| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 368 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-346) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Preface; 1. The New Competitive Advantage in Apparel; 2. The Past as Prologue: Historical Background on the U.S. Retail, Apparel, and Textile Industries; 3. The Retail Revolution: Traditional Versus Lean Retailing; 4. The Building Blocks of Lean Retailing; 5. The Impact of Lean Retailing; 6. Inventory Management for the Retailer: Demand Forecasting and Stocking Decisions; 7. Inventory Management for the Manufacturer: Production Planning and Optimal Sourcing Decisions; 8. Apparel Operations: Getting Ready to Sew; 9. Apparel Operations: Assembly and the Sewing Room. |
| Summary |
The result of changing styles and fickle customers on the textile and fashion industry has traditionally been costly markdowns and stock shortages. This book examines how technological advances changed the situation in the 1980s and enabled the introduction of "lean retailing." |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Clothing trade -- United States -- Management.
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Clothing trade. |
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United States. |
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Management. |
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Manufacturing industries -- United States -- Management -- Data processing.
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Manufacturing industries. |
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Retail trade -- United States -- Management.
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Retail trade. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Abernathy, Frederick H.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stitch in time. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 (DLC) 98038224 |
| ISBN |
0195352157 |
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9780195352153 |
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9780195352153 (electronic book) |
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9780195126150 (alkaline paper) |
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0195126157 (alkaline paper) |
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1280530332 |
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9781280530333 |
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0195126157 (alkaline paper) |
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