Using the theoretical lenses of complementarity and the information processing view of the supply chain, we. Glorious sun school of business and manageme nt, donghua university, shanghai 200051. Supply chain risk assessment in the fashion retail. International journal of retail and distribution management, vol. The scm journal list tm ranking is an annual ranking of universities supply chain management research output, based on the leading supply chain management journals. Two scmrelated journals have an impact factor of 4 or larger. Small companies have a radical behaviour with a supply chain perspective. As fast fashion supply chain risk evangelists, we, at the supply chain risk management consortiumlehigh, have been doing extensive research on supply chain and risk management excellence. Apparel supply chain, fashion basic product, push pull.
As per available reports about 120 journals, 284 conferences are presently dedicated exclusively to supply chain management and about 9170 articles are being published on the current trends in supply chain management. In the fashion industry, the supply chain is at the center of many debates now more than ever, especially when considering the acceleration of processes companies are going through. Apr 20, 2015 according to fashion theory, there are 101 stages in the supply chain, the first being designer attends fabric show and the last, order ready for shipment, writes lucy siegle in. Supply chain management and retailing stirlingretail. Fashion supply chain management through cost and time. Journal of supply chain management wiley online library. In each functional area, insights regarding the related studies as well as the specific or model features and assumptions are generated. Different sustainability performance is measured in small and big companies. International journal of operations and production management. Sustainable rentbased closedloop supply chain for fashion. His research interests include fashion supply chain and operations management. Journal of supply chain management january 2017 volume 53, issue 1. Journal of supply chain management, 51 3, 6186 doi. It is especially critical for the fashion retailing service industry in which product demand is very volatile and products life cycle is short.
Fashion supply chain members now search for tradeoffs between sustainable investment and the related incentives, such as savings on environmental taxes and gains in incremental demands. Fashion logistics assesses the growth and changes in the industry as well as the drivers of change in the market. In recent decades, fashion retailers revolutionized the fashion industry by following what has become. Exploring the international fashion supply chain and corporate. The journal of transport and supply chain management jtscm seeks to disseminate research results and to support high level learning, teaching and research in the areas of traffic and transportation operations, policy, planning, customer service, warehousing, inventory management, procurement, packaging, materials handling, reverse logistics, demand forecasting, distribution communications. Assessing the environmental impact of textiles and the. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the nonacademic impact in supply chain management scm research through the application of three distinctive approaches to. Yixiong yang is a full professor at donghua university. Sustainability is significantly important for fashion business due to consumers increasing awareness of environment.
We further build a twostage framework as well as an action matrix for achieving sustainable fashion supply chain management. Journal of fashion marketing and management available volumes and issues. Fast fashion products shorten the valid lifecycle and generate more waste than regular clothing products. To help companies transform and support change management, lectra brings the most inspiring insights and bestpractice solutions, based on more than 40 years of expertise in fashion and apparel. Impact factors of supply chain management journals supply. Issue 2 2012 ethical fashion supply chain management. Challenges of global fast fashion supply chains part i. Apparel supply chain an overview sciencedirect topics.
Challenges and solutions of sustainable apparel product. A focused supply chain strategy for luxury fashion. Thats a question more and more scm professionals are asking themselves. Journal of fashion marketing and management emerald insight.
Supply chain strategies in the uk fashion industrythe. Zara has succeeded in overtaking gap as the global leader in apparel retailing through innovative supply chain management. Apparel supply chains are often geographically widely distributed, due to strong outsourcing of fashion manufacturing to low labor cost regions, in particular asian countries during recent decades. The subsequent chapters will introduce several representative applications of ai in the fashion supply chain. International journal of production economics, vol 114, issue 2. Agility and responsiveness managing fashion supply chain core. The paper examines the mediating effect of supply chain sc practices on the relationship between agile supply chain asc strategy and sc performance. Here are links to the leading supply chain magazines, newspapers, and trade publications. To evaluate the economic and environmental performance of sustainable investment from a power perspective, we develop an analytical model to study a two. Fearon best paper award, which is the award for the best paper published in that journal. The fashion supply chain is characterized by short product life cycles, volatile and unpredictable customer demands, tremendous product variety, laborintensive production, and long supply processes. Updated list of high journal impact factor supply chain. This paper contributes to current knowledge of sustainable supply chain in the textile and clothing industry. And since supply chains are composed of people, process, and technology, even the latest and greatest technology is.
This study aims at researching the aspects that are. Proposals for strategic reduction of lead time shahidul kader, m. Supply chain networks and operations play an integral role in distributing product across the retail industry and significant changes within those networks have altered the way in which they function. Sustainable fashion products are often made by organic fabrics, which are produced by less water and harmful chemicals 8. Developing a portfolio model depending on product, retail channel and brand article in international journal of production economics 1162. He has published research articles in numerous leading journals, such as production and operations management, the journal of business research, international journal of production economics, and the international journal of production. When a fashion company aims to promote sustainability, the main linkage is to develop a sustainable supply chain. Although supply chain management is a mature discipline, the complexity of actual supply chains has greatly evolved over the last two decades 35 due to the dynamic interaction of a wide range of processes, decisions, and structures.
