Textile and Apparel Supply Chains for the 21st Century
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In this paper the author speculates on what global textile and apparel supply chain designs will need to look like in order to meet the assumed 21 st Century costs of expensive energy and green environment coupled with assumed market requirements for ever-increasing demands for product variety with ever-decreasing product life cycles.
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