1. Sector Update: Textile and Apparel Industries Transforming Enterprise January 28, 2003 Jan Hammond Harvard Business School
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4. Channel Structure: Traditional Retailer-Supplier Dynamics Apparel Plant 1 Apparel Plant 2 Apparel Plant n Retailer’s Warehouse Retail Store 1 Retail Store 2 Retail Store m Manufacturer’s Warehouse Low Frequency Retail Order Large Bulk Shipments Apparel Plant n Weekly Orders Apparel Plant 1 Apparel Plant 2 Retailer’s Distribution Center Retail Store 1 Retail Store 2 Retail Store m Manufacturer’s Distribution Center Channel Structure: Lean Retailer-Supplier Dynamics Small Replenishment Shipments
21. B2B Auctions, Exchanges, etc. Tightly coordinated supply chains Breadth of Relationships Depth of Relationships Where the hype has been Where many of the benefits lie Understanding the Value Proposition for Textile-Apparel-Retail B2Bs