Robotics can help fashion companies drive business efficiencies in their warehouses, stores and factories. In the 1990s, fashion's relationship with robots was a fantasy. Today, the industry's interaction with automation is much more common and tighter.
In the distribution centers...
This is the third and last article in the series, based on the detailed report The State of Quality Inspections in the Global Supply Chain: 2018 Edition by Sourcing Journal & Inspectorio, about the current quality level of fashion...
I ended the previous post with this query:
Will personalization (and the necessary automation-robotization to achieve it) mean that fashion production will be relocated to developed countries?
Absolutely! I have no doubt about that!
The neorelocalization of fashion production does not imply...
Allow me to share with you this very interesting article from INFOBAE: Artificial intelligence and mixed reality in fashion: concepts that are beginning to take shape, in which I have had the pleasure of collaborating thanks to the opportunity...
The organization chart of a fashion brand .
It is a reality that the organization of fashion brands has been changing in recent years at the same pace as the market and the client itself. In this process, the disruption...
Even as the fashion industry and sector are facing an unstable and complex reality, we recognize that supply professionals have high hopes that they will be able to generate and develop the tools and structural responses to successfully manage...
No report or content on digitization and its impact on the fashion, textile and apparel industry would be complete without a focus on production automation. Obviously, this would lead to a thorough revision of the sourcing strategy with a...
To unleash the full potential of digitization, fashion supply executives must harness technology to accelerate the transformation of internal processes, external partnerships, and organizational culture.
There are five foundations that executives can or should start building today to solidly support...
If fashion and retail are to achieve their goals in the digitalization of their supply, they must increase their focus and go beyond the core areas and processes of their supply chain. If they have chosen to transform their...
The Institut für Textiltechnik - ITA - is one of the leading research institutes in the field of materials, production processes and products for technical applications of textile structure. Together with the international consulting firm McKinsey and several technology...
It is clear that digitization has enormous potential to accelerate transformation in apparel provisioning. But where are textile and fashion companies and their suppliers today on the road to digitization?
We know, and the results of surveys by international consulting...
In the previous article - The New Model of Fashion Sourcing - we stated that digitalization should not be understood individually, as a possibility of salvation in itself, but rather as an integrating element within the fashion supply chain....
What will be the new stop of the fashion sourcing caravan?
McKinsey asks the same question in the report "The apparel sourcing caravan's next stop: Digitization". As you can see, the very name of the report gives us the answer....
This third article on this topic will finish the summary of the most important global report of the industry -The 2017 MHI Annual Industry Report Next-Generation Supply Chains: Digital, On-Demand and Always-On By Deloitte- which can be downloaded for...
I share this excellent article written by Silvia Riera on Modaes.es about the Industry 4.0 and its influence on the textile sector. Thank you Silvia and Modaes.es for letting me be a part of this! It’s been a real...
What is stated by Scott Sopher from Deloitte Consulting in the report “Next-Generation Supply Chain” expresses the same we were analyzing in the previous article, which I recommend you read before moving on, regarding the future of textile supply...
Natural Textile Fibers
In the last few months, I have received several questions through the blog regarding natural textile fibers. Evidently, from the perspective of fashion consumers...
