In recent years, supply chain management （SCM） has been in popularity as a new management philosophy for all industries, including textile and apparel industries. The textile-apparel supply chain is relatively compl...In recent years, supply chain management （SCM） has been in popularity as a new management philosophy for all industries, including textile and apparel industries. The textile-apparel supply chain is relatively complex because it encompasses many participants such as yarn manufacturers, fabric manufacturers, garment manufacturers and retailers. Although many scholars are engaged in researching SCM in textile and apparel industries, a systematic classification of textile-apparel chain does not exist. The paper proposes three types of textile-apparel chain, nominated vertical integration chain, traditional sourcing chain and 3P-hub （third party as the hub） chain. Different coordinators exist in different types of chain. Three Hong Kong headquartered companies, Esquel Group, TAL Apparel Ltd., and Li ＆ Fang （Trading） Ltd. are used as cases responding to each type of the structures respectively.展开更多
Owing to the fast growth of global market,textile and apparel industries which are a typical seasonal business are facing crucial challenges from both competitors and consumers.In order to get survived,forming supply ...Owing to the fast growth of global market,textile and apparel industries which are a typical seasonal business are facing crucial challenges from both competitors and consumers.In order to get survived,forming supply chain and utilizing the emerged technology to establish a quick response system become an important common practice for enterprises in terms of cost reduction and efficiency improvement.This paper presents a multi-agent-based integrated framework for quick response in textile and apparel supply chain.By sharing information and collaborating among chain partner,the multi-agent system provides a promising computing paradigm for quick response business processes.A prototype based on the proposed framework is implemented using ZEUS toolkit.It presents how the proposed architecture is being designed to establish collaborative business environment by providing dynamic quick response processes.展开更多
文摘In recent years, supply chain management （SCM） has been in popularity as a new management philosophy for all industries, including textile and apparel industries. The textile-apparel supply chain is relatively complex because it encompasses many participants such as yarn manufacturers, fabric manufacturers, garment manufacturers and retailers. Although many scholars are engaged in researching SCM in textile and apparel industries, a systematic classification of textile-apparel chain does not exist. The paper proposes three types of textile-apparel chain, nominated vertical integration chain, traditional sourcing chain and 3P-hub （third party as the hub） chain. Different coordinators exist in different types of chain. Three Hong Kong headquartered companies, Esquel Group, TAL Apparel Ltd., and Li ＆ Fang （Trading） Ltd. are used as cases responding to each type of the structures respectively.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.70772073)Shanghai Social Science Foundation(No.2007BZH001)Shanghai Natural Science Foundation(No.07ZR14003)
文摘Owing to the fast growth of global market,textile and apparel industries which are a typical seasonal business are facing crucial challenges from both competitors and consumers.In order to get survived,forming supply chain and utilizing the emerged technology to establish a quick response system become an important common practice for enterprises in terms of cost reduction and efficiency improvement.This paper presents a multi-agent-based integrated framework for quick response in textile and apparel supply chain.By sharing information and collaborating among chain partner,the multi-agent system provides a promising computing paradigm for quick response business processes.A prototype based on the proposed framework is implemented using ZEUS toolkit.It presents how the proposed architecture is being designed to establish collaborative business environment by providing dynamic quick response processes.
