Building Resilience and Value in Fashion’s Supply Chain
BoF's guide to transforming supply chains into a competitive advantage — understand market shifts, navigate pandemic and geopolitical challenges and lay the groundwork for a stronger future.
The Covid-19 pandemic and escalating global geopolitical tensions have precipitated an enormous human and economic catastrophe. No industry has been spared from the impacts. For the fashion industry, these disruptions have exposed and amplified longstanding supply chain challenges and weaknesses.
In this report, BoF Insights breaks down the underlying transformations impacting fashion’s supply chain and advises companies on how to future-proof their own supply chains in increasingly volatile world. Informed by 30 expert interviews and a proprietary executive survey, BoF Insights uncovers the flaws of attempting to solve for the supply chain “trilemma” — balancing speed, reliability and cost — and, instead, outlines an actionable set of value-creating initiatives to help companies transform their supply chains to a source of value.
Length: 82 pages File Format: PDF
Price:
£2,495.00
Table of Contents
The Increasing Strategic Relevance of Supply Chains
Vulnerabilities in Low-Cost Supply Chains
Upstream and Downstream Challenges
Fashion’s Exposure to Future Supply Chain Shocks
Case Study: Toyota’s Pioneering Lean Supply Chain
Five Secular Shifts Transforming Supply Chains
Accelerated Growth of E-Commerce
Increased Speed-to-Market of Ultra-Fast Fashion Players
Greater Geopolitical Tension
Growing Consumer and Government Demands to be More Sustainable
New Advancements in Technology
Case Study: Zalando’s Connected Retail Programme
Case Study: PVH’s Attempt to Manufacture in Ethiopia
Existing Issues Amplified by the Pandemic
New Pandemic Challenges
Surge in Consumer Demand: The “Bullwhip Effect”
Operational Disruptions
Inflation
Case Study: On’s Workaround in Response to Vietnam Factory Closures
Supply Chain “Trilemma”: Reliability, Speed and Cost
Discrete Value Creation Initiatives
Case Study: DXM’s Unique Supplier-Brand Partnership Model
Case Study: Katla’s Zero-Waste Approach to Manufacturing
Case Study: Neiman Marcus’ Supply Chain Transformation
Case Study: American Eagle’s Strategic Use of a Technology Partner
Why Buy this Report
Presents an overview on why fashion's supply chains need to evolve now, amid escalating global economic volatility
Delivers expert guidance on navigating the escalation in global geopolitical tensions and the supply chain challenges
Provides an exclusive view into the leading strategic priorities regarding supply chains as prioritised by senior fashion executives
Offers a playbook with ten discrete value-generating initiatives for companies to transform their supply chains into a source of competitive advantage and value
Research Inputs
30 interviews with founders, senior executives and academicians drawn from
Brands and retailers
Manufacturers
Freight forwarders
Third-party logistics providers
Technology startups
Universities and research institutions
A proprietary survey of BoF’s fashion executive community:
The BoF Decision-Marker Survey fielded by BoF across its global community of fashion professionals, representing a cross-section of senior decision makers across a leading set of fashion brands and retailers
N = 257 of senior executives (i.e. Directors, Vice-Presidents, Presidents or C-Suite)
Companies covered and/or interviewed in the report include American Eagle Outfitters, ASKET, ASOS, DXM, Flexport, Katla, Kavida.ai, Li & Fung, Linc, MANGO, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Ohi, On, PANGAIA, Panjiva, Quiet Logistics, Reformation, Saint Art, Shahi Exports, SHEIN, SILQ, SXD, Syrup Tech, TextileGenesis, TrusTrace and Zalando
