The Department of Energy and its network of national research laboratories is offering textile and apparel companies an inexpensive tool to improve their supply chain operations writes Paula L Green. Even though its federal funding has dwindled since its inception in 1993, a project known as the Demand Activated Manufacturing Architecture (DAMA) program has turned out various CD-ROMs and a so-called sourcing simulator that companies all along the textile industry supply chain can use.
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