Logility

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Over the years, the fashion industry has championed a movement toward sustainable apparel, environmentally friendly production practices, and the elimination of forced labor. But a new layer of complexity now presents another existential topic: the chain of custody. But it’s not that simple for the fashion industry.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

For example, the Gartner Top 25 celebrates the accomplishments of Intel (active with Gartner), but in the analysis in Table 1, Nvidia Corporation and Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) clearly outperform Intel in the Semiconductor Industry. For example, Monster Beverages beats Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, while Celanese outperforms Dow Chemical.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 29, 2022

For example, Mars has been purposeful on where to focus their efforts. An example of a company looking to adhere to SBTs is SanMar , the largest wholesaler of apparel into the corporate identity, promotional product, and ad specialty space in the United States. degrees Celsius. degrees Celsius.

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Logility

AUGUST 4, 2022

One example: egg prices are up 56% , according to the Department of Agriculture, driven up by drought, a bird flu epidemic and the war in Ukraine. Burt Flickinger, managing director for Strategic Resource Group, told CBS News he’d seen the biggest discounts across “consumer electronics, sporting goods, apparel, clothes, and accessories.”.

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AIMMS

MARCH 30, 2020

T he apparel industry, for instance, is bracing for a prolonged period of low activity. The examples below show you how to do this in AIMMS SC Navigator Apps, but we encourage you to study these scenarios in the tools you have at your disposal. . Study 3: Identify Optimal Sourcing Locations . Understand Exposure .

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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. Take Burlington, for example. eCommerce Purchases and “The New Normal” Retail Categories.

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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. The above seems to imply, from our lens, the movement toward China Plus sourcing activity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 11, 2021

We work with a number of very large global apparel manufacturers,” Mr. Woods explained. If a supplier is engaged in activities that could hurt the brand, subscribers can use Datamyne’s intelligence tools to speed up sourcing with new companies. Perhaps the best example of this is Exxon Mobil.

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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.

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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. Think of the Lego as the ultimate example of a composable toy. Examples of Composability in Supply Chain Planning Platforms. Here are some real-life examples from the trenches to demonstrate what I mean by flexibility and modularity.

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Logility

MAY 12, 2021

The Chinese government plans to double manufacturing capacity in the XUAR by 2025, with a focus on apparel and textiles. For example, a garment produced in Vietnam of fabric knit in China is covered by the WRO, if the cotton was picked in XUAR. XUAR Facts and Figures. The following table shows the XUAR’s top exports in 2019.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

In 1984, US Apparel Industry created the task force called " Crafted With Pride in the U.S.A. One year later "Kurt Salmon Associates" was assigned to investigate the whole apparel supply chain. This article will show you the development of fashion industry and how one company manages to bring the operations into the next level.

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Jaggaer

JULY 23, 2019

More than virtually any other sector, sourcing and supplier management in the fashion industry have been exposed to intense scrutiny in recent years, while the functions have become of increasingly strategic importance to business success. But the word “quality” has taken on new dimensions, posing further challenges.

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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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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Food, beverages (for example, beer, health drinks, and water), consumer goods, and apparel will not only be in high demand — but these products will have to be matched very accurately to the preferences of soccer fans converging on Qatar from every corner of the world. Soccer and supply chain are both team sports!!

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SupplyShift

JUNE 23, 2021

Cotton is a great example. In light of recent concerns over forced labor in cotton sourcing, many brands now want to address the issue at the most upstream source (the farm or gin), when in reality it’s the textile and spinning mills where traceability is lost. What Is Multi-Tier? What Is Multi-Tier? Why Is This Important?

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SupplyShift

JUNE 23, 2021

Cotton is a great example. In light of recent concerns over forced labor in cotton sourcing, many brands now want to address the issue at the most upstream source (the farm or gin), when in reality it’s the textile and spinning mills where traceability is lost. What Is Multi-Tier? What Is Multi-Tier? Why Is This Important?

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Cognira

JUNE 1, 2021

To provide further clarity, we will be using Promotion Analytics as an example throughout each phase. . 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. A Sneak Peek into the Evolution of Analytics.

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SupplyShift

APRIL 27, 2021

On April 21st, our webinar on forced labor in cotton supply chains brought together leaders from Responsible Sourcing Network and Fashion for Good to explore how industry-wide tools and supply chain engagement can help identify and mitigate risks of forced labor. . The YESS Initiative is a perfect example of this.

