Zara : IT for Fast Fashion Zara is a leading brand in the fashion retail industry. It is a vertically integrated retailer‚ a pioneer of the Just-In-Time Inventory system. It becomes important to define the critical success factors for this industry in the analysis presented through the following three questions: 1. How can you differentiate Zara’s use of IT? Technology investment should be targeted at the points in the value chain where the impact is most significant. If we look at the value
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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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moment. The case later moves on to explain how Zara came to be what it is‚ and how they carried out their business model from its beginnings. The company Zara was founded in 1975 by its current major stockholder‚ Armancio Ortega‚ and was aimed at women‚ men‚ and children. It is affiliated to other clothing brands including Massimo Dutti‚ Pull and Bear‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius‚ and Oysho‚ all part of the Infitex corporation. From its starting roots‚ Zara has managed to set themselves apart from their
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Running Head: PROPOSAL TO IMPROVE THE IT/IS STRATEGY AT ZARA Proposal to Improve the IT/IS Strategy at ZARA Be future ready!!! Oct. 3‚ 2011 Executive Summary To grow at the same pace in the fast changing fashion industry‚ Zara should use advanced IT/IS systems as an enabler to improve the overall business process. Zara is facing a challenge today by using obsolete technology. Also due to a number of internally developed applications‚ there is no clear picture of the entire sales or inventory
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EXTERNAL As for the B2C buying behaviour‚ many perspectives are included. Firstly‚ take a look at the cultural factors. Buyers of ZARA are influenced by culture‚ subculture and social factors. ZARA collects information about its customers via staff members‚ by different observations and also directly from the buyers. Since ZARA is a centralized brand it focuses on the global trends‚ though it has decided to move towards geocentric orientation and started to adopt local solutions‚ too. It is also
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supply chain explaining how it supports the "fast fashion" model. Zara‚ Spanish clothing with retail chain throughout the world is probably the world’s fastest growing retailer with almost a thousand stores. Zara has it own unique business model that enabled Zara to be compete with its competitors‚ and it’s driven by Zara’s "fast fashion" with its vertically integrated supply chain. Vertically integrated supply chain allowed Zara to successfully build up a strong retail chain combine with the forces
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Case analysis of Volvo – Renault alliance INTRODUCTION The article described the life cycle of the alliance between car manufacturers Volvo and Renault. That was one of the largest and most prominent alliances in Europe at that time. The marriage of the two corporations was promising as it held economic promises that were applauded by the industry experts. Three years after the alliance had been founded‚ the allies split apart under not very friendly circumstances. Although the motive was good
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Zara case 1. What underpins the success of Zara in its chosen markets? Through analyzing this case‚ it obviously demonstrated that it has own successful supply chain. It shows on five performance objectives which refer to speed‚ quality‚ flexibility‚ dependability‚ costs. Firstly‚ it performed on the speed of Zara’s supply chain‚ Zara “has over 650 Zara stores in 50 countries” and rapidly changed fashion trend so that it seemingly difficult to deliver products to stores. However‚ Zara just
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References: Zara and Benetton: Comparison of two business models. 2010. [e-book] p. 10. Available through: Google Scholar [Accessed: 25 Nov 2013]. Fast Zara‚ F. 2013. Fast Zara‚ Fast Fashion - Research Paper - Wendyrosa. [online] Available at: http://www.studymode.com/essays/Fast-Zara-Fast-Fashion-813110.html [Accessed: 25 Nov 2013]. Hbswk.hbs.edu Netessine‚ K. and Netessine‚ K. 2013. Business Model
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As completely as possible‚ sketch the supply chain for Zara from raw materials to consumer purchase. Zara makes about 40% of their raw material (fabric). The remaining 60% is outsourced from within Spain‚ mostly from the La Curuna. Designing of clothes at Zara is done by creative teams of over 300 professionals at the headquarters in La Curuna‚ Spain. They act on the information fed to them from the stores managers. The first stage in Zara’s production system is cutting of fabric. The design
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