A CDN For Fashion: The Asset-First Approach To Production
How the principles of cloud architecture and digital asset management could provide a template for a more futureproof model of production and fulfilment.
In Manufacturing, The Only Certainty Is Uncertainty
The Portuguese textile industry has been a case study in overcoming disruption and seizing uncommon opportunities. In 2021, there’s a lot fashion could learn from its history.
Why The Modern, Mutual Supply Chain Must Run On Data
Brands have long accepted serious limitations on visibility into procurement and production. The last year has made the strongest case to date for breaking down those barriers - to brands' and suppliers' mutual benefit.
Rebuilding Post-COVID With A Smart, Sustainable Sourcing Strategy
There are a number of urgent reasons for brands and retailers to understand the scope and shape of their supply chains. Any smart sourcing strategy should start at the raw material level, which makes cotton the perfect case study.
The Imperative of Additive Manufacturing in Footwear and Apparel Post-Covid
How will the industry react to disrupted supply chains and accelerated consumer demands for sustainability and customization? Opportunity for change, or back to business as usual?
Video Interview: Is Digital Dyeing Ready For Prime-Time?
Replacing traditional dyeing methods with new digital solutions has the potential to transform an overlooked area of production.
But how far can digital dyeing go, and what does a future ecosystem built around it look like?
Redesigning Fashion with AI-Powered Supply Chains
The pandemic has intensified underlying problems with fashion supply chains. To cope with volatility and manage the unexpected, retailers and manufacturers now have the unavoidable task of evolving their manufacturing models through a hybrid of AI and IoT.
3D: Bridging The Brand-Supplier Divide
With the initial rush to 3D over, is digital product creation running the risk of overlooking the people who actually create products? Or does a true, end-to-end, 3D ecosystem have the potential to bridge the longstanding brand-supplier divide?
CGS Download: 2021 Supply Chain Trends and Technology
Apparel and Fashion companies look to rebuild and return stronger after a tumultuous year.
The Race to Digital & Fashion’s Changing Business Model
Prasham Kamdar, Managing Partner of Ptex Solutions, delves further into what he believes (and we agree) is a necessary move to a value-chain model.
Rapid Recovery: How Any Business Can Build A Bridge From PLM To Production
For both near-term survival and post-pandemic recovery, data-driven visibility from design through to production will be essential. Here, Gary Thompson, Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships & Alliances for Coats Digital explains how they plan to put that power in the hands of even small brands and manufacturers.
Luxury Looks To Upstream Technology
After investing in downstream customer excellence, luxury now realises just how much more digitalisation remains when its leading brands look upstream.