PEARL GLOBAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED

Overview It is a multinational ready to wear apparel business that currently operate in 6 strategic locations & 2 continents, with a turnover of 270 Million USD (Yr 2010-11), leveraging the strengths of each country in creating a strong value for our clients. They provide global supply chain solutions for the fashion industry anywhere & anytime. They have complete control on the entire value chain from design & development, manufacturing and sourcing up to pre retail services, warehousing & delivering at the customers door step on a call on and call off basis. Pearl Global is truly a Multi Country, Multiproduct, Multi continent, Multi Domain Company which is successful in Integrating multiple cultures values and people therefore being truly global.

Seamless Integration Synchronising People Creating New Opportunities End to End Apparel Solutions Values & Objectives Pearl Global believes that any business conduct can be ethical only when it rests on the nine core values of Honesty, Integrity, Fairness, Respect, Trust, Purposefulness, Responsibility, Citizenship and Caring. The essence of these commitments is that each employee conducts the Companys business with integrity, in compliance with applicable laws and in a manner that excludes considerations of personal advantage. They do not lose sight of these values under any circumstances, regardless of the goals we have to achieve. To us, the means are as important as the ends.

Adding Value to Community A Proud Heritage - Inspiring Future Quality & Excellence Their mission is to deliver every time products and services of high quality that offer delight to the customer.

They do this by living our motto of 'Quality Comes First' at every stage of the production process to ensure total product superiority in terms of appearance, physical and chemical safety as well as strict compliance to requirements. They achieve Product integrity by building quality into all our processes from its inception thereby imbibing it for both the company and as individuals. They strive to do it 'Right First Time, Every Time' starting from design concept to product delivery to the final customer. Teams are earmarked for quality assurance and control through process and product integrity and safety starting from concept to product. Internationally benchmarked modern technologies, assurance and control techniques are constantly being implemented on shop floor and materials management. Quality control and assurance is imbibed into the working environment starting from shop floor techniques, product integrity, Raw materials, Work in Progress and Finished goods and even customer service. PGL BOARD Name Mr. Deepak seth Mr Pulkit Seth Designation Chairman Managing Director

Management Team Name Dr. Mahesh Seth Kabir Seth Jeff Kreindel Rajesh Vishnu Ajwani Amit Kumar Shailendra Sancheti Ashwani Pallaha Pankaj Bhasin Sachin Gupta Designation President Vice President Director, Sales & Marketing, USA Chief Executive Officer, Indonesia Vice President & Director-Pt Norwest Industry, Indonesia Head-Audit & Commercial Chief Operating Officer Vice President (Merchandising), Gurgaon VP-Merchandising & Planning

Ashish Garg Anand Bhatia Nimish Dave Sanjay Kumar Sarkar Sandip Bagchi Raj Kumar Chawla

General Manager-Merchandising Vice President Operations Heads Of Home Furnishings Business Chief Financial Ofiicer Bangladesh Operations Business Head Bnagladesh

Business Divisions Manufacturing Excellence HOPF US Home Furnishings Marketing Solutions & Customer Care Design & Product Development Sourcing Solutions Warehousing & Inventory Technology

Manufacturing Excellence Pearl Global is located at all strategic locations in the world with Man & machinesIndia- North and South, Bangladesh and Indonesia and is ever expanding. INDIA

Pearl Global Industries Limited, Gurgaon Pearl Global Industries Limited, Chennai BANGLADESH

Norp Knit 1, Dhaka Norp Knit 2, Dhaka INDONESIA

PT Norwest Industry, Semarang

VIETNAM

Premier Pearl, Ho Chi Minh City Product Sourcing Options It enables flexibility and cost-effective sourcing. Over a decade of presence in most of these countries - culturally attuned. Global presence provides flexibility to offer complete product mix. India - Core Centre for Cotton Fabrics. - Specialization in Handmade GarmentsIndia Look. Indonesia - Excellent Polyester fabric base. - Clean needle and ability to handle sheer fabrics.

Bangladesh - Most competitive CMs for basic products.

Vietnam - Competitive CMs with Chinese raw materials and shorter lead times.

For the purpose of this project, we have visited Pearl Global Industries Limited, Gurgaon.

Pearl Global North India (Gurgaon) The Company has six fully integrated manufacturing plants in Gurgaon, capable of producing value added garments in woven & knitted fabrics. The total factory area in North India covers more than 310,000 sq ft of space and provides an efficient and spacious layout. The installed capacity on a single shift basis stands at ten million pc. per annum. The factory is laced with the best garment manufacturing & finishing equipment: - Automatic Brother & Juki sewing machines for Woven & Pegasus for Knits Laundry with ability to deliver great washes & treatments - Value addition through fully computerized embroidery machines of Barudan & Tajima - Integrated systems with EDI facility to provide online access to some of its key customers The units specialize in casual wear dresses, ladies blouses in both woven & knits.

