Executive Summary Spanish Inditex’s most successful retail clothing store Zara is known all across the world for its trendy apparel (Mcafee‚ Dessain‚ & Sjoman‚ 2004). The company has been very successful throughout the years but management has recently decided that the IT infrastructure may need updating. The store currently runs off of a POS system supported by DOS‚ which has not been supported by Microsoft for several years (Ferdows‚ Lewis‚ & Machuca‚ 2004). The POS system has been working flawlessly
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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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Fast Zara‚ Fast Fashion Introduction Everyone‚ no matter youngsters or middle-aged mothers‚ love to buy clothes and keep updated on latest fashion trend. In the past‚ people could only consume western styles clothing if they are rich enough to go shopping by travelling in European countries or able to afford expensive air mail to send the consumed western clothes back from overseas. However‚ it took a period of time and the fashionable clothing may become “old” at the time received. As the information
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world of fast fashion. Donald Sull and Stefano Turconi examine how Zara‚ a leader in the industry‚ has pioneered an approach to navigate the volatility of fast fashion‚ offering lessons for any company facing rapidly changing markets. Ffaassthion lessons Haute couture has always been a fairly staid affair. Big-name designers crafted clothing that sold for tens of thousands of euros. Astronomical prices served as the doormen to keep the masses out of the exclusive club of high fashion. Fashion
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Zara - IT for Fast Fashion Management Information Systems EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The objective of this document is to discuss the issue of Inditex’s DOS-base IT infrastructure and how it affects Zara’s performance. Inditex is concerned about its IT infrastructure being antiquated and the possibility that hardware vendors will upgrade their machines leaving them incompatible with DOS. Because Zara’s core business model is vertically integrated‚ it could specialize in speed and efficiency and
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ZARA: Fast Fashion The Spanish retail chain Zara has unique supply chain management practices that enable it to gain a competitive advantage over other fashion retailers in the industry. Zara’s rapid response time enables the firm to quickly respond to changing fashions while deliberately under producing products. This strategy‚ which is supported by competencies in logistic management‚ design and information systems‚ allows the company to maintain less inventory and higher profit margins and is
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consumers are easier to access to fashion. As a result‚ the customers are changing and the companies are evolving to deliver customers satisfaction. Zara‚ the most profitable brand of Spain clothing retail group Inditex‚ has leveraged its unique strategy to achieve success and will be expected to maintain a sustainable growth in the fashion industry. Zara’s core competencies can be divided into four areas: process development‚ distribution‚ marketing and integrated business structure (referred to Appendix
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I. Executive Summary Zara produces of-the-moment fashion and has developed a very successful vertically integrated company which can design‚ manufacture‚ and distribute garments to retail stores in as little as three weeks. Zara ’s target market is comprised of urban‚ fashion-conscious consumers who shop frequently for the latest trends. Currently under debate is a proposed upgrade to the POS system throughout the Zara chain. With over 550 stores‚ this would be a huge undertaking for Inditex‚
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Case Study: Zara-Fast Fashion Case Summary: Inditex is the parent company of six different apparel retailing chains that includes Massimo Dutti‚ Pull and Bear‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius‚ Oysho‚ and‚ most importantly‚ Zara. Zara has historically been the most profitable of the chains‚ operating 282 stores in 32 countries at the end of 2001 (Ghemawat & Nueno‚ 2006). The other five chains that are operated by Inditex have not matched the growth capabilities or revenue of Zara. Zara’s apparel offers
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that hardware vendors will upgrade their machines leaving them incompatible with DOS. Because Zara’s core business model is vertically integrated‚ it could specialize in speed and efficiency and the fast fashion trend. By assessing the pros and cons of the new IT infrastructure with Zara’s brand image‚ they determined that implementing the new POS networking system is beneficial for Zara because 1) it creates a more robust and scalable system that is more responsive to Inditex’s supply chain network
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