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Apparel and footwear and Software and IT services

Apparel and footwear buys from Software and IT services; apparel and footwear depends on software and IT services.

Apparel and footwear (industry) and Software and IT services (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹1.5 per ₹100 · Apparel and footwear buys from Software and IT services

Apparel and footwear buys goods or services from Software and IT services; counted through every round of supply, ₹1.5 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹1.5 of every ₹100 of Apparel and footwear output, all rounds
  • ₹0.4 bought directly

2. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Software and IT services → Apparel and footwear

3 of the enterprise types in Apparel and footwear depend on software and IT services.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Apparel and footwear brand owners: PLM, ERP and e-commerce systems (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Design software and digital sampling vendors: software delivery (criticality 2 of 5)
  • Social and product compliance auditors: audit platforms (criticality 2 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.