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dc.contributor.author	Hammond, Janice
dc.contributor.author	Abernathy, Frederick
dc.contributor.author	Dunlop, John T.
dc.contributor.author	Weil, David
dc.date.accessioned	2009-03-14T16:36:37Z
dc.date.issued	2000
dc.identifier.citation	Abernathy, Frederick H., John T. Dunlop, Janice H. Hammond, and David Weil. 2000. Retailing and supply chains in the information age. Technology in Society 22(1): 5–31.	en
dc.identifier.issn	0160-791X	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:2664285
dc.description.abstract	This article describes how information technologies have reconfigured retailing and in turn the operation of a core US manufacturing industry, apparel. “Lean retailers” exchange point-of-sales information with their suppliers and require them to replenish orders quickly based on actual sales. This shifts part of the risk arising from changing consumer tastes from retailers and onto suppliers. In response to this shift in risk, we argue that manufacturers must reshape planning methods, cost models, inventory practices, production operations, and sourcing strategies. We then show that suppliers that adopt comprehensive changes to their manufacturing processes perform better along a number of dimensions compared to firms that have not.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Engineering and Applied Sciences	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier	en
dc.relation.isversionof	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0160-791X(99)00039-1	en
dash.license	META_ONLY
dc.subject	product proliferation	en
dc.subject	inventory management	en
dc.subject	lean retailing	en
dc.subject	short-cycle manufacturing	en
dc.subject	apparel and textile industries	en
dc.title	Retailing and Supply Chains in the Information Age	en
dc.type	Journal Article
dc.description.version	Version of Record
dc.relation.journal	Technology in Society	en
dash.depositing.author	Abernathy, Frederick
dash.embargo.until	10000-01-01

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