Reading these top supply chain management publications will help you stay informed of latest trends and news in logistics. Analysis of product complexity considering disruption cost in fast. Flexibility and orientation for two supply chains fashion. Aimed at students on manufacturing, retail, supply chain management and logistics courses, this case study explores sustainable initiatives. First, ecomaterial production is the fundamental part in sustainable fashion supply chain. Research on innovation supply chain management in fast. Publication trends in supply chain management in the fashion. Risk assessment for the supply chain of fast fashion. Sustainable and ethical practices for the fast fashion industry. Highlights we analysed five fashion companies from a supply chain perspective. Supply management lays the foundation for, and is the key to, successful supply chain management. Crossdocking, as a strategy to reduce lead time and enhance the efficiency of the fashion supply chain, has attracted substantial attention from both the academy and the industry.
Strategic approaches to sustainability in fashion supply. Journal of supply chain management and journal of operations management. Consequently, successful supply chain network design and management is at the core of operative competitive strategies. What impact has a fast fashion strategy on fashion. Figure 2 summarizes the numbe r of publications every two years and. Regarding oem, the fashion brand designs the products, outsources the manufacturing function, and has the option of outsourcing. An overview of demand management through demand supply. Meanwhile, to execute order properly we have included supply chain management. The journal of supply chain management has recently announced the winner of the 2015 harold e. The impact of phenomenological methodology development in supply chain management research neil towers, ismail abushaikha, james ritchie, andreas holter. Each years ranking is based on the research published in these journals during the prior five years. Supply chain management scm includes the integration. Supply chain management in garments industry global journals.
Scm also encompasses all the activities involve to get. Journal of supply chain management october 2016 volume 52, issue 4. According to fashion theory, there are 101 stages in the supply chain, the first being designer attends fabric show and the last, order ready for shipment, writes lucy siegle in. Considering the features of fashion products, a system of a rentbased closedloop supply chain is. Information about the openaccess article sustainable fashion supply chain. Creating agile supply chains in the fashion industry by. Agile supply chain strategy and supply chain performance. Today, fashion companies are faced with unprecedented challenges thanks to internationalization, the acceleration of the trend cycle, the consumer demand for.
The mission of the journal of supply chain management is to be the journal of choice among supply chain management scholars across disciplines, by attracting highquality, highimpact behavioral research focusing on theory building and empirical methodologies. By understanding, anticipating, and acting upon these trends, the author believes companies can greatly enhance the value of their supply chain. Different supply chain practices have been implemented in small and big companies. The data were gathered from web of science database. The main objective of the study was to assess factors affecting the effectiveness of supply chain management practices in kenyan public sector case of ministry of finance with the aim of assessing the effect of supplier relationship on the. However, given that the request for sustainability is relatively new in this industry, empirical research that could guide companies towards supply chain sustainability is lacking. In this paper, we explore the applications and performance of sales rebate contracts in fashion supply chains with reference to real company empirical data.
We first depict the structure of sustainable fashion. This new edition features updates to important data on environmental impacts and their measurements, the sustainable use of water. Yet, the choice of supply network configurations must be coherent with a. Scholzreiter, in fashion supply chain management using radio frequency identification rfidtechnologies, 2014.
Towards a sustainable fashion retail supply chain in europe. This study aims to deepen the understanding of the main strategic approaches to sustainability used in fashion supply chain management scm. This handbook is a compilation of comprehensive reference sources that provide stateoftheart findings on both theoretical and applied research on sustainable fashion supply chain management. The main objective of this research is to conduct a scientometric analysis of supply chain management in fashion industry literature. Sustainability in the fashion industry supply chains. Exploring the international fashion supply chain and. The journal of transport and supply chain management seeks to disseminate research results and to support high level learning, teaching and research in the areas of traffic and transportation operations, policy, planning, customer service, warehousing, inventory management, procurement, packaging, materials handling, reverse logistics, demand forecasting, distribution communications and. Supply chain management has become one of the primary key success factors to deal with the increasing complexity of the current business environment 1, 2.
Fashion supply chain an overview sciencedirect topics. Industry and business analysis focuses on reporting both quantitative research on fscm and exploratory studies on emerging supply chain management issues in the fashion industry. Fashion supply chain management fscm is an important topic in modern fashion business. Read article about apparel supply chain consists of every organization starting from initial fiber supplier to consumer purchasing apparel products, fashion basic product for final consumption. In this paper, we consider fashion supply chain management through cost and time minimization, from a network perspective and in the case of multiple fashion products. Nonetheless, it is this very aspect of its nature which poses significant challenges for supply chain professionals. In this paper we look into the fashion retail supply chain through the. Time has thus become a critical factor to manage, with competing tendencies of fashion and supply time. London, united kingdom is radical transparency in fashion even possible. This paper focuses on the fashion industry, one characterised by issues such as dramatic shifts in the scale and power of major retail buyers in the market, the advent of retailer own brands, and the nature of sourcing and supply chain decisions, issues that are increasingly global in nature. These factors combine to illustrate the tradeoffs that have to be made in supply chain management and suggest an imperative to develop closer working relationships with supply chain partners, whether local or distant. The fashion supply chain is diverse and complex, spanning four or more tiers, including design, raw material harvesting, spinning, yarn production, dyeing, weaving, cutting, stitching and final garment construction. Information about the openaccess article fashion industry supply chain issues.
