As a benchmark enterprise in the field of woven garments in Shandong Province, over the past 12 years,HT Fashion has focused on the R&D and production of clothing, with down jackets, jackets, skin clothing and other products as its main products, and has established 3 trading companies in China around the international business, with 16 branches in 4 countries around the world, and has 7 directly affiliated garment production bases, 60 assembly lines, and an output value of more than 1.2 billion yuan.
Behind the gradual formation of HT Fashion's modern industrial system, it is inseparable from its digital economy as the guide, the full integration of modern technology and textile industry, its multi-level talent training strategy, and its close follow-up to industry policies to practice green manufacturing and fulfill social responsibilities. These are precisely an important part of the effective path for the textile industry to achieve Chinese-style modernization pointed out by the China Textile Federation in the Action Plan for Building a Textile Modernization Industrial System (2022-2035) (hereinafter referred to as the "Action Plan"). This also means that HT Fashion has explored a way to the future in the process of forging ahead.
The digital economy is deeply integrated with the textile industry
For the textile industry, digital economy and intelligence are the engine of development, the industrial compass and the source of innovation. In just over ten years, HT Fashion has upgraded from industry 1.0 to 4.0, from a garment trading company to an integrated enterprise of industry and trade, to the completion of the closed-loop supply chain of the garment industry, and to the realization of intelligent digital production and manufacturing, benefiting from digital and intelligent construction.
The cloud development platform developed by HT Fashion with the support of cutting-edge technologies such as low-code agile development, mobile Internet, and big data analysis includes 8 major engines, more than 50 business components, 3 deployment methods, 4 levels of authority control, 5 major application modes, and 6 mainstream brand ERP two-way integration, providing one-stop services from overall planning to landing application for the HT Fashion's information construction. ERP system and MES system make every link of "a piece of fabric" traceable from the birth to the completion of the entire mission of a garment. The MES system of Huansi Smart Factory fully applies the Internet of Things technologies such as barcode, RFID wireless radio frequency and sensors, and effectively solves several major problems in the production process, such as "scientific scheduling, data collection, standard process guidance, early warning verification, reflective control, and piecework wages".
At the same time, HT Fashion has also introduced advanced equipment such as automatic cutting machine, automatic filling machine, automatic template machine, automatic sealing machine and so on to achieve high efficiency and intelligence. It is worth mentioning that in the printing business and inspection links, HT Fashion has fully applied digital technology and intelligent equipment, such as digital transfer, heat transfer, intelligent needle detection, etc. Through these measures, HT Fashion has achieved efficient coordination of the supply chain.
Multi-level training of industry talents
As an international supply chain company focusing on the R&D and production of garments, HT Fashion has launched a multi-level and highly skilled industry talent training strategy, and continuously improved the professional ability and comprehensive quality of employees through the clear and reasonable system setting of job division and the strengthening of professional training, so as to achieve intelligent and digital production and establish a digital management warehouse.
HT fashion has three design teams, including Jinan, Qingdao and United Kingdom, and has trained more than 50 professional designers who are good at ODM pushing. In addition to attaching importance to the selection of professional talents, HT Fashion also strengthens staff training, including cultivating 3D modelers, introducing new technology talents such as 3D CLO and Style3D systems, so as to improve the professional ability and comprehensive quality of the overall staff. HT Fashion said that it will continue to expand the production capacity of its existing seven factories and increase the number of employees to 3,600 in the future. At the same time, in order to attract more industry talents and enhance the competitiveness of enterprises, HT Fashion will further increase the proportion of social security for employees and support more female employees to enter management positions.
Practice green textile manufacturing
In order to practice green development and fulfill social responsibility, HT Fashion adheres to the principles of green procurement, green logistics and green recycling. At present, HT Fashion's supply chain has obtained a full set of certifications, including GRS, OKEO-TEX, Renewable Energy Certificate (I-REC) and other certificates, in addition, from 2019 onwards, the system of IPE and HIGG environmental data will be completed on time every year, and a large number of BCI and organic cotton will continue to be used.
In terms of procurement, HT Fashion purchases a large number of recycled flour accessories and packaging materials to reduce the consumption of natural resources. In the production process, HT Fashion pays attention to environmental protection, especially in the printing and embroidery center set up sewage treatment equipment, and has passed the environmental protection acceptance of the annual digital printing processing of 3 million pieces of garment pieces and garment projects. In terms of recycling, HT Fashion has further reduced its impact on the environment by recycling and reusing waste materials.
In addition, HT Fashion's latest 398.52KWp distributed photovoltaic project can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 478.56tCO2e per year. The Hongruixuan factory is currently 100% green electricity. It is expected that by 2024, HT fashion will have 3 factories to achieve 100% green energy supply, among them, Wenshang Hongtian and Juye Hongtian will start using solar photovoltaic energy in 2024.
Looking forward to the future, HT Fashion will closely focus on the national strategy in the context of the new era, unswervingly take the path of modernization with Chinese characteristics, take scientific and technological innovation as the guide, talent training as the support, and green manufacturing as the principle, and will actively participate in the deep integration of the global textile industry chain with a firmer pace, work together with international counterparts, lead the high-quality development of the Chinese-style modern textile industry, and contribute to the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Original source and title of "Textile and Garment Weekly" HT Fashion: Find the right course in the new journey of Chinese-style modernization
