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MARCH 11, 2015

In a recent Sourcing Journal Online article, Sourcing is Hard , Mike Todaro, managing director of the Americas Apparel Producers’ Network, quotes Barbara Zeins, an industry expert that published a short list of “9 Big FAT Garment Lies,” which we might as well call “Global Sourcing Lies,” more generally.

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Pivot88

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

According to McKinsey’s 2019 chief purchasing officer (CPO) survey, sustainable sourcing at scale is the fashion industry’s new must-have. The survey shows that social and environmental sustainability has become a key priority for apparel companies, just as it is becoming an increasingly important issue for consumers and governments.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 30, 2023

Guest Blog by Dr. Marguerite Moore The following blog was written by Dr. Marguerite Moore from the Wilson College of Textiles. Sponsored by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), Planet Textiles brought together industry stakeholders to discuss the state of sustainability efforts in apparel supply chains.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 14, 2016

This week’s blog is a guest blog from a PhD Student, MD Rejaul Hasan. Rejaul is from Bangladesh, and is working on his PhD in the College of Textiles at NC State University, and is passionate on the subject of sustainable apparel from his home country. Who is making the bulk of profit in the apparel supply chain?

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Changing the way people buy apparel Matthew Wallace has worked in a number of apparel management roles over his career, including as a Senior Director of Sourcing for Merchandising at Walmart, a senior VP at apparel manufacturer PVH (which owns Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein), and currently the CEO of Project DXM (Digital Xpress Model).

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Kinaxis

APRIL 26, 2017

As Jeff McCandless notes on a recent Multichannel Merchant blog , combating the Amazon effect requires technology and collaboration. Failure to innovate in the retail supply chain arena is already having negative financial repercussions for brick and mortar stores, especially when it comes to apparel.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights this week’s announcement from athletic footwear designer and manufacturer New Balance of the grand opening of this company’s fifth production facility in North America. While a robust supply network presence for footwear or apparel goods across the U.S. Background. This Week’s Grand Opening.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2022

During this unprecedented period of non-stop global supply chain disruption, the Supply Chain Matters blog provides readers with additional industry specific examples, along with their implications. Sports apparel and athletic shoes producer Nike recently reported flat fiscal fourth quarter sales amid continued supply chain snarls.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 28, 2022

Of all of our featured blog content in 2021, our most read blog was our March 2021 commentary: Zara Provides The Benchmark For Supply Chain Digital Transformation. . Last year, the retailer reported a tripling of profitability in the midst of a declining apparel sales market. Latest Accomplishments. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group, via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog calls reader attention to two recently published research papers that address evidence of ongoing shifts in global supply component and end production sourcing. imports peaked at 21.6 percent in 2017 and have since fallen to 16.5 percent in 2022.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 11, 2024

The company’s legacy has been one of extraordinary sales and inventory turnover accomplished through a proven capability of fast, in-season design and merchandise availability, coupled with proximity supplier sourcing. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 15, 2023

In our prior perspectives related to New Balance ’s domestic manufacturing strategy, we observed that while this producer may not be the largest branded footwear and athletic apparel in the U.S., sourcing product development and production strategy. All rights reserved. The post New Balance Has Plans for Added U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This blog will review how category managers and supply planners can use cluster analysis to make smarter decisions and grow sales. These metrics can be used for making operational adjustments related to inventory levels as well as assortment and sourcing decisions. The retail industry is rich with data.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The Wall Street Journal reported this week ( Paid subscription or metered view ), that fashion and apparel retailer Macy’s has managed to avoid the significant excess merchandise inventory levels that are challenging other retailers. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Pivot88

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Each quarter, our parent company TradeBeyond publishes its comprehensive Retail Sourcing Report , which is filled with timely research, facts, and analysis to help brands and retailers make the most informed sourcing decisions.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 14, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our April 14, 17, 2023 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis capsule of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news. The reported benefit has been avoidance of merchandise markdowns by positioning apparel to the right location and channel at the right time.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

In our recent analysis of supply chains that are “working well” , we find higher performance when companies have source, make and deliver reporting to the supply chain organization. As shown in Figure 2, apparel, mass merchants and beverage companies improved inventory turns. Organizational structure matters. Cash-to-Cash.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

As you read this blog, I hope that you will see me as a positive contrarian versus an old curmudgeon. I ask, “What happened to the better design of supply chains and the bi-directional orchestration of constraints across source, make, and deliver outside of lead time (the tactical horizon)?” As I listen, I struggle.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In this blog, I’ll try to shed more light on it with examples from our work with our customers. In this blog, I’ll focus on the Q-commerce case. Based on all my conversations with colleagues, “Composability, ” while a well-known concept of programming, is probably the least understood one by the supply chain community.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2022

That former is the hub of high tech, consumer electronics and telecommunication product supply networks along with specialized apparel manufacturers. Andrade goes on to make the case for CEO ’s to seriously consider assessments for moving manufacturing to domestic or near-shored sourcing locations. Call to Action. Nearly every U.S.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 1, 2023

He writes a weekly blog on Linked In which I follow religiously. Here again, my prior blog notes how much inventory we have in supply chains today – and how certain parties are pushing back their excessive demand forecasts, and punishing their suppliers. More importantly, the supply chain isn’t there yet!

