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Optimizing Decision Making in the Apparel Supply Chain Using Artificial Intelligence (AI): From Production to Retail
Автор: Calvin Wong, Z. X. Guo и S Y S Leung
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Optimizing Decision Making in the Apparel Supply Chain Using Artificial Intelligence (AI): From Production to Retail
Автор: Calvin Wong, Z. X. Guo и S Y S Leung
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- Elsevier Science
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- Jan 24, 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780857097842
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- Книге
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Optimizing Decision Making in the Apparel Supply Chain Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Calvin Wong
Elsevier.
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Understanding key decision points in the apparel supply chain
W.K. Wong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Abstract:
In the apparel supply chain, a range of key decisions are always faced by apparel enterprises. These decisions, including site selection for establishing manufacturing plant, production planning and scheduling, line balancing, sales forecasting, etc., rely on the experience and subjective assessment of management and decision makers. As the apparel industry is characterized by short product life cycles, volatile customer demands and tremendous product varieties, such decisions have become more complex. This chapter will discuss these key decision points.
Key words
plant location
production planning and scheduling
marker planning
cut order planning
spreading
cutting
line balancing
sales forecasting
cross-selling and up-selling
1.1 Introduction
Apparel manufacturers and retailers in the fashion industry face a range of key decisions, including selection of plant locations, production planning and scheduling, marker planning, cut order planning, apparel assembly line balancing, retail sales forecasting and marketing. Traditionally, such decisions depended on the experience and judgement of key staff. However, as the market has shifted to short production runs to meet rapidly changing customer demands, and costs have been squeezed in favour of just-in-time production methods, these decisions have become more complex. At the same time, production has become more automated and integrated, allowing greater control of the supply chain. In this chapter, key decisions in the apparel supply chain will be discussed.
1.2 Selection of plant locations
Apparel manufacturers’ direct investment and joint ventures in developing regions have grown rapidly in the past few decades. The choice of plant locations for foreign direct investment is an important decision. Non-optimized selection can adversely affect a plant’s performance in terms of productivity, manufacturing and logistics costs. Selection of a proper plant location is thus crucial. In the case of establishing overseas plants, apparel manufacturers should consider costs, profits and other intractable factors, such as social environment, political stability, legality, technology, and micro-environmental factors, including customers, competitors and suppliers. Most manufacturers have difficulties in decision making due to vague and subjective measures, particularly for variables not represented by objective values, such as country risk and community facilities. The decision of plant locations thus mostly relies on the intuition and assessment of
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