In the face of uncertainty, the role of supply chain

In recent years, Chinese enterprises “ Go out ” Typical , As a cross-border fast fashion enterprise, I have confidence to go abroad . meanwhile , Domestic competition is becoming increasingly fierce , Many people choose to go out .

In the traditional clothing supply chain , Seasonal batch centralized procurement can minimize costs . but “ Xiao Dan, come back soon ” And refresh our cognition —— Catch up with the fast fashion trend , One time mass purchase has been a matter of the last era . Backed by China's strong supply chain system , Clothing enterprises use the vertical integration of manufacturing and sales , Plan it yourself 、 Production commodity , And operate its own stores 、 The integrated business model of sales . In the first mock exam , Clothing enterprises can plan products while predicting changes in consumer demand , And put the supply chain in which many enterprises participated ( The whole process from purchasing raw materials to delivering goods to customers ) All integrated , So as to control the supply and sale of goods , In the supply chain performance incisively and vividly . This flexible fragmented order , It will increase the production cost of suppliers , The advantage is that the payment collection is fast , Monthly settlement of new suppliers . With the improvement of supplier level , The fastest way to achieve weekly payment , This also increases the probability of cooperation with suppliers .

Clothes from design to printing 、 Processed garments , After the ready-made clothes leave the factory , What kind of link is it sent to consumers . In traditional circumstances , The front-end link and the back-end link are not interconnected , Or real-time collaboration is not possible . But the enterprise used the clothing supply chain system , The cooperation between the front and rear links is relatively smooth . Connect consumers in the front-end supply chain with hundreds of suppliers in the back-end supply chain , From design to garment compression to two weeks , This is not just about digitalization , It is the scale of supply chain management .

However , In this digital revolution , In addition to a few leading enterprises that have carried out digital transformation attempts, many small and medium-sized garment enterprises are still in the initial stage of digital transformation ,“ Don't want to turn 、 Dare not turn 、 Can't turn ” Is still widespread .“ For small and medium-sized garment enterprises , Digital transformation has a large amount of capital investment 、 Long payback period , At present, there is no mature （‘ sofastsoft . com ’） Digital platform to meet the needs of flexible manufacturing , Therefore, most small and medium-sized enterprises are still in a wait-and-see state for digital transformation . For manufacturing enterprises , Due to the rapid development of e-commerce industry , Clothing orders are gradually customized 、 The trend of small single , Some automatic equipment cannot meet the needs of personalized production , Enterprises also gradually lose confidence in digital transformation .

Although the digital transformation of textile and clothing industry is difficult 、 Big investment in the early stage , However, some enterprises are still exploring in small steps .

In the context of the Internet wave and fast consumption fashion , The traditional mass production orders in the clothing industry are decreasing ,“ Xiaodan 、 Come back ”、 The rapid response mode of production by sales has become the development trend of the industry . In the era of small batch orders , The traditional extensive management cannot meet the rapid decision 、 The need of production scheduling and supply chain service ,“ Factory store integration ” Of “ Amoy factory ” The business pattern is gradually taking shape . Some enterprises rely on data central control to get through the design end 、 Production side and sales side , Digitalize commodities 、 Supply chain process and intelligent accounting , Realize product design 、 production 、 Sell digital management of the whole link , Enhance the flexible production capacity and rapid response level of the supply chain .