Defining The ‘How’ And The ‘What’ Of SROI – Part 1
To begin to manage, and then mitigate, its impact on people and planet, fashion must first put in the work to understand and quantify the resources used in product creation.
How Zumba Conducts Product Development To Its Own Beat
With a complex product mix and fast development calendar, dance and apparel giant Zumba talks to The Interline about how it uses technology to track all its fast-moving parts and to bring its customers joy.
Preparing For Transparency With A Flexible Value Chain, Backed By Data
Across the entire, multi-tier, fashion supply chain, brands and their partners are now required to substantiate sustainability initiatives with evidence. The first building block for that disclosure will be rearchitecting relationships to run on data rather than trust and intuition.
New Material, New Method: Why Fashion Needs Next-Generation Factories
Fashion's digital transformation has so far left material development, sourcing, and production relatively untouched. But as traditional manufacturing falls further behind the rest of the industry's evolution, the argument for new methods and new materials grows stronger.
Global Outerwear, Sportswear and Protective Equipment Specialist, VT Garment Improves Productivity by 95%, Plan Accuracy by 92% and Increases its OTDP by 50% with Coats Digital’s FastReactPlan
The adoption of FastReactPlan helped VT Garment secure the prestigious 'Golden Award' at the Thailand Lean Award 2017 in recognition of its outstanding LEAN manufacturing and management processes.
International Woven Apparel Manufacturer, Sumithra Garments, Adopts Coats Digital’s FastReactPlan to Consolidate and Streamline Production Planning Across the Business
FastReactPlan will provide a highly visual, single source of planning information, digitally connecting all departments across the company to mitigate over- and under-capacity bookings, and reduce delivery delays, material costs and idle time
Survey: Can Fashion Outgrow Over-Production In 2023?
Fashion has an overproduction problem that stems from a disconnect between demand and supply. Can you help us measure and maybe solve it?
Seidensticker Accelerates its Manufacturing Excellence Programme by Adopting FastReactPlan to Optimise Production Planning and Control
Seidensticker, a leading global producer of shirts and blouses, embarked on its initial project with Coats Digital to meet growing demand for shorter lead times and to manage increasingly complex order requests effectively
The Importance Of Retail Transformation On The Fashion Supply Chain
A new wave of consumerism prioritizes sustainability, personalization, and ethical practices, enabling fashion manufacturers, brands, and retailers to push the boundaries of traditional supply chain models.
Innovative Fashion Manufacturer, Nobland International Inc., Realises a 13% Productivity Increase by Adopting Coats Digital’s GSDCost – the World’s De-Facto Standard for Method Time Cost Benchmarks
GSDCost has enabled Nobland to set realistic production goals based on accurate SMVs, resulting in increased productivity and seamless CM negotiations between sales teams and factories.
Fashion Focuses On Foundational Concerns, With Technology’s Help
Surrounded by external pressures, retailers and brands are being forced to re-focus on the business continuity basics, creating a greater need for fashion technology that prioritises the fundamentals.
Outpacing The Recession Through Refined Assortment Planning
Facing uncertainty and multi-faceted risk, fashion retail has shifted into protection mode. But technology could hold the key to competing in a complex climate.
Is Fashion Ready For The Second Age Of Sustainability?
Tightening regulations and sweeping 2030 sustainability targets will define a new age of sustainability. Across materials and labour, fashion brands will need sweeping change to compete.
Successful Supplier Relationships Think Beyond Price-Per-Unit
Flexibility, ESG and Technology Enable Nearshoring Success.