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Crescent Textile Mills: Weaving Technology Decisions

Arif Iqbal Rana, Syed Zahoor Hasan


INDUSTRY : Textile

AREA : Production & Operation Management

ORGANIZATION : Crescent Textile Mills

LENGTH : 40

LUMS No : 03-774-90-1

PUBLICATION YEAR : 1990

DESCRIPTION

KEYWORDS:

Crescent Textile Mills,Weaving Technology Decisions,Production,Operations Management,Textile,Brands,Market


DESCRIPTION:

This case is about a 40 year old textile mill in Faisalabad that was in the process of expanding its weaving capacity. The choice of technology was between projectile looms (the company had been operating them successfully for two years) or airjet looms. Airjet looms were a recent development in Pakistan and there were four different brands available in the market.


LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

N/A


SUBJECTS COVERED:

Production, Operations Management