Apparel Industry Management

Apparel Industry Management 3(3+0)

Lesson 40 : Globalization in the Apparel Industries

Implications Beyond Apparel

From computers to home building supply products, a growing percentage of consumer products are being sold via distribution systems using lean retailing principles. This means that proximity, inventory risk reduction, and replenishment have a bearing on sourcing decisions for many industries beyond apparel and textile. Accordingly, the changes underway in this very old chain of industries provide general insight into the major themes that cut across this volume. But we would also argue in thinking about this volume’s major themes one must be careful to delineate what is truly “new” about these changes from more longstanding forces acting on the firms that make up international supply chains.