Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 7, 2018
When we study 600 public companies by peer group, at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin, only 5% drive improvement. To make the argument, let’s look at industry orbit charts in aggregate for the period of 2006-2017 for the apparel and chemical companies. In February 2014, the price was $103.40.
Material Handling & Logistics
DECEMBER 12, 2017
After years of struggling to manage their inventory, brands are using increasingly sophisticated tools to track apparel and accessories through the supply chain, aiming to avoid the typical post-Christmas fire sales. That’s what led to especially bad inventory problems in recent years. E-Commerce Burden.
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Talking Logistics
MAY 13, 2015
Columbia Sportswear is a 77-year old, profitable, multi-billion dollar company and a leading brand in the global outdoor and active lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories and equipment industry. million in net sales in 2014 over the previous year, a 25% increase to $2.1 From the article: Columbia Sportswear added $415.6
Supply Chain Matters
APRIL 14, 2023
It further helps in the ability to foster singular inventory management to support customer demand from both online and in-store buying channels. The reported benefit has been avoidance of merchandise markdowns by positioning apparel to the right location and channel at the right time.
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 18, 2016
When we do these types of analysis, we look back at the data as far as we can reach (Y chart data is available only back to 2006 in a reliable form) and then we look at the period of 2006-2014 and the more recent period of 2011-2014. Note that apparel manufacturing is growing and apparel retail is declining.
Resilinc
JANUARY 8, 2024
Historical events like Pompeii (2014) are omitted, assuming supply chains were relatively less connected way back then. The destruction or disruption of these systems, as depicted in the movie, would make it challenging to communicate and coordinate shipments, track inventory, and manage logistics.
BlueYonder
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
You can’t carry inventory just for the sake of on-hand availability; you can’t expedite every single shipment just because the customer wants it. An example is the apparel sector where everybody is increasingly attempting to postpone final product differentiation. No one does that, except for oil field services or mining situations.
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