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Supply Chain AI Strategy: Navigating Apparel Industry Complexities

Logility

Navigating the $5 trillion North American apparel market requires precision, especially when dealing with the intricate complexities of forecasting and inventory management. The Apparel Industry’s Forecasting Maze Mastering the art of forecasting is critical in the apparel industry.

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Miroglio Fashion: AI-Powered In-Season Inventory Optimization

ToolsGroup

That’s why Evo CEO Fabrizio Fantini jumped at the chance to work with Harvard Business School Professor Sunil Gupta to participate in a case on Miroglio’s huge success increasing profits through in-season inventory optimization. But fashion is inherently hard to predict. Read the case on Harvard Business School website Read here →

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Inventory Everywhere, But Not the Right Product to Ship

Supply Chain Shaman

Bloated inventories. Despite investments in planning, today, industries hold 28 more days of inventory than in 2004. The larger the number of days of inventory, the greater the cash drag.) Changes in Inventory Year-end inventory values by industry from Y Charts. The story continues. Rising inflation. Next steps?

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Apparel and footwear: At what point is missed sales better than excess inventory?

Kinaxis

In adidas’s recent earnings call, CEO Kasper Rorsted warned that adidas would miss its 2019 growth target because its supply chain was unable to meet the huge demand for its mid-priced apparel, especially in North America. The CEO went on to imply that losing sales was preferable to building excess inventory.

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Next Level Apparel® Takes its Demand and Inventory Planning to the Next Level with the Logility® Digital Supply Chain Platform

Logility

-based supplier of fashion blanks transforms its demand and inventory management with Logility. a leader in supply chain innovation powering the sustainable and resilient enterprise, today announced the addition of Next Level Apparel® (NLA) to its customer community. About Next Level Apparel.

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Supply Chain Management in Apparel Industry

SCMDOJO

Managing the flow of goods within the apparel industry requires an extensive and well-established supply chain network. Supply chain management can really be a deal-breaker for an apparel business. Stages of Operations in an Apparel Business. Design is the first step that happens in apparel manufacturing.

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Inflation in 2022: Is the Bullwhip Effect to Blame for Retail Inventory Glut

Logistics Viewpoints

I did a little digging to find out the specifics about excess inventory, the stated causes, and the potential implications. Retailers’ Inventories – Just Keep your Returns? Unfortunately, I am unsure about the order of magnitude or the duration of these inventory mismatches. Here’s my take on the topic.