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Data source: eMarketer. Google’s findings align with McKinsey data (and, for what it’s worth, my browsing history), demonstrating apparel, cosmetics, household items, and pets as categories consumers intend to splurge. Image source: Bring Me the News. eCommerce Purchases and “The New Normal” Retail Categories.

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Locus

DECEMBER 16, 2021

While the top apparel and accessory brands agree that product quality should get better with time, inventory priorities are always fluctuating. The matters are further complicated by an increasing demand for sustainable sourcing, which puts more pressure on the supply chain. Sources: [link] [link] [link] [link]. million by 2025.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 23, 2015

Here are some excerpts from the press release: Twitter is like no other data source in the world. IBM found that Twitter is a valuable indicator of demand for the apparel industry and other manufacturers. They can also improve merchandising strategies and provide input to future product development. Are you a believer or a skeptic?

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore how Amazon does it all. Services by Amazon Here are some of the key services offered by Amazon: General public: Amazon.com – an e-commerce platform offering a diverse selection of products such as books, electronics, apparel, and groceries.

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QAD

MARCH 30, 2023

They don’t have an internal power source, so range and data storage is sacrificed to gain cost efficiency and lifespan. The internal power sources in these tags sacrifice cost efficiency and lifespan to gain range, data storage and self-initiated broadcasting. ” My takeaway?

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SCMDOJO

JULY 3, 2023

This blog intends to assist you through the labyrinth of procurement training by pointing out the most reliable courses that fit your objectives and aspirations and hence act as your compass in the realm of procurement training, whether you’re hoping to break into the sector, looking to up skill, or yearning for promotion chances.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

in this blog, I am going to rely on the account of the songwriter, that the song is a childhood story about a dragon that lived in Honalee. My stepson calls them tidy whiteys) Imagine a boring, basic apparel item. These included cloud-based computing, in-memory processing, parallel computation, and open-source analytics.

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Cognira

JUNE 1, 2021

Throughout the blog, learn how analytics has evolved over time, and the value it has had on retailers. Retail Example: An apparel retailer would like to know if this year’s spring pre-season sales campaign resulted in higher sales than in previous spring promotion campaigns. That definition, however, is just scratching the surface.

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AIMMS

DECEMBER 1, 2016

In this blog post, I will delve into 5 issues companies typically experience with their S&OP software. image source: [link]. A leading sportswear and apparel company works with hundreds of vendors around the globe to produce their products. In the past 2 years, we’ve seen the appeal of S&OP increase a lot more.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Geopolitical conflict with Australia—source of 10% of China’s coal imports—have contributed to the coal shortage. As described in earlier blog posts , there are compelling reasons to keep production in China. And caps on electricity prices have made power companies hesitant to increase their output, according to World Politics Review.

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AIMMS

DECEMBER 1, 2016

In this blog post, I will delve into 5 issues companies typically experience with their S&OP software. image source: [link]. A leading sportswear and apparel company works with hundreds of vendors around the globe to produce their products. In the past 2 years, we’ve seen the appeal of S&OP increase a lot more.

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Pivot88

AUGUST 19, 2019

Historically, the apparel industry’s success has always relied on a combination of design and physics. Source: IoT for All). Source: Wikipedia). Source: Forbes). Source: PAT Research). Data has never really been a part of that equation. Data intelligence in Quality & Compliance Management.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

  (This blog is based on the article "Fast Fashion: Business Model Overview and Research Opportunities" to appear in Retail Supply Chain Management: Quantitative Models and Empirical Studies , 2nd Edition, Springer, New York, NY.). Felipe Caro and Victor Martínez-de-Albéniz.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Note that apparel manufacturing is growing and apparel retail is declining. As a result, the architecture for the EACH and chain of custody of products for eCommerce requires HADOOP and non-relational open source technologies like Apache Spark. As I end this blog post, let me leave you with three thoughts. The difference?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 8, 2013

Companies like Nike and Disney have publicly stated that they are not going to Bangladesh for apparel sourcing in the future. The same unsafe working conditions prevail, and you are just as likely to encounter the problems with capacity and subcontracting that we’ve noted in other blogs.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 15, 2014

  (This blog is based on the article "Fast Fashion: Business Model Overview and Research Opportunities" to appear in Retail Supply Chain Management: Quantitative Models and Empirical Studies , 2nd Edition, Springer, New York, NY.). Felipe Caro and Victor Martínez-de-Albéniz.

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