NIFT-ETIDI TWINNING ARRANGEMENT

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A BRIEF ON ETIDI PROJECT

Background of the Twinning Arrangement:

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)The Ethiopia Textile Industry Development Institute (ETIDI), Government of Ethiopia and India's have agreed on a Twinning arrangement to build the capacity of TIDI and technically transform TIDI to international standards in the areas of Training, Consulting, Research and Marketing, to serve the interest of the Garment sector in Ethiopia. This arrangement was agreed upon to ensure the Business Potential of the Garment sector is tapped to the fullest. The contract agreement for the twinning arrangement was signed between two parties on 19^th March 2013 and the programme commenced from 27^th June, 2013. The term of the contract agreement is for a period of 3 years which was extended for another two year with mutual consent. The targeted domain for capacity building & development under this programme were apparel marketing / merchandising & garment technology.

The aim & objective of the Programme:

The Aim of the Twinning Arrangement was to strengthen the capabilities of ETIDI to undertake Training, Consulting, Research and Marketing Support Services for the Ethiopian apparel Industry. Some of the core objectives of the Twining Arrangement are:

To design a Management Structure of ETIDI to enable them facilitate & support the industry.
Set up linkages with industry, TVETS and other institutions
Build capacity to provide continuous training to its stakeholders and Industry.
Upgrade skill & Knowledge of eligible ETIDI participants through higher learning at NIFT, India.
To undertake applied research and consultancy in the areas of Marketing & Apparel Manufacturing.
To develop capacity of ETIDI personnel to Benchmark implementation at industry levels.

Structure of the programme and implementation:

There were major two components of the project.

Ethiopian operations
India Operations

a.Ethiopia Operations:

At the inception of the Twinning Arrangement, NIFT in consultation with ETIDI 17 diverse activities encompassing various kinds of interventions and training activities were designed by NIFT. However, in view of the changing needs and role of ETIDI as support function to the fast growing Ethiopian Textile & Garment Sector, a number of activities initially planned were transformed into need oriented activities.

The first two years of the Twinning Arrangement was mainly focused on capacity building of the ETIDI human resources through training manual development and ToT workshops on various topics.

The last two years of the project was focused on capacity building of the Ethiopian garment industries through technical interventions and trainings in the areas of Garment manufacturing and Merchandising. Apart from these several other consultancy services have been provided like developing Marketing Strategy Document for Ethiopian T&A Sector, Industry Intervention Manual for ETIDI experts, Business plan development for Ethiopian Investors, Technical Feasibility study for business set-ups in various regions in Ethiopia.

Following the agreed Action Plan for the first year, a number of activities were undertaken. These activities received an overwhelming response from industry and helped the ETIDI and Industry whose requirements were met to their satisfaction. This was a result of the joint groundwork efforts done in the earlier months by ETIDI and NIFT team. Various activities such as Course Curriculum Developments (CCD), Training of Trainers (TOT), Customized Training Programmes (CTP) and a number of Industry interaction and attachment by NIFT experts were carried out.

