Lean manufacturing trims time to market

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.

SOURCING: Building the supply chain of the future

15 June 2010

US: LaCrosse to move to new Danner factory

11 February 2010

LaCrosse Footwear is to expand US production and increase efficiency by moving to a new Danner factory in Oregon, the company announced.

US: Nike lays out new goals for business sustainability

25 January 2010

Sportswear giant Nike Inc has pledged to put sustainability at the core of its future growth and innovation, even though it admits there is still work to be done in improving conditions, wages and overtime in some of its supplier factories.

COMMENT: Lean is green in apparel product development

25 August 2009

Within the apparel industry the dialogue on sustainability has mainly focused on the production of ‘green products’ and the use of textile processing methods and supply chain strategies that reduce the sector’s environmental footprint. But as we begin to think of sustainability in broader terms, the product development stage provides another key point in the product lifecycle that is worthy of a closer look, writes [TC]²’s Kerry Maguire King.

ANALYSIS: Lean often means green in sustainability debate

21 May 2009

Fashion retailers are under growing scrutiny from consumers wanting to buy green and ethically sound goods, while sustainability pressures are also filtering down the supply chain to manufacturers. However, as Joe Ayling reports from this week's ASBCI Conference 2009, just being lean often means you're also being green.