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4 Gokhale, G S (1992) an important factor that affects material productivity is the quality
of cotton that is used to produce a particular kind of yarn or cloth. Using too good a cotton
variety would contribute to excessive cost, but using cotton that is not good enough would mean
increased breakage, a heavier work load for the worker, who consequently can only attend to a
lesser number of machine units. The material productivity is influenced by a number of factors
such as quality of material used, type of technology used, level of maintenance and life of
machinery, count produced and the like.
5 Productivity also depends upon such factors as layout of machines, mechanical transport
for material handling and machine maintenance. As a result of all these factors, productivity of
the worker is largely governed by a proper machine allocation. This can easily be determined by
work-study.
6 SITRA (1998) stated that the size of the mills decides the volume of business and also the
economic viability of the business unit. Selection of suitable size is important for smooth conduct
of business, over-capacity as well as under- capacity would bring pressure on the business.
5. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The new textile policy is to be seen in the backdrop of fast changing international
scenario in the post-.GATT era and its implications on Indian textile sector. Textile and clothing
have been brought within the framework of GATT in the Uruguay round of the multilateral trade
negotiations. The first impact of this negotiation would be felt by the Indian textile industry after
the expiry of Multi Fiber Agreement (MFA) on December 31, 2004. Expiry of MFA would have
implications on both inter-national as well as domestic markets. The Indian textile industry has to
be globally competitive to be able to sustain its presence not only in the international market but
also in the domestic.
On the other side technological capability is embodied in the human and physical capital
in command of the industry. In a dynamic sense it means the ability of the industry to articulate
its business problems in terms of technology and also the ability to access human, physical,
financial and organizational resources to find solutions to the articulated technological problems.
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4 Gokhale, G S (1992) 'The Role of Productivity in Cotton Mill Sector', Journal of Productivity, January-
March.
5 Porter, Michael (1992): Quoted in G S Gokhale, 'Role of Productivity in Cotton Textile Mill Industry',
Productivity, Vol 33, No 1 April- June.
6 SITRA (1998): 'Productivity Performance in Spinning', SITRA Publication, South Indian Cotton Textile
Research Association, Coimbatore, p 4.
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