Labour process decentralised production system an labour market flexibility: a study of leather footwear industry in ambur Tamil Nadu

Abstract

newlineIn the current milieu of changing structure of industrial production the disintegration of newlineproduction processes takes place across national borders and within micro level finns newlineThe disintegration of production process is predominant in labour intensive industries newlinesuch as footwear The marketing and manufacturing agents retailers branded marketing newlineagencies and branded manufacturers of footwear industry from developed countries set newlineup global production networks in developing countries The manufacturers from newlinedeveloping countries produce the finished products full shoes or shoe uppers according newlineto the specifications guidelines and technical advice provided by the overseas buyer The newlinemicro level firms in developing countries decentralise the production by organising newlinecertain production operations within the formal factory and subcontract specific