Sewing up the Competition - Innovation in the Textile and Clothing Industry Manufacturing doesn’t get much older than the textile and clothing industry. Since the earliest days when we lived in caves there’s been a steady demand for something to wrap around us to keep warm and to protect the more sensitive bits of our anatomy from the worst of the elements. What began with animal hides and furs gradually moved into a more sophisticated activity with fabrics woven from flax or wool – and with
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ZARA: IT for Fast Fashion Önder BARLAS Executive MBA Student Boğaziçi University‚ Istanbul Abstract: In 2003 Zara faced a problem whether to upgrade the operating system they used for their point-of-sale (POS) to a new Windows based one‚ or to continue using the stable and old one. This report aims to analyze the problem by conducting a SWOT analysis and offering a solution path best suited on Zara’s strategic position in the clothing industry. 1. Brief Information about Inditex and Zara Inditex
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1. As completely as possible‚ sketch the supply chain for Zara from raw materials to consumer purchase. First of all‚ a designer team in Arteixo‚ Spain sketches out the new styles and clothe lines. It does so after consulting with ‘commercials’ (the term for people who act as connection among the designers and the chain’s 2‚800 global store managers). After that‚ the designer team decides which fabrics offer the best combination of fashion‚ quality and price. Then they electronically send the
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PAPER ZARA Created By: Anggita Sulisetiasih 1006718706 Kenji Wibawa Junardy 1006718990 Patricia M. A. Adam 1006805694 International Undergraduate Program Faculty of Economics University of Indonesia Depok 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 4 INTRODUCTION 4 1.1. Company Background 4 1.2. Vision and Mission 4 1.3. Long-term Objectives 5 Chapter 2 6 VISION – MISSION ANALYSIS 6 2.1. Importance (Benefits) of Vision and Mission Statements 6 2.2. Characteristic of a
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Develop an argument for or against single sourcing and close supplier relationships in public sector procurement. Argue for single sourcing‚ or argue against single sourcing. State your claim‚ your reasoning‚ your evidence and any anticipated objections or rebuttals‚ and draw a conclusion. Definition Before anything else‚ I would like to clarify the difference between the single sourcing and sole sourcing. Single sourcing is refer to purchase from one selected supplier‚ though there may have other
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recommendations for Zara 11-13 Bibliography 14 Appendix 15-29 Introduction It can be found that the fashion retail of Zara is the flagship brand
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The case of Zara – The Postponement strategy I) Introduction In order to compete in the world of rising globalization and shortening of product life cycle nowadays‚ firms have to deal with the demand for increasing product variety to meet the diverse needs of customers. Mass customization has become a requirement for many businesses especially in the dynamic‚ fast-changing industries. However‚ the more product varieties‚ the more difficult it is to forecast demand‚ control inventory and manufacture
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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是西班牙Inditex集团旗下的一个子公司，它既是服装品牌，也是专营ZARA品牌服装的连锁零售品牌。1975年设立于西班牙的ZARA，在世界各地56个国家内，设立超过两千多家的服装连锁店。ZARA深受全球时尚青年的喜爱，设计师品牌的优异设计，价格却更为低廉，简单来说就是让平民拥抱High Fashion。 Zara‚ a Spanish-based chain owned by Inditex‚ is a clothing retailer who has taken a new approach in the industry. Zara stores are company-owned‚ except where local legislation forbids foreigner-owned businesses. It was first open in 1975‚ originally a lingerie store‚ then the product range expanded to incorporate women’s fashion‚ menswear
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quite clear that from the early 1990’s‚ Zara had begun to expand into the international apparel market and by the end of 2001 operated five hundred stores in over thirty countries (Exhibit 10). But now that most of the major markets had been exploited Inditex must consider the geographic location of its future Zara store additions that would ultimately have a great impact on the Inditex groups long-term success. Another key issue within this case is even while Zara are continuing to expand over different
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