The Supply Chain
One of the popular terms for business models is the “supply chain”, where the final product is a result of the work of sometimes many providers and contributors. The word “chain” indicates that the relationship between the various contributors is SEQUENTIAL in time and therefore one provider also relies on the supply from others in the chain. If the chain breaks at any point, the production of the final work suffers.
Consistent Quality, On-Time Delivery
Even if the chain does not break to the point of production loss, it is very important that our suppliers have the ability (skills, technology, and infrastructure, management culture) to provide the products at a constant high quality and they deliver on time. Selecting qualified and reliable suppliers therefore is very important for risk management and ensuring that our own product is delivered in high quality and on time to the next member of the supply chain.
Indirect Contributors
Although the technology, know-how and infrastructure suppliers are not considered organic part of the supply chain it is obvious that without the companies supplying the factory infrastructure, machines, software, technical skills and education the supply chain members would not be able to produce high quality products with efficient delivery. These indirect or external suppliers are fundamental part of the success of the supply chain. When companies are organising risk management the reliable suppliers of technology is one of the crucial part of preparing for high quality production. When evaluating technology suppliers we need to look at their customer base, their time in the industry, their influence on the development of the industry. You want to see a reliable past and therefore a reliable future, so you know that the technology you purchase will be supported well in the future.
Reliable High Quality Embroidery Software
The Australian Wilcom International has been the industry leader since 1881 when it introduced the CED (Computer Embroidery Design) software, the world’s first graphics-based embroidery design system. Wilcom software first arrive to India in 1991 but Wilcom officially appointed IIGM as its Reseller in1995 and therefore Wilcom and IIGM celebrated their 30 Years of Partnership this year with about seven thousand software licences. It can be said that Wilcom has been a main contributor to shape the Indian embroidery design techniques, culture and education. Wilcom is the industry leader with over 300 thousand customers in 192 countries and it has been growing more than ten percent annually. The Wilcom design format is the object-based EMB file.
Last year customers produced about 100 million EMB files around the world. When customers are looking for a reliable high-quality supplier, Wilcom is the obvious choice of an embroidery company.
In the past months Wilcom has conducted various seminars in Surat and Mumbai as well as Annual Conference with IIGM where the latest features of Embroidery Studio 2025 was presented and demonstrated. Wilcom seminars are usually very popular and many customers attend to see and also discuss the various features.
Customers know that when they need a reliable and trusted supplier. Wilcom with IIGM is always there for them and have been in the past 30 Years.
(By Janos Horvath, VP, Wilcom International)
