The fashion apparel business is traditionally characterised by intense completion and short product life cycle.  However, with the evolutionary change to buying behaviours and increasing technology, means Brands and Retailers are moving towards adopting a well thought out modern product sourcing strategy. A strategy that expands the traditional supply chain outside of their four walls and moves toward a connected network, with the ultimate aim for design to deliver.

This is a fundamental step to make as your traditional supply chain expands, it brings new dimension and challenges to your business process.

In addition, your business commences in using multiple channels for communicating various information and decisions. This very quickly leads to information getting scattered amongst various communication channels and the business eventually starts to lose real time visibility within their global supply chain. Collaborating within your supply chain gives you real-time visibility, allowing you to make better sourcing decisions, saving time and cost.

In a recent article published in ATF – the supply chain magazine for the textile and fashion industry, Vineet Kapur, Managing director of AK Consulting offers the Australian and New Zealand fashion apparel businesses a technological solution on how to streamline their supply chain processes, from design to delivery. Read the article here.