SOURCING: Building the supply chain of the future
Author: Niki Tait | 15 June 2010
Today's apparel producers are being judged on a value proposition that includes both price and speed to market. But to be successful requires more than a change in sales effort. It requires a commitment to lean manufacturing, with a redesign of organisational structure and business processes to meet new and ever-changing goals. Niki Tait reports.
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