Under the current fierce competition, suppliers in the interlining industry are making every effort to lower the costs for their products, which in turn become one of the core competences of the company. Of all aspects that threat to a business success, the most influential one is, perhaps, the waste. This is especially true in the interlining industry. Waste causes a majority part of problems for the manufacturing process for interlining products such as woven interlining, non-woven interlining and fusible interlining. It thus leads to higher costs to both the interlining manufacturers and the customers. Problems of waste not only lead to high cost of the products, but also create harms to the environment. It takes more energy and time to solve the problems of waste.

There are a variety ways to couple with waste, such as quality control and strategic planning on manufacturing. One of the ways to reduce the impact by waste is inventory control, from a supply chain management point of view. The key to success for the manufacturers in the interlining industry is to implement inventory control. The interlining suppliers need to practice and learn how to maintain a good level of inventory of their products like woven interlining, non-woven interlining and fusible interlining. Too large of little on inventory will destroy the business. The level of inventory must be adjusted to meet the business’s needs and be changed with the seasonal demands. Problems with inventory are fatal for an interlining supplier. You will lose customers if you don’t have the right interlining products for your customer when they want it. On the contrary, if you hold a high level of inventory for a particular interlining product than you normally sell, it will cost you a lot of money. Either too much or too little, the inventory control becomes a huge problem and will result in failure of your business.