Challenges in Building a Global Supply Chain in the Apparel Industry
Journal Title: Fórum Empresarial - Year 2001, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
The last decade of the twentieth century has been characterized with the growth of global supply chains in a wide variety of industries. Global supply chain management in the apparel industry presents a wide variety of challenges. This paper presents a framework elaborating the challenges associated with communication, cultural relationships, technology, production processes, supplier arrangements, and transportation infrastructure in building a global supply chain in the apparel industry catering primarily to the U.S. market. The paper, in the concluding section, makes a few suggestions for future research in global supply chain management in the apparel industry.
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Vidyaranya B. Gargeya, Jim Birdwell, Ron Martin
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.33801/fe.v6i2.3364
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