Moving towards a Competitive Edge: A Case of ABC Apparel Solutions Limited

Abstract

With rapidly booming technological, economical and political environments, the change and development for an organization is critical. Organizations should have their keen focus on the change in the environment and adjust and maintain them to be sustaining in the competitive environment. In Sri Lankan context, there is a need to investigate how these changes are addressed by the apparel sector. Having understood that, the authors selected a leading apparel solution in Sri Lanka; ABC Apparel Solutions Limited. This case focuses on four major changes occurred within last five years in the selected domain referring to the theories of continuous, transformational and trans-organizational changes. Furthermore, this case signifies how the redefinition occurred in terms of the name change, structural change, merger and the implementation of ERP solution. As per the analysis the organization has managed the change effectively by reducing the complexity of the structure, managing the confusion of the employees, improving the quality of the products, accessing to new technological resources, improving the effectiveness and efficiency, and high speed of implementing the practices in order to enhance the sustainability.