The US fashion industry: a supply chain review

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dc.citation.epage593en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber2en_US
dc.citation.spage571en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber114en_US
dc.contributor.authorŞen, A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T10:08:16Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T10:08:16Z
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Industrial Engineeringen_US
dc.description.abstractThe fashion industry has short product life cycles, tremendous product variety, volatile and unpredictable demand, and long and inflexible supply processes. These characteristics, a complex supply chain and wide availability of data make the industry a suitable avenue for efficient supply chain management practices. The industry has also been in a transition over the last 20 years: significant consolidation in retail, majority of apparel manufacturing operations moving overseas and, more recently, increasing use of electronic commerce in retail and wholesale trade. This paper aims to review the current state of operations and recent trends across the fashion supply chain in the US. We use industry-wide data, articles from business journals, industry reviews and extensive interviews with an apparel manufacturer in California, and a major US department store chain to describe the current operational practices and how the industry is restructuring itself during the transition, focusing at the apparel manufacture and retail segments of the supply chain.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.05.022en_US
dc.identifier.issn0925-5273
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/23049
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.05.022en_US
dc.source.titleInternational Journal of Production Economicsen_US
dc.subjectFashion industryen_US
dc.subjectIndustry reviewen_US
dc.subjectSupply chain managementen_US
dc.titleThe US fashion industry: a supply chain reviewen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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