Fashion Supply Chain and Logistics Management (Paperback, 2nd Edition)

The fashion industry has a dynamic, ever-changing landscape. The last decade has seen a shift in consumer expectations and a heightened dependence on efficient and effective supply chain management. These shifts in the consumer mentality have already forced apparel retailers to adapt, making changes throughout their organisations to maintain consumer loyalty. This new textprovides an overview of the latest trends and advances in fashion supply chain management and logistics, including:

The fundamentals of fashion supply chain management

Strategic management of the fashion supply chain, including the planning aspect of management

Technology in fashion supply chain management

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) and interoperability

Drawing on the expertise of academics, researchers and industry experts, including a wealth of real-life international cases, this book is ideal for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and academics of fashion management, logistics and supply chain management, as well as practising professionals.

Table of Contents

Foreword II

1. Basic concepts of fashion supply chain

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Supply Chain and supply chain management

1.3 Supply Chain environment

1.4 Outsourcing and Off-shoring

1.5 Fast Fashion

1.6 Sustainable supply and logistics

References

2. Introduction to Fashion

2.1 The definition of fashion

2.2 Concepts of fashion

2.3 Cultural dimension of fashion consumers

2.4 Consumer’s Decision-making process

References

3. Lean vs Agile supply chain

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Fashion Supply chain – Volatility

3.3 Agile Supply Chain

3.4 Lean Supply Chain

3.5 Similarities and difference

3.6 Summary

References

4. Supply Chain Integration in the Apparel Industry

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Literature Review

4.3 Supply Chain Integration in the Apparel Industry

4.4 Vertical Integration

4.5 Horizontal Integration

4.6 Analysis of the two Solutions

References

5. Fashion Supply chain Traceability –RFID vs Barcode

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Barcodes

5.3 RFID

5.4 Similarities between the two solutions

5.5 Open or closed-loop system

5.6 Summary

References

6. Consumer behaviour and fashion supply chain

6.1 Consumer purchasing behavior

6.2 Impulse purchasing behaviour

6.3 Products characteristics

6.4 Consumer characteristics

References

7. Research methodologies for fashion supply chain analysis

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Research Philosophy

7.3 Research approach

7.4 Data sources

7.5 Data collection approach

7.6 Data collection method

7.7 Data analysis method

7.8 Sampling and validation

References

8. Social media and fashion supply chain

8.1 Social Media

8.2 Fashion Industry and Social Media

8.3 Fashion Blogging

8.4 Social Media and Fashion Markets

8.5 Brand Image Building

References

9. The global supply chain risk management

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Supply chain risk

9.3 Global Supply Chain Risk

9.4 Importance of supply chain risk management

9.5 Risk Drivers

9.6 Five Steps Integrated Risk Management Framework

9.7 Summary

References

10. A delivery system of Sainsbury’s clothing brand

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Problem Identification

10.3 Home delivery

10.4 In-store Delivery

10.5 Comparisons

10.6 Summary

References

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2018
First published:	2019
Authors:	Yi Wang
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	138
Edition:	2nd Edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-20554-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > Production & quality control management Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > Purchasing & supply management Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Service industries > Fashion & beauty industries > General Promotions Books > Promotion > JB Academic Books > Promotion > Routledge Business
LSN:	1-138-20554-0
Barcode:	9781138205543

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