A study on the technological requirement of the small and medium scale footwear industry in Sri Lanka

dc.contributor.author	Muthunayaka, APK
dc.contributor.author	Manthilake, MMID
dc.contributor.author	Ranaweera, RKPS
dc.contributor.author	Punchihewa, HKG
dc.date.accessioned	2013-12-24T19:19:52Z
dc.date.available	2013-12-24T19:19:52Z
dc.date.issued	2006
dc.identifier.uri	http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/9559
dc.description.abstract	The Small and Medium scale Enterprise (SME) footwear industry of Sri Lanka has a long history. However, the technology used in designing has hardly changed over the years. Around the world, research and development is being carried out on developing new technologies for designing and manufacturing footwear for different applications (Fernando et. al., 2005). These high quality products at a low cost inadvertently attract consumers and surpass the local footwear market. Thus, the local SME footwear industry has come to a juncture; either prosper by adopting new technology to compete against the imported products or to ignore the competitors and get perished from the industry.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.title	A study on the technological requirement of the small and medium scale footwear industry in Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.type	Conference-Extended-Abstract	en_US
dc.identifier.year	2006	en_US
dc.identifier.conference	ERU - Research for industry	en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos	pp. 93-95	en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding	Proceedings of the 12th annual symposium 2006	en_US