CLOTHING AND TEXTILE SUPPLY CHAIN DIGITISATION – DEEP DIVE

September 2nd, 2021

By JENS KASTNER, BARBARA BIERACH, RAIHANA SAYEEDA KAMAL, KATHRYN WORTLEY, LIZ NEWMARK, SAEED A BALOCH, SARAH GIBBONS, POORNA RODRIGO, PAUL COCHRANE, RAGHAVENDRA VERMA and KEITH NUTHALL

INTRODUCTION   Without doubt, the world’s clothing and textile sector is undertaking a technical upgrade that is unprecedented in decades, with new digital systems offering automation and efficient internal controls. As these are worked into the businesses of brands, manufacturers and their suppliers, a new potential emerges, and that is linking these digital systems in a way that could revolutionise efficiencies within the supply chain. For our industry, with so many varied suppliers, from fibre producers and processors, to designers, spinners, ...


Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.