A stitch in time: lean retailing and the transformation of manufacturing--lessons from the apparel and textile industries

David Weil; Frederick H. Abernathy; John T. Dunlop; Janice Hammond

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A stitch in time: lean retailing and the transformation of manufacturing--lessons from the apparel and textile industries

David Weil, Frederick H. Abernathy, John T. Dunlop and Janice Hammond

Oxford University Press

1999

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Retail trade

Garment industry

Retailing

Management

Apparel industry

Rag trade

Clothiers

Manufacturing industries

Clothing industry

Clothing trade

Fashion industry

Lean manufacturing

Manufacturing Processes (Industrial Engineering)

Retail Industry

Data Processing

United States

The result of changing styles and fickle customers on the textile and fashion industry has traditionally been costly markdowns and stock shortages. This book examines how technological advances changed the situation in the 1980s and enabled the introduction of ""lean retailing"".

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Title: A stitch in time
Creators: David Weil (Author) - Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Frederick H. Abernathy (Author) - Harvard University
John T. Dunlop (Author) - Harvard University
Janice Hammond (Author) - Harvard University
Publisher: Oxford University Press; New York
Number of pages: 384 pages
Identifiers: 9781280530333; 9781429401333; 0195352157; 9780195352153; 1280530332; 1429401338; 0195126157; 9780195126150; 9923906685201921
Academic Unit: Department of Economics; Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Language: English
Resource Type: Book

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