Training programmes undertaken

Sr No	Programmes undertaken	Broad areas of Activities
1	Pattern Making – Ladies Wear	Course Curriculum Developments (CCD)
2	Garment Construction – Ladies Wear
3	Apparel Production Supervisory Programme
4	Sewing Machine Operative Training
5	Sewing Machine Maintenance
6	Men’s Suit Pattern making and construction
7	Pattern Making – Men’s Wear
8	CAD Pattern Making
9	Industrial Engineering
10	Garment Construction – Menswear
11	Quality Assurance for International Fashion Labels
12	Export Merchandising
13	Fabric Knowledge and Sourcing for Merchandisers in Export Manufacturing
14	Developing and Managing Brands
15	Customer Relationship Management
16	Fashion Retail and Store Management
17	Global Marketing
18	Marketing Research
19	Forecasting and Product Development
20	Advertising and Promotions for exports
21	Fashion integration and Market application for cotton and textiles
22	Ergonomics & Workplace Engineering
23	Production & Operations Management
24	Production Process & Control
25	Costing and Pricing in Export Manufacturing - Benchmarking
26	Marketing Strategy Document Preparation
27	Export Merchandising –Benchmarking
28	Social Compliance for Textile & Apparel Industry
29	Buying House operations
30	HRM for Apparel Industry
31	System design & MIS/ERP Development for TIDI
32	Buying House Operations
33	Forecasting & Product Development
34	Trade Fair
35	Revised comprehensive Quality assurance manual
36	Quality Training Manual-Basics
38	Pattern Making – Ladies Wear	Generic Training Programme (GTP) / Training Of trainers (TOT)
39	Garment Construction – Ladies Wear
40	Apparel Production Supervisory Programme
41	Sewing Machine Maintenance Programme
42	Men’s Suit Pattern making and construction Programme
43	Pattern Making-CAD
44	Pattern Making- Manual
45	Export Merchandising
46	Fabric Knowledge and sourcing for Merchandisers in export Manufacturing
47	Customer Relationship Management
48	Fashion Retail and Store Management
49	Global Marketing
50	Marketing Research
51	Forecasting and Product Development
52	Advertising and Promotion for exports
53	Fashion Integration and Market application for cotton and Textile
54	Supply Chain Management
55	Ergonomics & Workplace Engineering
56	Production & Operations Management
57	Lean Manufacturing
58	Costing and Pricing in Export Manufacturing - Benchmarking
59	Social Compliance for Textile & Apparel Industry
60	Buying House operations
61	Global Sourcing for Garment Industry
62	Work Study
63	Buying House Operations
64	Marketing Strategy Document preparation
65	Practical oriented Export Merchandising workshop at Bahirdar University
66	Quality Assurance
67	Quality assurance, systems and procedures
68	Apparel Production Supervisory programme for Maa Garment, Mekelle	Customised Training Program (CTP)
69	Manual Pattern making programme for Maa Garment, Mekelle
70	Apparel Production Supervisory programme for AYKA Addis, Addis Ababa
71	Manual Pattern making programme for Almeda Textile, Almeda
72	Export Merchandising
73	Fabric Knowledge and Sourcing for Merchandisers
74	Buying House Operation
75	Research Study
76	Export Merchandising
77	Costing for Apparel Products
78	Export Merchandising
79	Export Merchandising& Costing
80	Feasibility study on Setting Up of Small & Medium Scale Garment Manufacturing Units in various clusters
81	Training on “Data Analysis Techniques using advanced excel” for the ETIDI officers/Experts
82	Training on "How to Prepare a Garment Business Plan" for the ETIDI officers/Experts
83	Setting up of Merchandising facilities in Export Firms & Costing Benchmarking 1. Development of SOP 2. Customised Training on SOP	Industry Intervention
84	Development of Gap analysis tool development for Industry Intervention.(
85	Factory performance evaluation based on Merchandising KPI
86	Development of Business Plan (Technical & Financial) in four distinct areas: 1. Polo Shirt Manufacturing 2. Woven Shirt Manufacturing 3. Woven Trouser Manufacturing 4. Round Neck Basic t-shirt.
87	Development of Technical feasibility plans (Auto CAD plant layout, Machine Planning & Capacity planning) for Sub-cities at SNNP, Harar and Dukem.

Manuals developed

Sl. No.	Particulars
1	Training Manual - Quality Assurance
2	Training Manual - Basic Quality Training
3	Training Manual - Advance Quality Training
4	Training Manual – Machine Maintenance
5	Training Manual – Operator Training
6	Training Manual – Production Operation Mgt.
7	Training Manual – Production Process Control
8	Training Manual – Lean Manufacturing
9	Training Manual – Ergonomics
10	Training Manual – Garment Business Plan
11	Training Manual – CAD
12	Training Manual – Garment Construction
13	Training Manual – IE
14	Training Manual – Jacket Making
15	Training Manual – Pattern Making Menswear
16	Training Manual – Pattern Making Womenswear
17	Quality Intervention Report- Eltex Garments
18	Quality Intervention Report- Lucy Garments
19	Quality Intervention Report- GMM Garments
20	Quality Intervention Report- Desta Garments
21	Intervention Report– Feleke Garments
22	Intervention Report – Desta Garments
23	Intervention Report– Knit to Finish
24	Intervention Report– Abem Garments
25	Intervention Report– Lucy Garments
26	Introduction to basic & advanced tools of MS Excel
27	Training Manual – Apparel Prodn. Supervisory Prog.
28	Intervention Report– Lucy Garments
29	Intervention Report – Eltex Garments
30	Intervention Report– GMM Garments
31	Intervention Report– Novastar
32	Project Report – Sub city Phase I
33	Project Report – Sub city Phase II

Industry Interaction & Consultancy

To fulfil the requirements of the agreed activity plan under the twinning arrangement, NIFT experts along with ETIDI experts have undertaken a number of industry consultation projects. Initial visits have been made by the experts to many industries which provided an opportunity to identify the areas of intervention such as technical support and training etc. required by the industry. The management of factories highly appreciated the interventions undertaken by the experts and they are found to be very enthusiastic for improvement in areas to meet the global standards.

