Apparel

Case Study

Lenzing Enhances Customer Intimacy With New Delivery Platform

August 1, 2020

As one of the largest global providers of wood-based cellulose fibers, Lenzing ships 1 million tons of raw material per year.

Case Study

Embroidery Company Gets Warehouse Efficiencies All Sewn Up

August 1, 2020

With business booming, Z Customization needed a more accurate and efficient fulfillment process — with ability to scale — for its customers.

Case Study

Fashion Retailer Cleans Up Its Global Fulfillment Process

August 1, 2020

When Mango opted to consolidate its decentralized warehouse network, it needed a vendor to support the new facility’s “one-touch” goods-receiving operation.

'Virtually Entire' Fashion Industry Complicit in Forced Labor

July 24, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

Many of the world’s biggest fashion brands and retailers are complicit in the forced labour and human rights violations being perpetrated on millions of Uighur people in China, according to a coalition of human rights groups.

U.S. Adds to Chinese Trade Blacklist, Rattling Supply Chains

July 23, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

Major supply chains including Apple Inc., Ralph Lauren Corp. and Tommy Hilfiger are getting caught up in the U.S. effort to punish human-rights abuses in China.

Supply Chain Robots in a Post-Pandemic World: E-Book of the Year

July 16, 2020

Locus Robotics

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a seismic shift in a drastically underprepared logistics industry.

Adidas, Lacoste Pledge to Cut Forced Labor From Supply Chain

July 7, 2020

Helen Atkinson, Managing Editor

The companies have agreed to “cease all activity with suppliers and subcontractors” following a global campaign pressuring brands to end ties with factories connected to forced labor.

Aptos Order Management Supports 70% Sales Increase for Footwear Retailer

June 17, 2020

Aptos Inc.

Challenge: Siloed technology systems were preventing a footwear retailer from capitalizing on customer demand for an omnichannel shopping experience. Without an enterprise view of inventory and “endless aisle,” this retailer was missing out on sales when particular styles and sizes were not stocked in a particular store. And without a best-in-class order management system, the high cost of shipping online orders was eroding profitability.

Pick-to-Voice or Voice Picking?

June 15, 2020

AccuSpeech Mobile

Which processes in the warehouse are ideal for voice automation?

A Sustainable Strategy for Managing Excess Apparel

June 15, 2020

Eric Moriarty, SCB Contributor

Apparel retailers are facing a mounting pile of overstock unlike anything they’ve seen before.

Apparel

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the apparel industry — which consists of companies that manufacture clothing, accessories and footwear. Learn how apparel companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.