商品簡介
The 18 chapters of this book describe quantitative research in fashion supply chain management (FSCM) and report on emerging supply chain management issues in the fashion industry. The first part of the book provides theoretical and application-oriented papers describing research that employs traditional mathematical modeling approaches. Some specific topics include competition and coordination in a fashion supply chain with wholesale pricing schemes, and RFID adoption in the apparel supply chain among small manufacturers and large retailers. Section 2 presents papers employing empirical data for quantitative analysis. The approaches described include data-driven research and survey-based statistical analysis. Some topics explored in this section include strategic partnerships in the US textile and apparel industry, and time-constrained fashion sales forecasting. The book then presents eight real-world case studies in FSCM, in areas such as product lifecycle management in the Italian leather luxury industry, and corporate social responsibility in Sri Lankan export garment manufacturers. Choi is affiliated with Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
