TECH-TALK: HOW ON-DEMAND REALLY WORKS Identifying product category and distribution channel. The brand should decide which product to start manufacturing on-demand and which distribution channel to pursue. For the sake of simplicity, let’s use an example of a denim brand introducing an on-demand denim collection that will sell solely online. Identifying customization depth.…
ON-DEMAND FASHION BENEFITS Finished Goods Inventory: 1. Eliminating the need to follow forecasted demand levels that in most cases result in excess clothes, will allow bands to manufacture and sell only the necessary amount of clothes, without the need to discount, resell, or discard overproduced garments. Cost & Environmental Savings: 2. By not having…
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND HOW IT BRINGS FASHION CLOSER TO ON-DEMAND Industry 4.0 or the 4th Industrial Revolution, with pervasive interconnectivity at its core, is yet another technological shift in manufacturing. It promotes ease and automation of customization and personalization through deep integration of systems participating in the process. It is led by a collection of…
WHAT IS MADE-TO-MEASURE AND WHY DID IT GO OUT OF FASHION… OR DID IT REALLY? Bespoke, made-to-measure or customization/personalization, and made-to-order represent very similar concepts. They could be grouped under “on-demand” and are frequently used interchangeably (vocabulary at the end of the chapter) with a major difference being the depth of customization. Bespoke is a…
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