Apparel

Apparel Supply Chain Challenges of 2014

April 8, 2014

What are the biggest challenges facing the global apparel supply chain in 2014? One that stands out is the pressure to deliver on the omnichannel promise. There's a fundamental disconnect between the demands of an omni-channel retail environment working to give consumers immediate results, and an apparel supply chain that is getting longer, more fragmented and more difficult to predict.

Retailers Meet the Challenge of the Omni-Channel

April 2, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

How Neiman Marcus Built a New East Coast D.C.

April 2, 2014

Steve Johnson, Principal, Johnson Stephens Consulting, Inc.

Men's Apparel Retailer Debuts Omnichannel Inventory Program, Including In-store Pick-up

April 1, 2014

Men's Wearhouse

Ongoing innovation at Men's Wearhouse has led to the launch of its omni-channel inventory program, which gives customers visibility and access to all merchandise within the company's distribution center and its 900-plus retail locations from one location. Now, regardless of whether a customer is shopping in a single store or online, they can see all merchandise available to them throughout the company and pick up any item at the store of their choosing.

W&H Systems Debuts Wearable Technology for WCS

March 28, 2014

W&H Systems

W&H Systems, an integrator of material-handling systems, has developed a version of its Shiraz warehouse-control system (WCS) that works on a smartwatch.

RFID Market to Grow to $9.2Bn This Year, Surpass $30Bn by 2024, Report Finds

March 25, 2014

IDTechEx

Research conducted by IDTechEx, and published in RFID Forecasts, Players and Opportunities 2014-2024, finds that the RFID market – including tags, readers, software and services for passive and active RFID – will grow from $7.88bn in 2013 to $9.2bn in 2014. IDTechEx expects that the RFID market will reach $30.2bn in 2024. Most growth is due to active RFID/RTLS systems, interrogators, and then tags, in terms of total money spent.

Tackling the Challenge of Big Data

March 21, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Will Ocean Carriers Scuttle Their Future (Again)?

March 18, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

It looks as though we're in for a year of continued economic recovery and job growth, however gradual. That should be good news for ocean carriers - assuming they don't undermine their own success by flooding the market with capacity, then engaging in rampant discounting to fill it.

Robotics & E-Fulfillment

March 18, 2014

Bruce Welty, CEO, Quiet Logistics

Ocean Carrier Mega-Alliances: A Question Mark for Shippers

March 10, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

I'd like to propose a symbol for those huge new vessel-sharing alliances that will dominate the global container trades this year and beyond: a great big question mark.

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.