COMMENT: Coping with the high cost of raw materials
Author: just-style.com | 19 May 2011
Today's fashion and retail supply chains face relentless cost pressure on every front. But with higher input prices here to stay, what options do they have to respond? According to Mark Burstein, president of sales and marketing at NGC Software, PLM has a key role to play, not only in optimising materials management, but also reducing markdowns and improving speed to market.
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