The company is serving the complex needs of some of the best retailers of the world. To name a few, The Gap Inc., JC Penney, Kohls, Next, Macy's, & Esprit. Their units are fully compliant to local laws pertaining to health, safety & labour regulations and are approved by some of the top retailers. Capacity Location North India Indonesia Indonesia South India South India Bangladesh Products Woven Soft Sep Woven Soft Sep Woven Soft Sep Woven Soft Sep Woven Soft Sep Woven Soft Sep Factories 3 2 1 2 1 1 10 3 3 1 7 Woven Bottoms Woven Bottoms Woven Bottoms Woven Bottoms 1 2 1 1 5 22 Machines 2,500 1,600 500 600 400 400 6,000 1,500 1,800 400 3,700 700 1,000 1,000 375 3,075 12775 Total Capacity / Year (Unit) 0.65 M 0.50 M 0.20 M 0.25 M 0.20 M 0.20 M 2.00 M 0.60 M 1.00 M 0.40 M 2.00 M 0.25 M 0.35 M 0.35 M 0.30 M 1.25 M 5.25 M

Total Woven Soft Separates North India Bangladesh Jordan Total Knits South India Bangladesh Bangladesh Jordan Knits Knits Performance Knits

Total Woven Bottoms Grand Total

Sourcing Solutions They also source multi product categories from our contract factories and other strategic partners across the globe from high fashion to mass merchandise from best seam to low cost factories. They have dedicated teams placed across the globe who would manage sourcing starting from Fibre, yarns, fabrics, trims, accessories, garments, speciality, performance & technical products.

They have their sourcing offices in India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam and Hong Kong. Warehousing & Inventory They also facilitate the management of Inventory for our customer by stocking merchandise at our multi country warehouses based out of USA, India. The warehouse in NJ has 22000 square feet and is fully capable of labeling and hanging work. The Facility is extensively used to deliver products to the customer at extremely short notice therefore enabling the customer to take accurate distribution and forecasting decisions based on inventory. The Warehouse primarily supports US based retailers and brands though a model of short notice replenishment delivery to retailers and brands. Over the period of time the warehouse has specialized in handling FIFO and LIFO based inventory distribution linked through an on line inventory tracker through EDI. This enables the business to bill and ship at very short notices to the customer across any location in the US. This additional facility has enabled the US office to garner new businesses opportunities in the fashion industry. Technology Pearl Global is one of the pioneering companies in the world today which has managed to implement SAP AFS ECC 6 across all its business functions globally starting from cotton to customer. SAP has enabled the business to integrate seamlessly the business process controls and therefore improving delivery to the customer with merchandise and information. Design and process control and augmenting software like Optitex, GSD etc have been introduced to benchmark against the global best practices. EDI tools have been introduced to make information available to the customer on real time basis whether its information about WIP, Order progress, Shipping, Warehousing, Billing, trucking, SKU's, Invoicing and payment remittances. Products Men Women Kids Career Wear Home Furnishings

Clients JC Penney Old Navy Celio Ann Taylor Espirit Bershka Zara Kohls Chaps Loblaw Laura Ashley Home Bed Bath & Beyond Chakra Gap Banana Republic Macys Express S Oliver Pull and Bear Next The Limited Belk Lane Bryant Yves Delorme Target

Board of Directors Deepak Seth Pulkit Seth S.B.Mohapatra R.K.Aneja Pallak Seth Sanjay Pershad A.P. Bhupatkar Chittranjan Dua

HR Policies at PGIL
1) Welfare Facilities The company wilfully participates in providing benefits to its employees. Last year the company gifted bicycles to its employees for easy commuting. The company also participates eagerly in doing Kanya Daan for its female employees.

2) Promotion Policies The employees are given rewards/bonuses for the performance of their work. So, employees will always give their best and there will be no bias. 3) Ladies are given Maternity leave and their salaries or wages are not deducted during this period. 4) Health & Safety Compliance Health & Safety is the most focussed concern of the factory. In regard to this, employees are provided monthly training of fire drill/fire training. They are also provided PP(Personal Protective) training. The company has a Safety Committee, under which workers are informed how to do work with safety. The company also has Canteen committee, Health & Safety committee, Chemical Training and works committee. They also have first aid lab and first aid trained persons. The company follows strict code of conduct for preventing cases of sexual harassment, in regard to which the company has Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee. 5) Child Labour The company strictly follows the code of conduct to not employ children below 18 years of age in any form of work or labour. The company believes that childhood of a child should be nurtured through education in schools and not in a factory, where it is killed totally. It is well said that adulthood of a nation is the best where childhood of a child is nurtured & cared well. 6) Work Timings The working hours are from 9am to 5pm and workers are paid according to the wage system per hour. From 6-8pm workers are paid double the wages per hour for working overtime. There is also a 45 minutes lunch break and two tea breaks for 15 minutes each.All the work of HR is audited by Auditor Compliance.

Set Up
The factory has 4 floors and a basement. The total plot area of the factory is 41965 sq ft and total covered area is 108796 sq ft. The total monthly production capacity of the factory is 2,20,000 pieces. Total manpower strength of factory is 1408 which includes 1223 males and 185 females. There are 18 production lines and 45-50 machines each in every production line. Number of tailors is 42-48 per line. The factory also has a total number of 1158 machines and 350 tailors.

The factory also takes care of Health and Safety facilities. There are 35 trained first aid persons. In case of a disaster or fire, the factory has 76 fire trained marshals and 249 fire trained persons.