Leagile Supply Chain for Fast Fashion Industry

Supply Chain Management Fast Fashion Industry

[pic]

MBA 4642 - Products & Processes
Module Leader: Dr. Louise Boutler
Venkatesh Kumar Subburaj
Assignment 2 (Individual)
Word Count: 2193
M00328327

04.04.2011

Middlesex University Business School

Contents
ABSTRACT 3

1. Introduction 4

  1.1 Nature of fast fashion industry 4

2. Importance of agile supply chain in fast fashion industry 5

3. Managing the Fashion logistics pipeline 6

4. Global Quick Response (GQR) in Fashion Industries 7

  4.1 The new garment design and development process 8

        4.1.1 New garment development process 8

        4.1.2 Estimation 9

        4.1.3 Concurrent Engineering for new product design and development 9

  4.2 The First volume order 9

        4.2.1 Decisions on Appropriate production units 9

        4.2.2 Learn from the established contracts 10

  4.3 The repeat order process 10

        4.3.1 Dependable and capable network 10

        4.3.2 Effective order placing process 10

        4.3.3 Effective control Systems 10

  4.4 Enablers of GQR 10

5. Conclusion 11

6. Recommendations 11

7. References 13

8. Appendices 14

    Appendix 1: Key Operational practices and principles 14

    Appendix 2: Characteristics of Agile Supply Chain 15

    Appendix 2: Enablers of Global quick response (GQR) 17

ABSTRACT

Fashion markets are synonymous with rapid change, global supply and, as a result, commercial success or failure in those markets is largely determined by the organisation’s flexibility and quick responsiveness. Responsiveness is characterised by short time-to-market, the ability to scale up (or down) quickly and the rapid incorporation of consumer preferences into the design process (Martin Christopher, Robert Lowson, Helen Peck, 2000).
This Report emphasize on new concept - Global Quick Response (GQR), embedded within an agile supply chain - which strives to combine cost and scale efficiencies... [continues]

Read full essay