Supply Chain Collaboration is the key success factor in fashion (apparel, shoes, sports) and needs attention from companies that are struggling with this subject. FashionUnited eBusiness is able to help you to build policies around business models like VMI, consignment and concession. It is time to investigate how you need to adept your business within the changing markets and lower margins.
Connectivity is the only effective way to set-up smooth business models between retailers and suppliers. Risks are shared between the partners in the supply chain and without data exchange the risks cannot be managed properly. The EDI data exchange always must have advantages for both partners and build a better over all control within the channel.
To co-operate you need at least two partners with the intention to improve their performance. These business partners generally have themselves also several technical partners (ERP System, eCommerce system, etc). Co-operation can only be effective when all parties involved have the same goal and are able to adjust their business to exchange more detailed EDI data.
Supply chain collaboration may not function properly without EDI. EDI exists in many forms, the one better than the other. The best example of EDI in Dutch fashion retail is the retail company called Gebrs Coster, based in Capelle aan den IJssel. A not for everyone known business name, but a super-efficient retail operation with…
With Covid-19, we live in bizarre times. With overall store closings in more and more countries which is being followed at individual retailer level here in the Netherlands. With media headlines for non-food retail like ‘Full season falls away’ and ‘Corona virus costs the luxury sector to 40 billion euros in 2020’. Of course everyone’s health comes first, but commercially…
The latest COVID news from all around Europe encourages us to contact you. The cuts in private and business life are significant due to (partial) lockdowns. FashionUnited eBusiness want to keep you informed, support you and share possible solutions with you. History is repeating – unfortunately! But what have we learned from the 1st lock…
V&D registreert niet hoeveel producten in welke kleuren en maten er in haar winkels op voorraad zijn. De oorzaak daarvan is dat V&D in de door haar eenzijdig afgedwongen EDI Policy met haar consignmenthouders verzuimd heeft om de elektronische pakbon (DESADV) te implementeren. V&D heeft inmiddels ruim 4 duizend shop-in-shops van A-merken, welke in haar…
Dorien Mouthaan, sectormanager mode GS1 Nederland nodigde Sjoerd Wilmans, sales director bij Profuomo, uit om op het GS1 Industry and Standards Event: Transforming Business Together in Warschau te spreken over “Reversing the chain Stop buying, start selling”. Dat was in oktober. Nu is hij in deze column (in Textilia) aan het woord: “De bereidheid om…
Dit blog tracht inzichtelijk te maken wat de afwegingen en consequenties zijn van het al dan niet pre-priced uitleveren. Het gezamenlijk belang van de merkleverancier en zijn multibrand retailers staat hierbij centraal. Zij kunnen keuzes maken die leiden tot een win-win situatie die beter bestand is tegen de druk van met name de verticals. H&M…
