The rapid respond to marketplace in apparel logistics is objective requirement of market competition to modern clothing enterprises. Apparel logistics emphasize the precision and timeliness of data information strongly, therefore, data mining technology should be used to analyze the data information, and thus support the smooth functioning of the entire apparel logistics. Data mining technology...

The complex physical nature of the intimate apparel and the unique physiological make-up of each female wearer combine to suggest that consumer behaviour for intimate apparel will be different from that for other apparel. This study examines intimate apparel buying behaviour among fashion conscious and non-fashion conscious Chinese Hong Kong female consumers. The purpose of the study was to exa...

This study aims at contributing to the analysis of the evolution of apparel industry in Brazil by answering the following questions: (a) Does global sourcing still explain the value upgrading process in the apparel production chains?; (b) Are there new sources of value upgrading to be considered?; (c) Is the dynamics of the apparel production pervaded by a phenomenon that is strongly related to...

The apparel industry is a fashion industry with short product life and more demand uncertainty. Participants in apparel supply chain bear more risk. To lower the cost and risk for participants in apparel supply chain, a framework for apparel quick response system based on collaborative forecasting was proposed. The prototype of the apparel quick response system was provided, which included thre...

providing wider variety of products often leads to higher complexity in the manufacturing and business system. finding appropriate methods and techniques to manage these difficulties is going to be an attractive topic for researchers in operations management. by adopting a qualitative approach we have investigated the product variety management in the apparel supply chain. the main contribution...

This paper presents a mathematical programming model for dynamic cell formation to minimize changeover-related costs (i.e., machine relocation costs and machine setup cost) and inter-cell material handling cost to cope with the volatile production environments in apparel manufacturing industry. The model is formulated through findings of a comprehensive literature review. Developed model is val...

We provide a flexible shape control technique in this paper for the automatic resizing of apparel products. The automatic resizing function has become an essential part of the 3D garment CAD systems to generate user customized apparel products for individuals with variant body shapes. The human bodies are usually represented by piecewise linear mesh surfaces with consistent connectivity. The sh...

Online apparel consumption is becoming an indispensable consumer apparel buying patterns. Based on consumer purchase decision style theory and the technology acceptance model theory, using cluster analysis, structural equation model and other quantitative analysis tools, this paper try to find out how different decision-making styles making consumers behave different when they are shopping appa...