ZARA: IT For Fast Fashion 1. Is Zara’s business model scalable ? No‚ Zara’s business model is not scalable Reasons: • • • • Though Zara is able to do well in a dynamic market‚ most of the sales of Zara come from Spain (46%) and from women’s segment (73.3%). Hence it becomes very difficult for Zara to scale it up to other countries and other segments. Zara follows decentralized model where store managers have lot a of power – It is very difficult to find such efficient people once we they scale
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Case Analysis 1: Zara IT for Fast Fashion 1.) After analyzing the case Zara: IT for Fast Fashion and reviewing the company’s operational strategies‚ we can identify both positive and negative aspects within the organization. Major contributors to the company’s success include: a fined tuned value chain system; lean manufacturing‚ design and distribution; the ability read target markets and predict market trends. Conversely the most significant issues identified in the case include: (1) Poor IT
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Exam Fashion Flow Theories -- The Instrument of Meaning Exemplified as an instrument of meaning‚ the fashion system is a menagerie that takes meaning on an arduous cycle. One that sheds light on how its products are idealized‚ produced‚ adopted‚ and then finally discarded after serving its utilitarian or ideological purpose. Mass communication and other conduits of information dissemination play a role in channeling meaning from its origins to the consumer (McCraken 1986). The fashion system
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ZARA IT for fast fashion TOPICS | PAGE NUMBER | ZARA IT for fashion- A Background | 3 | Implementation of IS in designing | 3 | Implementation of IS in purchase | 4 | Implementation of IS in manufacturing | 4 | Implementation of IS in distribution system | 5 | Implementation of IS in retailing | 6 | Implementation Issues with People | 7 | Implementation Issues with Procedures | 9 | Implementation Issues with Devices | 10 | Implementation Issues with Software and Database
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1. What does it take to succeed in the global apparel industry? Is that different from what it takes a regional player to succeed? 2. What elements of Zara’s value chain help/hurt its ability to grow? Do you think Zara should grow 3. How would you advise Salgado to proceed on the issue of upgrading Zara’s POS systems? Intro - Inditex (Industria de Diseño Textil) of Spain‚ the owner of Zara and five other apparel retailing chains * Global Apparel Chain - Characterized as a prototypical
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ZARA: Fast Fashion Zara’s performance in the EU. Zara is the largest and most internationalized of Inditex (Industria de Diseno Textil) chain based on Spain. Zara had built up their business in the Spanish market by 1990‚ and started to expand their business into global market. At the same time‚ according to the case‚ they started to make major investments in manufacturing logistics and IT‚ including establishment of a just-in-time manufacturing system‚ a 130‚000-square-meter warehouse close
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markets. I believe we need to act proactively to ensure Zara is able to continue growing steadily without any serious problems impeding continued success. Even though our current POS system is not broken‚ we need to be prepared for what can happen. We need to focus on what and how to adjust the IT aspect of Zara’s strategy in order to keep Zara’s approach of rapid replenishment and new product development a focal point of the corporate strategy. I recommend the upgrade of the current operating system
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weeks of the emergence of the fashion trend (Mcafee et al.‚ 2004). This allows them to rely on their loyal customers to frequently visit their stores (Mcafee et al.‚ 2004). Zara’s competition includes The Gap‚ Benettons‚ and
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think is an effective leader‚ what traits and skills do this individual process that makes him/her effective? Someone that I think is an effective leader is Velareen Sabinus. The traits do this individual process that makes her effective is drive. Drive refers to a set of characteristics that reflect a high level of effort. She have a high need for achievement to complete the team assignment. She also constant striving for improvement where she always take note on what we present and give an idea
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