His research interests include fashion manufacturing, marketing, and supply chain. One such challenge is the markingdown of slowmoving items at the end of the season, an example which highlights the rationale behind a number of important decisions. Sabinet journal of transport and supply chain management. The 10 trends offered here are validated with executive input from senior executives across different industries. Managing sustainability in the fashion supply chain offers readers insights into how to meet the triple bottom line and become more sustainable. Cost, responsiveness and ethical implications patsy perry university of manchester patsy. Fashion supply chains, sustainability management, risk management. It further examines the moderating effect of information systems is capability for agility on this mediated relationship.
Vehicle routing problem for fashion supply chains with. In the textile and fashion supply chains, there is uneven distribution of financial. No other competitor can copy its business model until it first copies its supply chain. We identified these supply chain areas from my own observation managers may apply analysis or decision support tools. From an operations standpoint, fast fashion requires a highly responsive supply chain that can support a product assortment that is periodically changing. Figure 2 summarizes the number of publications every two years and. Applying system dynamics approach to the fast fashion supply chain.
Globalization and advanced manufacturing capabilities changed industrial dynamics. Sales forecasting for fashion retailing service industry. The most downloaded articles from transportation research part e. Environmental sustainability in fashion supply chains. Data quality challenges for sustainable fashion supply chain operations in emerging. An overview of demand management through demand supply chain in fashion industry. Lecturer, national institute of textile engineering and research niter abstract a lead time is the latency between the initiation and execution of a. Journal of supply chain management april 2016 volume 52, issue 2. Small and big companies behaviours towards sustainability have been compared. Top supply chain management publications kenco group. This reference will help both academicians and practitioners understand more about the latest development and solution schemes in fscm. What trends will affect the next generation of supply chains.
International journal of management science and business administration, vol. Risk assessment for the supply chain of fast fashion apparel industry. Journal of international business research and marketing, 212, pp. These characteristics, a complex supply chain and wide availability of data make the industry a suitable avenue for ef. Crossdocking is a critical part of many fashion and textiles supply chains in practice because it can help to achieve many supply chain strategies such as postponement. Improper uses and disposal of clothing products make the problems much more severe. Today, fashion companies are faced with unprecedented challenges thanks to internationalization, the acceleration of the trend cycle, the consumer demand for quality and for transparency, as well as a need for a. To this end, not only were new retail concepts developed to broaden the distribution toward larger consumer bases, but alternative ways were also sought to reorganize supply networks for a balance between local and global production. Journal of operations and production management, vol. Comparing our journals to other disciplines, like accounting or marketing, it becomes apparent to me that these journals deserve a 4. The international fashion retail supply chain springerlink. Two other journals have an impact factor between 2. Sustainability in the fashion industry supply chains effect.
It is gradually overtaken by the fast fashion enterprises. Bin shen is an associate professor at donghua university and a humboldt fellow. However, in recent years, with the trend of the retail market is beginning to slump and rising consumer demand, zara lack of furtherinnovation in supply chain management. Jul 21, 2018 consider a fashion supply chain comprising a supplier, a contract manufacturer and a fashion brand, we examine the fashion brands profit performances when the contract manufacturer is either an oem having no design capability or an odm having design capability. The textile and clothing industry generates much pollution and consumes a large amount of resources. Journal of economics, business and management, vol.
Zara is a clothing and fashion retailer that uses its supply chain to significantly change the way it operates in a very traditional industry. For example, journal of supply chain management, a journal with one of the highest impact factors in management 5. In terms of research annually, usa, canada, uk, india, korea, and european countries are some of the leading countries where maximum studies related to proteomics are being. Sales forecasting is crucial for many retail operations. In addition to the traditional functions of inventory management, transportation management, and facility control, fscm puts a strong emphasis on the collaboration and partnership among channel members along the fashion supply chain. Sustainability supply chain management there have been attempts to transform the garment production and supply system into a sustainable supply chain management sscm. The fashion industry is one of the largest industrial sectors in the world. An international journal 3 2008 241250 q emerald group publishing limited issn 598546 doi 10. In this paper, we consider fashion supply chain management through cost and time minimization, from a network perspective and in the case of multiple fashion. The apparel supply chain is a dynamic industry made distinctive by demand uncertainty and the handling of very many stock keeping units skus during one season, which make it impossible to forecast demand accurately. Assessing the environmental impact of textiles and the clothing supply chain, second edition, is a fully updated, practical guide on how to identify and respond to environmental challenges across the supply chain. The threefold purpose of this study is to document current challenges the apparel industry experiences in developing sustainable apparel, discover product development strategies for fulfilling sustainable business goals, and determine the principles guiding successful interaction between designers and the upstream supply chain.
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