Is apparel manufacturing coming home?
Nearshoring, automation, and sustainability – establishing a demand-focused apparel value chain

Herausgeber_innen: McKinsey Apparel, Fashion & Luxury Group

Autor_innen:            Johanna Andersson, Achim Berg, Saskia Hedrich, Patricio Ibanez,
                                  Jonatan Janmark, Karl-Hendrik Magnus

Kategorien:

Themen:                  Wertschöpfungskette/ Globalisierung/ Welthandel

Zielgruppe:             Student_innen, Unternehmen, Erwachsene, Beschaffer_innen

Medien:                   Hintergrundinformationen

Schlagwörter: Digitalisierung, Globalisierung, globale Bekleidungsindustrie, globale Wertschöpfungskette, Klima, Lieferkette, Nearshoring, Produktlebenszyklus, Studie, Tipps für in der Bekleidungsbranche Tätige, Umweltschutz, Veränderung, Wettbewerbsstrategie, Zukunftsperspektiven

Kurzbeschreibung:
Tomorrow’s successful apparel companies will be those that take the lead to enhance the apparel value chain on two fronts: nearshoring and automation. It cannot be just one of them and it must be done sustainably. […]

The aim of this white paper is to help mass-market apparel brands and retailers embark on this journey. It clarifies the future demand-led apparel sourcing and production models, their current economic viability, and the future outlook. To develop this white paper, we collaborated with the leading textile technology and textile manufacturing research institute, the Institut für Textiltechnik of the RWTH Aachen University, as well as our Digital Capability Center Aachen (DCC Aachen) on analyzing current and potential automation technologies. We also worked with the economic think tank McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) to better understand the future of factor costs. Additionally, we conducted interviews with a broad range of international experts and practitioners in apparel manufacturing and retailing as well as robotics and sustainability.

We also asked apparel sourcing executives and industry participants to comment on the industry disruptions of nearshoring, automation, and sustainability in a survey conducted in September 2018. Our white paper also provides guidance on where to start the journey based on transformation work we have conducted with international apparel manufacturers, brands, and retailers.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2018

Umfang: 31 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

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Verlag: Harpercollins UK

Autorin: Lucy Siegle

Schlagwörter: Design, Designer/innen, Modedesigner/innen, Zukunft, Konzepte, Visionen, ethical fashion, green fashion, Konsummuster, Lifestyle, Lebensstil, Veränderung

Kurzbeschreibung:
An expose on the fashion industry written by the Observer's 'Ethical Living' columnist, examining the inhumane and environmentally devastating story behind the clothes we so casually buy and wear. Coming at a time when the global financial crisis and contracting of consumer spending is ushering in a new epoch for the fashion industry, To Die For offers a very plausible vision of how green could really be the new black. Taking particular issue with our current mania for both big-name labels and cheap fashion, To Die For sets an agenda for the urgent changes that can and need to be made by both the industry and the consumer. Far from outlining a future of drab, ethical clothing, Lucy Siegle believes that it is indeed possible to be an 'ethical fashionista', simply by being aware of how and where (and by whom) clothing is manufactured. The global banking crisis has put the consumer at a crossroads: when money is tight should we embrace cheap fast fashion to prop up an already engorged wardrobe, or should we reject this as the ultimate false economy and advocate a return to real fashion, bolstered by the principles of individualism and style pedigree? In this impassioned book, Siegle analyses the global epidemic of unsustainable fashion, taking stock of our economic health and moral accountabilities to expose the pitfalls of fast fashion. Refocusing the debate squarely back on the importance of basic consumer rights, Siegle reveals the truth behind cut price, bulk fashion and the importance of your purchasing decisions, advocating the case for a new sustainable design era where we are assured of value for money: ethically, morally and in real terms.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2011

Umfang: Taschenbuch, 339 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

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Verlag: New Internationalist

Autoreninnen: Lucy Siegle (Künstler), Livia Firth (Künstler), Safia Minney (Autor)

Schlagwörter: Design, Designstrategien, Designer/innen, Modedesigner/innen, Grüne Mode, Ethical Fashion, Veränderung, Change the world with style

Kurzbeschreibung:
Anyone with an active interest in fashion and where our clothes come from or looking for a career in fashion and the media will find inspiration and advice on how to make a difference. Designers and creatives from all over the world, including photographers, models, illustrators, actors and journalists, talk about what they are doing differently to make fashion more sustainable. Inside you will find Fair Trade & environment, styling & modelling, up-cycling & 'slow' fashion, how we can change the high street, an ethical brand directory and stunning visuals throughout. Fashion is more than simply a passion. It is a tool, and this book gives you the power to change the world with style.

Erscheinungsjahr: September 2011

Umfang: Taschenbuch: 176 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

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Verlag: Laurence King Publishing

Autoren: Paul Hawken (Künstler), Kate Fletcher (Autor), Lynda Grose (Autor)

Schlagwörter: Design, Modedesigner/innen, Designer/innen, ethical fashion, green fashion Alternativen, Veränderung, Transformation

Kurzbeschreibung:
This book examines how sustainability has the potential to transform both the fashion system and the innovators who work within it. Sustainability is arguably the defining theme of the twenty-first century. The issues in fashion are broad-ranging and include labour abuses, toxic chemicals use and conspicuous consumption, giving rise to an undeniable tension between fashion and sustainability. The book is organized in three parts. The first part is concerned with transforming fashion products across the garment's lifecycle and includes innovation in materials, manufacture, distribution, use and re-use. The second part looks at ideas that are transforming the fashion system at root into something more sustainable, including new business models that reduce material throughput. The third section is concerned with transforming the role of fashion designers and looks to examples where the designer changes from a stylist or creator into a communicator, activist or facilitator.

Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2012

Umfang: Taschenbuch, 192 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

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