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You searched in Glossary Terms for [O]. We found 22 matching entries.
OBM:
original brand manufacturing. See also original design manufacturing (ODM) and original equipment manufacturing (OEM).
Last referenced in:
Prospects for the textile and clothing industry in Taiwan, July 2011
Occlusive:
a covering (eg wound dressing) to protect and/or heal a moist wound.
ODM:
original design manufacturing. See also original brand manufacturing (OBM) and original equipment manufacturing (OEM).
Last referenced in:
Prospects for the textile and garment industry in Vietnam, December 2012
OEM:
original equipment manufacturer. In the automotive supply chain, OEMs are
vehicle manufacturers.
Offshore processing:
see outward processing.
Last referenced in:
Prospects for the textile and clothing industry in China
Ombré:
a term used to describe fabrics with a dyed, printed or woven design in which the colour is graduated from light to dark and often into stripes of varying shades.
Last referenced in:
Product developments and innovations in the home textiles market, April 2014
Ondé:
a fabric with a waved effect produced by calendering or weaving.
OPA:
outward processing arrangements.
Last referenced in:
Trade and trade policy: leading clothing suppliers to the EU
Open end spinning:
a spinning system in which sliver feedstock is highly drafted and thus creates an open end or break in the fibre flow. The fibres are subsequently assembled on the end of a rotating yarn and twisted in. Techniques for collecting and twisting the fibres into a yarn include rotor spinning and friction spinning.
Organdie:
a plain-weave fabric of light weight and with a permanent stiff finish.
Organza:
a thin but stiff plain woven silk fabric.
Last referenced in:
Survey of the European Fabric Fairs for Autumn/Winter 2014/15
Organzine:
a silk yarn used for weaving or knitting. The yarn comprises single threads which are twisted, folded two-, three- or four-fold, and finally twisted in the direction opposite to that of the single yarn.
Original brand manufacturing (OBM):
a business model which focuses on branding rather than on design (original design manufacturing—ODM) or manufacturing (original equipment manufacturing—OEM).
Original design manufacturing (ODM):
a business model which focuses on design rather than on branding (original brand manufacturing—OBM) or manufacturing (original equipment manufacturing—OEM).
Original equipment manufacturing (OEM):
a business model which focuses on the manufacturing process rather than on design (original design manufacturing—ODM) or branding (original brand manufacturing—OBM). In the clothing industry, OEMs typically manufacture according to customer specifications and in many cases use raw materials supplied or specified by the customer.
Ottoman:
a warp-faced fabric showing a bold weft-way rib.
Last referenced in:
Product developments and innovations in the home textiles market, April 2014
Ottomana:
warp-faced fabric showing a bold weft-way
Outward processing:
a procedure whereby a company based in one country exports material to another country for additional processing, and then reimports the processed products for further treatment, for domestic distribution, or for re-export. The most common form of outward processing involves the exporting of fabric from a high cost country to a low cost country for assembly or part-assembly into garments.
Last referenced in:
Prospects for the textile and clothing industry in China
Oxford:
a plain-weave shirting of good quality yarns that has two warp ends weaving as one.
Last referenced in:
Developments in medical textiles, 3rd quarter 2007