Our Collaborative Design Framework enables development of products that our customers
want and which are supply engineered for required price and leadtimes.
Ourinter-disciplinary design team, works as an extension to our organization to
create new products.
They study the trends forecasted by Premiere Vision and interpret them to generate a
customized look for our customer’s brand.
They visit different sourcing bases to ensure that the most innovative developments
are sent to the customer’s design team 4 times a year. We work closely with
customer’s calendars and visit their offices ahead of each season to make
presentations of new developments from our Design and Sample room.
Our Textiles team, Merchandizing team,Technical team is plugged during developments
and Salesman sampling to ensure that not only is the look/cost balance optimized but
also production-friendliness of all aspects (fabrics/trims/construction) is checked.
kanakam offers in-house sampling facilities. We have We have 14 sewing m/cs, 2 embdm/cs, 1 m/c each of baby overlock, overlock and french lock as well as ironing tables. Our team consists of pattern masters, beaders and hand embroidered.
We make all protos and a big part of our samples here. Our tailors and beaders are encouraged to come up with ideas of their own other than what the design team creates and they are incentivized on it!
We take care of the requirements of PF and ESI and also support the learning requirements, when they wish to enrol for English language or other career-enhancing courses.
kanakam has a range of high end customers and it demands a great deal of
focus for
delivering quality products. The products are complex since they involve
innovative
new textile, new processes and techniques, complex cut and sew and
embroideries,
which have been just developed for our customers. Added to the fact that the
production quantities are very small which itself necessitates
re-engineering the
supply chain to cover minimums, using smaller garmenting factories and
similarly
small processing houses.
For kanakam, each small order is as important as any other huge quantity
order. Our
factories donate have highly trained technicians, but definitely they have
highly
experienced, dedicated and motivated personnel and we work in total
collaboration
with our suppliers.
kanakam team has trained and professional people who supplement the
requirements
necessary for taking out a Quality Product each time, first time.
Quality has to be inbuilt into the whole process and that is where we have constantly moved our team into.
We do a complete R&D of all production items before it goes into process, Thos involves our fabric department, fit tech and merchants – we make a road map for production and in advance map out points to be taken care of during the whole process.
For kanakam , Textile plays an important role in product development and in managing the supply chain.
Textile team collaborates with Design team to understand forecast and new trends.
Sources and develops the fabric range .
It also works on buyer’s enquiries. Regular visits to Trade fairs and supply
base help us to offer new innovative products to the buyer.
A professional team manages the reliability of sourcing of textile and works
closely with supplier to overcome the challenges of supply base. As a process
the experienced team thoroughly understands the supply base of any new product
starting from fibre to finishing. We find out multiple sources to increase
reliability.
We inform buyers about any special challenge about the product and carry out
testing by competent laboratories for all necessary parameters required by buyer
or as per international norms
To match the buyers requirement, team works starting from yarn to finishing to
optimize cost , lead time Smaller MOQ and if necessary offer alternative.
CSL offers wide range of Indian fabric along with imported specialty fabrics
like organic cotton knits and woven , Tencel , linen knits , silk linen and wool
linen blended. Wool viscose fabrics are being developed and produced
successfully.
