Redefining Risk While History Is Being Rewritten
With another historic tragedy underway, fashion will be looking to reduce risk and rearchitect its supply chains and operating models.
Join Us At ‘Digital Futures: Disruptive Tech & Innovation Industry Summit 2022’
The Interline and The University of Manchester unite for a festival of technology, celebrating the return of in-person events with a full-spectrum look at the future of fashion technology.
Predictions For 2022: Supply Chain Management, Accountability, & Returns
A new retail landscape is emerging and, if the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that our challenges are equal parts complex, intertwined, and urgent.
Building Sustainable Supply Chains: The Interline Talks To Serai & KPMG
After decades of guarding its supply chain secrets, the fashion industry finds itself needing to embrace transparency in a hurry. But how far does it need to go? And how can brands balance the cost and the opportunity of rethinking how they source? We talk to two of the authors of a new report that aims to tackle those questions.
Transparency: The Thread From Expectation To Execution
Transparency has very quickly become one of the primary metrics upon which the fashion industry is measured, but are expectations evolving faster than the industry's ability to execute? Cotton could offer a template for bringing the two threads closer together.
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The Bill Of Process (BOP)
When it comes to true sustainability, it’s the combination of the BOM, BOP & BOL that will achieve results. If brands and retailers really want to be truly sustainable they will need to measure the impact of their material choices as well as their manufacturing processing.
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Outsider Art: How Fashion’s Model Of Production Is Being Reshaped By Prosumer Passion
As well as offering a way to control overproduction, on-demand manufacturing could be the tool fashion needs to welcome empowered consumers and the creator economy into what has historically been a closed loop.
Interline Identities: Joachim Hensch
Smart manufacturing can be a nebulous term, but Joachim Hensch has helped put it into practice for one of the world's most recognisable brands. His definition carries a lot of weight.
COVID Demonstrates Why Connected Supply Chains Must Start On The Factory Floor
Following the disruption caused by COVID, brand and supplier relationships must evolve to deliver true visibility - starting on the factory floor.
A CDN For Fashion: The Asset-First Approach To Production
How the principles of cloud architecture and digital asset management could provide a template for a more futureproof model of production and fulfilment.
In Manufacturing, The Only Certainty Is Uncertainty
The Portuguese textile industry has been a case study in overcoming disruption and seizing uncommon opportunities. In 2021, there’s a lot fashion could learn from its history.
Why The Modern, Mutual Supply Chain Must Run On Data
Brands have long accepted serious limitations on visibility into procurement and production. The last year has made the strongest case to date for breaking down those barriers - to brands' and suppliers' mutual benefit.
Rebuilding Post-COVID With A Smart, Sustainable Sourcing Strategy
There are a number of urgent reasons for brands and retailers to understand the scope and shape of their supply chains. Any smart sourcing strategy should start at the raw material level, which makes cotton the perfect case study.
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The Imperative of Additive Manufacturing in Footwear and Apparel Post-Covid
How will the industry react to disrupted supply chains and accelerated consumer demands for sustainability and customization? Opportunity for change, or back to business as usual?