Zara International demonstrates many elements of classical management approaches. Fredrick Taylor’s scientific management is evident through their quick turnaround of runways to stores allowing only 2 weeks for the company to get the attire into stores. Zara’s ability to distribute stock within 24 to 48 hours depending on global location also contributes to Taylor’s scientific management theory. One of the four guiding action principles of the scientific management theory states that you must “develop
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Zara is the flagship chain store of Inditex Group owned by Spanish tycoon Amancio Ortega. Zara is the most internationalized of Inditex’s chains. The group is headquartered in A Coruna‚ Spain‚ where the first Zara store opened in 1975. As of August 2009‚ there are more than 1‚500 Zara stores around the world. It is claimed that Zara needs just two weeks to develop a new product and get it to stores‚ compared with a six-month industry average‚ and launches around 10‚000 new designs each year. Zara
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Production Enterprises Customers Suppliers Production Enterprises ZARA is the flagship brand under the Indetex Group‚ which is known worldwide by its fast fashion products. Their core competitive strategy is developing the new product and getting it to stores within 15 days. The uniqueprocessing model ensures ZARA occupied the market advantage among the fashion industry. Subcontractors Although ZARA manufacture approximately half of its products in their own factories‚ they use
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Zara expansion in China ZARA Zara is the flagship chain store of Inditex Group owned in Spanish. Inditex takes a step forward in its expansion in China. Zara opened its first store in this country in May 2004 at the IFC mall‚ Hong Kong‚ where it now has five stores. In February 2006 the first store was launched in Shanghai‚ in Nanjing Xi Lu‚ followed by a second one in this city located at Times Square mall. In February 2007 The Inditex Group already opened its first Zara store in Beijing‚ located
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which plays homage to customer values. This paper also analyzes methods used by fast fashion leader‚ the Spanish‚ Inditex owned Zara. A closer look at Zara’s supply chain‚ market responsiveness‚ flexibility‚ technology‚ pricing and costs strategies and methods are examined and compared to other fast fashion retailers that can appropriately be deemed as competition for Zara. Also‚ globalization and other operational strategies are discussed that all come together to show the remarkable success of the
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What are the company’s competitive advantages? Zara is ‘fast fashion’. In order to proof this statement we are taking a look at different components where we can see their competitive advantages. Design The designers go to fashion shows‚ they develop sketches and while they select fabrics‚ the price of each product is already determined. The collection has to arrive in the stores at the start of the selling season. In order to keep up with the trends they not only look at the sales data but they
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the market demands have resulted in fast international expansion and a warm welcome of the business concept on behalf of the public. Inditex is present in 77 countries with stores of its nine different brands. The group’s most renowned brand alone‚ Zara‚ has over 1600 stores around the globe (Inditex‚ N.D.a). Inditex is the only clothing company in the international field with its own manufacturing process. The supply of raw materials‚ the distribution process and the most capital intensive production
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References: Strategies for change: logical incrementalism. James Brian Quinn Homewood‚ Ill. : R.D. Irwin‚ 1980. Strategies for change: logical incrementalism. James Brian Quinn Homewood‚ Ill. : R.D. Irwin‚ 1980. Zara Fast Fashion. Harvard Business School. 21st Dec. 2006.
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International Marketing William Chester Case Study 3-4 #4. Briefly describe five opportunities for continued growth during the next five years for Zara’s parent‚ Inditex‚ SA. It is important to realize the manner in which other competitor’s of Inditex‚ SA are operating. As the economic criteria for promoting an established discipline in the desired sectors‚ the most common act to follow is retreat. But as those firms hold back or constrain their efforts to accompany short term financial
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Question No1.Advantages of responsive supply chain of Zara? A responsive supply chain of Zara works collaboratively among the stakeholders to exchange information in a feedback loop in order to produce enough of a product to satisfy uncertain demand. Zara has greater visibility into the supply chain which makes it responsive to the current market. This allows Zara to sense and respond quickly to capitalize on new opportunities. The information systems are the heart of the business model which enables
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