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Australian Textile, Clothing, Footwear and Allied Industries

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Innovation in business

In the Area of study: Australian Textile, Clothing, Footwear and Allied Industries you will learn about current issues that affect the industry including globalisation of design, manufacture, distribution and marketing. This tutorial will explore a Federal government program that has helped textile businesses.

Textile, clothing and footwear (TCF) post 2005 Innovation Package

On 12 May 2009, the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research announced the TCF Innovation Package in response to Professor Roy Green's Review of the TCF Industries. The implementation of this package by the Australian Government has resulted in the:

• Introduction of a new $35.0 million TCF Strategic Capability Program
• Establishment of a $112.5 million Clothing and Household Textile (Building Innovative Capability) Scheme
• Establishment of a TCF Industries Innovation Council
• Establishment of  a National TCF Innovation Network within Enterprise Connect
• Reduction of TCF tariffs that were already enshrined in legislation.

The TCF Strategic Capability Program ("TCF SCP") will provide $35 million over 5 years (from 2010-11 to 2014-15) through a competitive, merit based grants program.  It will support eligible projects that will boost innovative capability in the TCF industries at the enterprise and workplace level.

Further information on the TCF SCP is available from AusIndustry.

Activity 1

To find out about the Australian fashion industry, marketing and the aim of the Federal Government assistance package answer the following questions using the following document:
http://docs.google.com/gview?a="v&q=cache:-xe4MlokZQ8J:www.hallchadwick.com.au/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx%3FID%3D1649+www.hallchadwick.com.au/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx%3FID%3D1649&hl=en&gl=au

1. Identify the reasons for the radical changes in the past twenty years to the Australian fashion industry.
    
2. Outline the impact of globalisation on the Australian fashion and textile industry.
    
3. Evaluate the Mercedes Australian Fashion Week as a marketing tool for Australian designers and their fashion.
    
4. State the aim of the Federal government's assistance program for the TCF industry and explain how you think the aim will make a difference to the industry.

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Activity 2

The Post 2005 Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Strategic Investment Program (SIP) is a $612.5 million assistance package designed to assist local TCF producers improve their international competitiveness whilst undergoing further local tariff reductions. The SIP Scheme (second iteration) commenced on 1 July 2005, and runs through to 2015/16. To find out more about the package complete the qusertions using the fact sheet for TCF SIP .

1. Identify the aim of the TCF SIP scheme.
    
2. State the two main grants available to the TCF Industry.

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Activity 3

New South Wales is a major centre for the textiles, clothing and footwear (TCF) industry, producing a wide range of apparel, household products, and outdoor and industrial products. With a $2.6 billion annual turnover, 2000 manufacturing enterprises in NSW account for around 35 per cent of the Australian industry. To find out more about NSW state and regional development for the TCF industry view the Department of State and Regional development website and answer the following questions.

1. Identify five features of the NSW textile industry.
    
2. Explain how the NSW textile industry is using technical innovation.

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Activity 4

Both the Federal and State Government believe the future of the TCF Industry depends on movement from commodity products to innovative value-added products.

1. Using the web site identify a range of textile innovations .
    
2. Link to Australian Wool Innovation Ltd . Type bushfire into the search facility and select the article: Wool curtain takes up fight with fire. Summarise how a non-woven wool product can help protect a home from bushfires.

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