Sr No	Industry	Activities undertaken
1	Knit to Finish PLC	Technical intervention done at Knit to Finish PLC wherein Gap analysis has been done by NIFT expert along with ETIDI experts. Training as well as implementation on MIS, Time study, 5S, Ergonomics and Quality improvement has been undertaken. VMS have been implemented at Knit to Finish PLC by NIFT Expert from 22.01.2015 to 29.01.2015. A Post-Implementation report has been prepared by the Expert which is duly accepted and appreciated by the Factory Representatives.
2	Lucy Garments	Technical Intervention was done by the Expert in the area of Layout Improvement. A feasible Incentive Scheme was developed after a detailed Time Study and Capacity Study of the Shirt Line Lucy Garments had requested for Technical help in Industrial Engineering, MIS as well as Quality. A GAP Analysis has been done in the Factory and a plan for action has been chalked out. The Implementation has been planned in the month of April, 2015 after the Intervention in Abem Garments gets completed
3	Abem Garments	GAP Analysis was performed at Abem Garments on 02/02/2015. Intervention was planned in areas like 5S, Plant Layout Reengineering, Change of Production System. A Customised Incentive, Efficiency & Salary Calculation Tool was developed for the Factory. The Layout for the Jacket Line was revised, which gave very motivating results with 10 % increase in Production with 22 % decrease in direct labour. Work is in progress for the reengineering of the Plant Layout using AUTOCAD.
4	Adama Garment Industry	Adama Garment Industry had requested for Technical help in its Expansion Project. GAP Analysis has been performed at Adama Garment Industry on 20/02/2015 & 24/02/2015 along with ETIDI Expert, Mr. Yasin Husen. Intervention was done with a complete Time & Method Study of the Jacket as well as Trouser Line to analyze its present capacity. A detailed report with the Machine Planning for T-Shirt, Vests, Underwear, Trouser, Shirt & Jacket was submitted to the Factory Management which was highly appreciated.
5	Fekeke Garments	A five days Gap Analysis has been done in the areas related to production and Planning. Recommendations/ suggestions have been provided to the factory for further implementation. Recommendations not accepted by the factory as it didn’t fulfil and justify the requirements of the factory
6	Desta Garment PLC	Industry Intervention (Merchandising)
7	Eltex Garment & Textile Factory	Industry Intervention (Merchandising)
8	Desta Garment PLC	Merchandising Intervention
9	Eltex Textile & Garment factory
10	Lucy Garment PLC, Addis Ababa	Gap Analysis & Industry Interventions in Production Management
11	Eltex Garments PLC, Debra Zeit, Ethiopia
12	Supervisory & IE Training	Bole Lemi Industrial Zone
13	GMM Garments, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Gap Analysis & Industry Interventions in Production Management & Industrial Engineering
14	Feleke Garment Factory.	Quality interventions
15	Feleke Garment Factory.	Business Process Engineering
16	Desta Garment Factory	Quality interventions
17	Oromia Region	Technical Feasibility study for 10 plots
18	Amhara Region	Technical Feasibility study for 10 plots
19	Eltex Garments (Technology)	KPI Study for Knit to Finish
20	Maa Garments, Mekele (Technology)	KPI Study for Knit to Finish
21	Lucy Garments, Addis Ababa	Production Management & Industrial Engineering Quality Assurance
22	Eltex Garments, Debraziet	Production Management & Industrial Engineering Quality Assurance
23	GMM Garments, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Production Management & Industrial Engineering Quality Assurance
24	Desta Garment Factory	Production Management & Industrial Engineering Quality Assurance

b.India operations:

Following the inception of the project, the agreement between NIFT and ETIDI was revised through mutual consent to address the evolving needs for capacity building at ETIDI. Under this revised agreement, NIFT and ETIDI agreed for capacity building of ETIDI personnel’s academically and vocationally at NIFT campuses in India.

Programmes conducted in India.

I.MDP for ETIDI Directors

Under the ambit of the Twinning Agreement, two Management Development Programmes (MDPs) were conducted at the New Delhi and Bengaluru campuses of NIFT with the objective to inculcate practical knowledge amongst the Directors of the ETIDI about the sector as well as to enhance competencies to plan and administer the immense responsibilities at their workplace. The programme was designed to provide a comprehensive exposure in the areas of Management Leadership, Financial Management and Project Management. The programme was customized for the four participants and covered a broad spectrum of practical exposure in the Indian industries, Production technology, Quality assurance, and marketing for apparel exports, Soft skills and Leadership. The programme received an excellent feedback from the participants.

II.MDP for ETIDI Experts

Two MDP programmes, one in Export marketing and merchandising and other in Industrial engineering of 45 days were organized at NIFT New Delhi from 26th Oct 2015 till 7th Dec 2015. A total of 10 ETIDI experts have been trained through these programmes. The objective of the program was to amalgamate theoretical principals and concepts with practical real life situations in Indian Apparel sector. The challenge of the program was to deliver the module in such a way that it balances the knowledge and exposure which ETIDI managers already had and scale it up by providing right mix of theory as well as practical exposure of Indian sector to add value to the team. The program was designed such that there was direct teaching session at NIFT and in the partnering factories. Throughout the MDP, NIFT Trainers regularly monitored the progress of on-floor learning of the participants. At the end of the programme, the ETIDI experts have been awarded Grade & certificate from NIFT.

III.Higher Education

Under this agreement, a total of 16 eligible ETIDI experts were given admissions in NIFT for pursuing Masters Programmes (M.F.Tech & MFM) at Delhi & Bengaluru NIFT campuses.

As agreed in the Twinning Arrangement, NIFT facilitated ETIDI experts to pursue Masters Programmes (MF Tech and MFM) at NIFT, Bengaluru, India in the academic session 2013-15, 2014-16 and 2017-19. Total 18 candidates pursued M.F.Tech programme and 08 pursued MFM Programme during the above academic sessions and have successfully completed the programme with commendable CGPA scores.

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