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- ItemProduction in the New Zealand textile and garment industry with particular reference to short runs : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Technology in Industrial Management and Engineering at Massey University(Massey University, 1977) Maxwell, David Peter"The textile and garment industry in New Zealand is a very diverse industry covering a wide variety of products and operations. The industry has the difficulty of being composed of a large number of small individual firms running independently (1) ". The above quote is one typical of those found in three articles relating to production in the New Zealand textile and garment industry i.e. a) Holden Report (2) b) New Zealand Textile Institute conference 1974 (3) c) Working paper for textile and garment industry research (1) . Short run production is an aspect of the industry in New Zealand which has been identified as one which requires further analysis. "Greatest immediate problem in the textile industry is the production of small batches or runs (1) ". [FROM INTRODUCTION]
