New This Issue

SEARCH JTATM Latest Research Articles and Scholarly Papers

RESEARCH NEWS ITAA EDUCATION NEWS AATCC Cotton Incorporated Sara Lee WithIt Internships: Design Target Costing RECRUITING NEWS Textile and Apparel Management Textile Technology STEP Program NCTF Scholarships CONFERENCES SEAMS INTEDEC APICS & IFAI

INSIDE TATM

TATM Graduate Program

International Programs - TATM

College of Textiles TOP Program

Mission Statement To establish a high quality forum relevant to the needs of global industry and higher education that will provide leadership in the timely dissemination of information dealing with all aspects of textile and apparel, technology and management.

AATCC Internship
Erin Smith, M.S. Student

A Summer 2003 internship with the American Association for Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) was a valuable opportunity. This experience provided an opportunity to understand the organizational structure, the importance of market research to AATCC, and to work closely with the development of the Consumer 2 Concept Program (CC2C). The objective of the 10-week project was to construct a list of companies to replace the existing recipients of complimentary AATCC Review subscriptions. To support AATCC’s Concept 2 Consumer program, the new complimentary subscription list was targeted at representatives of the creative teams of companies.

Designers, merchandisers, and product development personnel within retail, design and manufacturing companies were targeted to complement the existing technical reader base of AATCC Review. AATCC’s Concept 2 Consumer program seeks to facilitate communication in the international textile industry by bridging information gaps between technical and creative branches.

Jack Daniels, Executive Director AATCC, Erin Smith, M.S. Student, Sherri Satterwhite, Editorial Director AATCC

Contact lists, industry publications, and directories were used to identify potential companies. A list of companies was compiled, and the AATCC Publications Department sent a letter to each company notifying them of their free one-year subscription, extending to them an invitation to join AATCC.

This experience provided an in-depth understanding of an applied research process, and the development of a research project for the Master of Science thesis. Also, this summer experience provided valuable networking with personnel from AATCC as well as the greater textile community.

College of Textiles
P.O. Box 8301
Raleigh, NC 27695-8301
Telephone: (919) 515-6646
FAX: (919) 515-3733
JTATM Privacy Policy

Last Site Revision:
November 17, 2003