Defining a Fashion Industry Value Stream in a Small Island Developing State

Cilla Thadeen Benjamin (Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. The University of the West Indies. St. Augustine Campus.)

International Journal of Supply Chain Management
Vol 5, No 1 (2016): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)

The economies of the Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean have traditionally been based on low value adding activities within global value streams. This has occured even when there was knowledge and opportunity for industrial upgrading to occur. This study looks at the Fashion Industry of Trinidad and Tobago and investgates whether there exists opportunity for owning or occupying lead positions in global fashion industry value streams.