TFG APPAREL SUPPLY COMPANY
underwent a major restructuring in the second half of the past year.
The TFG Apparel Supply Company (TFGA), a division which historically performed a number of essential services for the trading divisions in sourcing and arranging the supply of garments, underwent a major restructuring in the second half of the past year.
It has now been split into two divisions.
The first retains the TFGA name and, in a modified form, will focus on co-ordinating the manufacturing needs of the trading companies in order to enable them to achieve faster turnaround of orders at better prices and so enhance their market positions in the highly competitive fashion industry.
The front-end design sections which are closely linked to the Foschini and exact! divisions have been moved into these divisions to allow them to have control over and responsibility for their own designs of merchandise. This move will allow them to react faster than before to the market’s needs in terms of design and to permit strategic ordering decisions to be made later than in the past, so increasing their relevance. The latter factor is particularly important in allowing these divisions to make style changes and to obtain replenishment stock in the season in which garments are sold.
The second part of the old TFGA is now known as the Group Merchandise Procurement (GMP) division, catering for product procurement for the group, and for shipping and quality assurance. A separate report on the operations of the GMP division follows on here.
