In this paper, an incentive scheme based on crashing lead time is proposed to coordinate a supplier-retailer supply chain (SC). In the investigated SC, the supplier applies a lot-for-lot replenishment policy to replenish its stock and determines the replenishment multiplier. Moreover, the transportation lead time is considered under the control of the supplier. The retailer as downstream member...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate performance outcomes of strategic sourcing, specifically examining how strategic sourcing affects buyer‐supplier relationship, supplier evaluation, and sourcing performance from the buying firm's perspective in the context of the US textile and apparel industry. Design/methodology/approach – This study provides an empirical investigation of ...

The development of global supply chains during the last decade of the twentieth century has had a great impact on the apparel industry. Apparel industry firms face a wide array of challenges relating to the proliferation of product variety, changing product styles, shortened lead times, and reduced prices. As a result of these pressures, apparel companies have been forced to redesign their manu...

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...

The relationship between supply chain resilience and environmental sustainability (greening) has been a topic of peripheral discussion in the research literature. The aim in this paper is to investigate, from a supply chain modeling perspective, the extent to which supply chain greening and resilience strategies are supportive of each other. A strategic supply chain design model is introduced t...

The apparel supply chain is a dynamic industry made distinctive by demand uncertainty and the handling of very many Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) during one season, which make it impossible to forecast demand accurately. Hence, apparel brands have to continuously maintain reactivity to the changing trends in consumer fashion tastes through quickly creating new designs that are suitable for all cus...