Exploration of Digital Competency Requirements within the Fashion Supply Chain with an Anticipation of Industry 4.0

Wang, Baolu; Ha‐Brookshire, Jung

doi:10.1080/17543266.2018.1448459

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“…Recently, a group of researchers claimed that the fourth Industrial Revolution (or Industry 4.0) is coming (Rüßmann et al, 2015;B. Wang & Ha-Brookshire, 2018).…”

Section: Development Of the Textile And Apparel Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…and big data analysis techniques, driving a new wave of smart manufacturing and smart factories in all industries (Hermann, Pentek, & Otto, 2016). Researchers and industrial practitioners believed that the T&A industry, in particular, would benefit from the usage of these advanced technologies in Industry 4.0 (Abnett, 2016;B. Wang & Ha-Brookshire, 2018).…”

Section: Development Of the Textile And Apparel Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Inadequate knowledge reserves would make the employees' competency below the high-tech working environment requirement (B. Wang & Ha-Brookshire, 2018;N. Wang, Sun, & Liu, 2018).…”

Section: Challenges For the Chinese Textile And Apparel Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They rely on their own experience and simple tools, and are slow in adopting new technologies in the workplace, which may force them out of the workplace in Industry 4.0 (B. Wang & Ha-Brookshire, 2018). For example, the future T&A industry would broadly use 3D scanning, digital measuring, digital drawing, and computerassisted pattern making and marking technologies in the product development and manufacturing process (R. Sun, 2017), asking for the future workforce to not only have an understanding and ability to apply these technologies, but also digital data analysis ability and man-machine interaction ability (B.…”

Section: Challenges For the Chinese Textile And Apparel Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, the future T&A industry would broadly use 3D scanning, digital measuring, digital drawing, and computerassisted pattern making and marking technologies in the product development and manufacturing process (R. Sun, 2017), asking for the future workforce to not only have an understanding and ability to apply these technologies, but also digital data analysis ability and man-machine interaction ability (B. Wang & Ha-Brookshire, 2018).…”

Section: Challenges For the Chinese Textile And Apparel Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Expectancy, perceived benefit and perceived cost of new technology : scale development in the context of Chinese textile and apparel firm mangers

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The textile and apparel industry have been fundamentally changed due to technology development. However, developing countries are falling behind for adopting new technologies, such as China. To explore factors that may influence motivation to adopt new technology, firm managers' expectancy, perceived benefit and perceived cost of new technology were addressed in this study. However, future literation examination suggested a lack of proper and relevant scales to measure such concepts. Thus, to clearly and effectively understand factors that may influence Chinese TandA firm managers' motivation to adopt new technology, this study was designed to develop scales that measure firm managers' expectancy, perceived benefit and perceived cost of new technology adoption. The psychometric method of item response theory was used as the data collection and analysis paradigm for the research. After item generation, item bank development, and psychometric evaluation by 599 Chinese textile and apparel firm managers, valid and reliable scales of firm managers' expectancy, perceived benefit and perceived cost of new technology were built. The three scales provide a holistic view of firm managers' concerns in the decide-making process of new technology adoption, which would help research Chinese TandA firm managers' motivation to adopt new technology and guide textile and apparel industry upgrades in China.

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“…Recently, a group of researchers claimed that the fourth Industrial Revolution (or Industry 4.0) is coming (Rüßmann et al, 2015;B. Wang & Ha-Brookshire, 2018).…”

Section: Development Of the Textile And Apparel Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Development Of the Textile And Apparel Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Inadequate knowledge reserves would make the employees' competency below the high-tech working environment requirement (B. Wang & Ha-Brookshire, 2018;N. Wang, Sun, & Liu, 2018).…”

Section: Challenges For the Chinese Textile And Apparel Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Challenges For the Chinese Textile And Apparel Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Challenges For the Chinese Textile And Apparel Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

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