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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. A recent example of this is the Suez Canal blockage , when a container ship was wedged in the canal, bringing freight movement to a halt and leading to delays in deliveries. million by 2025.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 1, 2014

Let''s see the example of this through the simplified version of bullwhip effect as below, When demand data is not shared, each player in the same supply chain must make some sort of speculation. In 1984, companies in the apparel business worked together to reduce overall lead-time. The result is lower cost for everyone.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

My stepson calls them tidy whiteys) Imagine a boring, basic apparel item. Let me give you an example. These included cloud-based computing, in-memory processing, parallel computation, and open-source analytics. The evolution is based on open-source collaboration and is not owned by any individual technology company.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Currently, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has chosen to target four high-risk sections of goods: apparel, cotton, tomatoes, polysilicon, and most recently aluminum. For example, you’ll get a quick snapshot of all the tiers of the supplier network, including where all raw materials are sourced from.

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EHS Sustainability Knowledge at Work

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

With apparel brands, for example, up to 90% of emissions come from the value chain, and while multi-tenure landlords are making efforts to cut emissions from their offices and fleet, this is dwarfed by their oft-reported +99% Scope 3 emissions. But there are opportunities to be had by reducing supply chain-based emissions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 31, 2014

Let me give you an example. With the rising costs of labor in China, many apparel manufacturers share that there is only a 6% differential between sewing a garment in China or manufacturing in the United States. Mexico has become more attractive, and many companies are looking at alternative sourcing in Latin and South America.

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Pivot88

AUGUST 19, 2019

Historically, the apparel industry’s success has always relied on a combination of design and physics. Those “connected” things (like sensors for example) are used to gather information, send information back, or both. Source: IoT for All). Source: Wikipedia). Source: Forbes). Source: PAT Research).

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Consumers, activists, and investors increasingly want to know the products they buy are sourced sustainably and ethically. ” They note an MIT survey of apparel companies found vastly differing definitions of supply chain transparency across organizations. sources of raw materials. Visibility into: internal operations.

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SupplyShift

APRIL 28, 2021

Define the Data You Need Before you can start on your sustainable sourcing journey, your company needs to figure out exactly what data it needs. For example, if you’re in the textile and apparel industry, the labor crisis in high-risk regions has exacerbated the issue of forced labor, which was already a significant area of concern.

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SupplyShift

APRIL 28, 2021

Before you can start on your sustainable sourcing journey, your company needs to figure out exactly what data it needs. Start by evaluating the needs of your industry, business, products, and sourcing practices—ask yourself what your sustainability hotspots are likely to be and what types of issues might be prevalent for them.

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SupplyShift

APRIL 27, 2021

On April 21st, our webinar on forced labor in cotton supply chains brought together leaders from Responsible Sourcing Network and Fashion for Good to explore how industry-wide tools and supply chain engagement can help identify and mitigate risks of forced labor. The YESS Initiative is a perfect example of this.

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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. For example, according to an October 2011 Wall Street Journal article , “When Virginia’s magnitude 5.8

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 1, 2014

Let''s see the example of this through the simplified version of bullwhip effect as below, When demand data is not shared, each player in the same supply chain must make some sort of speculation. In 1984, companies in the apparel business worked together to reduce overall lead-time. The result is lower cost for everyone.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Forced labor is found in many industries globally, including apparel, mining, palm oil, seafood, and others. primarily in the fashion apparel business?—?should For example, a bill passed recently in the US House of Representatives in response to the Uyghur forced labor controversy would ban imports from the Xinjiang region.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Let’s take an example. Examples include first pass yield, schedule adherence, hands-free orders, orders shipped complete, and minimization of waste. Apparel is an example. Results of Financial Reengineering Fails the Apparel Manufacturing Industry. . #8 This creates many issues. Supply Chain Trade-offs. . #4

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ShipBob

MARCH 23, 2020

As the world’s largest fashion apparel retailer, Zara will donate masks to Spanish healthcare workers and patients. H&M , the world’s second largest fashion retailer, said it would use its supply network to source personal protective equipment for hospitals in the European Union to help curb the spread of the coronavirus.

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Pivot88

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Success in business, whether it is manufacturing of apparel or footwear or any other product, is directly proportional to quality. Testing the quality of an item can be challenging especially if the raw materials, finished products, and/or compliance checks are sourced from different locations. Compliance Paves Way for Quality.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 26, 2013

The brand was also key – Burt’s Bees needed to ensure it was sourcing raw materials using sustainability materials and labor rights. As we expanded into larger markets, we needed sources that were sustainable. For example, one issue was the palm oil issue for soap, and this was coming up to the forefront in public reports.

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