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Scarcity Of Direct Labor Force- Apparel Manufacturing

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  Scarcity Of Direct Labor Force- Apparel Manufacturing                          With the introduction of the open economy policies in 1977, both local and foreign investors started investing on apparel industry in large scale  (Sri Lanka Export Development Board 2022) . Sri Lanka is well known as one of the nations for the best quality and was recognized by reputed brands around the world. Apparel manufacturing considered as semi-automated industry which major contribution is from human hand.           Image 1 - ( Senarathne,2020) 1. Why Human Recourse is vitally important It is still under experiments the possibility to make garments without human hand involvement, but it is a big question mark as can it be come true. Different fabrications / variety of designs / frequently change demands are the barriers for fully automations and indirectly it uplifts the demand of human resource for apparel manufacturing. Therefore, human resource is still the leading factor for the development of