Problem: The fashion retail industry faces prolonged lead times due to complex, multistage processes that require extensive coordination between internal and external stakeholders. Desynchronisation leads to delays in seasonal deployment. Time-consuming manual decision-making during the season prevents full-price sell-through opportunities from being fully capitalised. Solution: Differentiated supply chains can help reduce timelines: Core items remain available year-round with efficient buffer stocks. Dynamic Core designs refresh within the same style family. ‘True fashion’ items focus on seasonal collections and are streamlined to ensure timely delivery. Benefits: Firms can target achieving inventory turnover of 4-6 times. This new approach also ensures that decisions on inventory movement are automated, eliminating delays and allowing brands to sell through windows more efficiently, thereby reducing the need to sell inventory via End-of-Season Sale (EOSS).

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Explore effective strategies to overcome fashion retail's supply chain issues, enhancing efficiency and boosting return on investment.

Fashion forward: Navigating supply chain challenges in apparel retail

Explore effective strategies to overcome supply chain challenges in fashion retail, enhance operational efficiency, and boost return on investment.

<h5>Fashion forward: Navigating supply chain challenges in apparel retail </h5>

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High fashion markups are ruined by broken-size sets and EOSS discounts. Discover how a decoupled supply chain strategy protects margins and eliminates dead stock.