Fashion
Suzhou Tianyuan lifts accuracy to 98% with Coats Digital’s GSDCost
Through the digitization of its production processes, Tianyuan has improved SMV calculation accuracy to 98%, shortened new product process analysis time from four days to one, and reduced sample garment development cycles by 25%.
Suzhou Tianyuan achieved 98 per cent SMV accuracy after adopting Coats Digital’s GSDCost.
Process analysis efficiency rose 60 per cent, cutting new product analysis time to one day and reducing sample development cycles by 25 per cent.
Cost estimation accuracy improved to 95 per cent, while on-time delivery reached 96 per cent and material waste fell by 2 per cent.
Founded in Suzhou, Tianyuan Garments employs over 5,000 people and produces more than 26 million garments annually, including sportswear, shirts, trousers, coats, down jackets, and technical outerwear. Certified under the ISO9001 Quality Management System and the BSCI Social Responsibility System, Tianyuan has been honoured with the Adidas Global Supplier Award for four consecutive years.
Before adopting GSDCost, Tianyuan’s standard minute value (SMV) calculations were largely based on engineers’ individual experience, resulting in variations of up to 30% across production lines. The lack of consistent data meant that process analysis for new products could take several days, often producing inaccurate results. The increasing need for faster turnarounds and more fragmented, complex orders highlighted the necessity for a more agile, scientific approach.
Hailan Chen, Industrial Engineering Director at Suzhou Tianyuan, said: “Before implementing GSDCost, SMV calculations relied heavily on engineers’ experience, resulting in variations of up to 30% across different production lines. New product process analysis consequently, took three to four days. As fast fashion and fragmented orders became more prevalent, traditional methods struggled to meet brands’ demands for a rapid response.”
Recognising rising industry costs and the need to strengthen competitiveness, Tianyuan began its digital transformation journey three years ago.
Mr. Tang, General Manager at Suzhou Tianyuan, said: “Amid rising costs and shifting production capacities across the global apparel manufacturing industry, we identified digital transformation as our strategic solution. Before implementing GSDCost, although we served as a contract manufacturer for well-known brands, our cost control methods were inefficient and manual, leading to a year-on-year decline in profit margins.”
The implementation of GSDCost played a pivotal role in achieving the company’s strategic goals of higher transparency, efficiency, and profitability. With GSDCost onboard, Tianyuan quickly established a unified digital process platform that standardised SMV calculations across all operations.
Hailan Chen added: “After adopting GSDCost, our SMV calculation accuracy has now improved to 98%, and new product process analysis time has been shortened to just one day—increasing the quotation efficiency by over 60%.”
For complex functional apparel orders, GSDCost’s intelligent matching feature enables Tianyuan to complete process breakdowns in just a few hours—a task that previously took days.
“The standardised operation library in GSDCost also helped us reduce sample garment development cycles by 25%, securing a critical competitive advantage in an increasingly demanding market,” explained Hailan Chen.
Mr. Tang added: “By digitizing the entire process from order placement to shipment, Tianyuan achieved three major breakthroughs. First, the accuracy of cost estimation improved from 75% to 95%, strengthening our negotiation power and enabling us to secure partnerships with premium clients such as Adidas. Second, we established a real-time production management system, increasing on-time delivery performance to 96% and reducing material waste by approximately 2%. GSDCost has become the core engine driving our transformation from manufacturing to smart manufacturing.”
GSDCost, Coats Digital’s method analysis and predetermined times solution, is widely acknowledged as the de facto international standard across the sewn products industry. It supports a more collaborative, transparent, and sustainable supply chain in which brands and manufacturers establish and optimise ‘International Standard Time Benchmarks’ using standard motion codes and predetermined times. This shared framework supports accurate cost prediction, fact-based negotiation, and a more efficient garment manufacturing process, while concurrently delivering on CSR commitments.
Boris Lu, Customer Success Manager at Coats Digital, said: “The success of the GSDCost project at Suzhou Tianyuan Garments demonstrates the profound value of digital transformation in apparel manufacturing. During the implementation process, we worked closely with the Tianyuan team to deeply integrate industry expertise with system functionalities, building a standardised database covering over 50,000 processes. This has enabled Tianyuan to make faster, more accurate production decisions, optimise processes across multiple lines, and strengthen both its competitiveness and operational resilience.”
