A stitch in time : lean retailing and the transformation of manufacturing--lessons from the apparel and textile industries /

The result of changing styles and fickle customers on the textile and fashion industry has traditionally been costly markdowns and stock shortages. This book examines how technological advances changed the situation in the 1980s and enabled the introduction of "lean retailing."

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Other Authors: Abernathy, Frederick H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Series:OUP E-Books.
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