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Abhijeet S
Apparel manufacturers of the future respond to consumer needs at the speed of light. Through the 1990s, manufacturers struggled to meet the demands of larger retailers, adding more services, and being more responsive. But it was not fun, and it was not always pretty. Much focus was placed on costs, inventory, stock outs and lead times.
QR as an industry had been shoved aside by supply chain management (SCM), and everyone learned new terminology and figured out what else had to be done to be a "player."
Manufacturers, if they were still actually manufacturing, were moving more of their operations offshore, taking advantage of multiple trade agreements and favorable cost structures in Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, China, and elsewhere in the Far East and Asia. Pressures continued to compress lead times, blurring roles between manufacturing, garment sourcing and retail space management.
QR as an industry had been shoved aside by supply chain management (SCM), and everyone learned new terminology and figured out what else had to be done to be a "player."
Manufacturers, if they were still actually manufacturing, were moving more of their operations offshore, taking advantage of multiple trade agreements and favorable cost structures in Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, China, and elsewhere in the Far East and Asia. Pressures continued to compress lead times, blurring roles between manufacturing, garment sourcing and retail space management.