.

Despite the results achieved in the transformation, however, both leaders of the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association and PPJ Group commented that this journey is very challenging for businesses.

The cost of conversion is not small. For PPJ Group, in the past 5 years alone, PPJ Group has invested more than 5 million USD in digital operating systems in terms of hardware and software; invested tens of millions of USD in technology and manufacturing green conversion equipment, and this number certainly does not stop there.

On the other hand, in the transformation journey, businesses not only face financial difficulties, but the lack of skilled human resources to grasp and master technology is also a major barrier. Currently, many businesses have to hire foreign experts to take on many key management positions from middle to high level at a considerable cost, to operate and apply the world's new technologies well, serving the transformation faster and more effectively.

The difficulty lies in the financial policy aspect. Currently, the Government and the State Bank are very interested in encouraging credit institutions to focus on mobilizing capital sources and implementing financial support packages focusing on digital transformation, green and sustainable development. However, in reality, the implementation of green credit still faces many barriers due to the incomplete and unspecified legal framework, the appraisal process is still quite complicated, especially the lack of specific and transparent criteria to determine the "greenness" of projects, as a basis for granting green credit to businesses.

In addition, due to the specific nature of textile and garment production and operations, businesses need support from credit institutions and appropriate financial packages to improve access to capital and ensure long-term financial stability for businesses during the transition process.

To overcome the above challenges, Mr. Vu Duc Giang said that businesses need support from the Government and functional agencies. Businesses participating in digital transformation and green transformation need to receive support from the State in the consumer market and preferential loans...

The Association recommends that the Government, ministries and sectors have policies and solutions to directly or indirectly support businesses and financial institutions in accessing international green financial resources, training programs, and international experience exchange on green growth and green finance.

According to experts, technology is a tool for businesses to achieve digital transformation and green transformation goals. However, first of all, there must be clear goals; promote a culture of innovation; build digital infrastructure, including national infrastructure and business infrastructure. In particular, in the process of digitalization, it is necessary to pay attention to and protect the data and information of the business itself and its employees.

Source: https://congthuong.vn/doanh-nghiep-det-may-bat-nhip-chuyen-doi-so-353278.html