Key Benefits and ROI for Suzhou Tianyuan
- 98% accuracy in SMV calculation
- 60% improvement in process analysis efficiency
- 25% reduction in sample development cycles
- 95% accuracy in cost estimation
- 96% on-time delivery performance
- 2% reduction in material waste
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Fibre2Fashion News Desk (MS)
With sustainability benchmarks rising, companies are rethinking how they produce and deliver, pivoting toward greener, more circular models that reduce waste, emissions, and resource use.
The stakes are high. In 2025, Vietnam’s exports to the EU reportedly reached $56.2 billion, up 10.1 per cent year on year, underscoring how pivotal Europe is for the country’s manufacturing base.
Vietnam’s textile and footwear exporters are accelerating sustainability efforts as stricter EU regulations reshape market access requirements.
Rising compliance pressure from measures such as CBAM and ESPR is pushing manufacturers toward circular production, cleaner technologies and greater supply-chain transparency, though limited green finance remains a major challenge for smaller firms.
The EU market, nevertheless, comes with its own challenges as access to this market increasingly depends on meeting strict environmental and product-design requirements.
The EU is rolling out an ambitious sustainability agenda, including the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). Together, these measures are changing what global suppliers must document, design, and decarbonise.
ESPR shifts expectations toward durability, repairability, and recyclability, while pushing manufacturers to reduce products’ overall environmental footprint. Supply chains are also expected to become more transparent through Digital Product Passports, and practices such as destroying unsold goods being phased out gradually.
For Vietnam’s exporters, compliance is becoming a baseline requirement to keep EU orders and remain competitive.
Recognising this, both the Government and industry players are stepping up. Vietnam’s long-term development strategy for textiles and footwear, which stretches to 2030 with a vision toward 2035, places sustainability at its core. The plan charts a path toward efficient, environmentally responsible growth anchored in a circular economy, where materials are reused, waste is minimised, and production cycles are closed rather than linear.
Crucially, it also provides a legal backbone to help businesses align with global sustainability trends.
On the ground, change is already underway. Textile and apparel manufacturers are investing in renewable energy, upgrading machinery, and fine-tuning production processes to cut emissions and resource use. These shifts are not just about compliance; they are about future-proofing operations in a market where green credentials increasingly determine who wins contracts.
However, the transition has not been entirely seamless. A key barrier seems to be access to green finance, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. Large firms can more readily fund clean technologies and certification, while smaller suppliers often struggle to fund the shift, risking exclusion from high-value export markets if they cannot keep pace.
There is also a growing recognition that policy support needs to go further. As Vietnam leans into a circular economy, industry voices are calling for a more cohesive and comprehensive framework, one that not only sets clear standards for circular products but also actively incentivises recycling, cleaner production, and sustainable innovation.
Without this, progress risks being uneven, with smaller firms left behind.
Momentum is, nevertheless, building as manufacturers and policymakers push for better-aligned standards and support mechanisms. The goal is to narrow the gap between sustainability ambition and day-to-day implementation across the sector.
The aim is clear: create an ecosystem where businesses of all sizes can invest in circular solutions, strengthen their export capabilities, and meet the EU’s exacting standards head-on.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DR)
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Reinvested earnings rose by 318.25 per cent, from $103.79 million in 2024 to $434.10 million in 2025, while intra-company loans increased by 25.68 per cent, from $621.96 million to $781.68 million.
Bangladesh’s net FDI inflows increased by 39.36 per cent last year to $1,770.42 million compared with $1,270.39 million in 2024, the Bangladesh Bank said.
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Reinvested earnings rose by 318.25 per cent, from $103.79 million in 2024 to $434.10 million in 2025, while intra-company loans rose by 25.68 per cent.
Equity capital remained broadly stable, rising by 1.84 per cent, from $544.64 million to $554.64 million in 2025, a release from Bangladesh Investment Development Authority said.
Greenfield project announcements declined by 16 per cent in 2025.
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