# 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.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/apparel-and-footwear-and-software-and-it-services/

[Apparel and footwear](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/apparel/) (industry) and [Software and IT services](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/software_it/) (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.