From Design to Delivery: Fashion’s Guide to Supply Chain Resilience
Fashion moves fast. Your supply chain should too.
When a viral post sparks demand or consumer preferences shift overnight, you need to respond quickly. Yet, most fashion brands still rely on spreadsheets, fragmented worksheets, and outdated workflows that keep them stuck in reactive mode.
The problem isn’t demand. It’s the disconnect between what customers want and what your supply chain can deliver.
The hidden cost of disconnected fashion supply chains
Long lead times
Blind spots with suppliers
Erosion of margins
Reactive firefighting
The fashion industry’s unique complexity demands a different approach. One that provides visibility, speed, and control. Not just another dashboard that shows you problems after they’ve already happened.
Connected sourcing: One window into your materials pipeline
As a fashion brand, when you connect your entire supply chain network on one platform, you are able to:
Pinpoint exactly where materials are, at any time
Automatically adjust order, capacity, and delivery when demand signals change
Synchronize all partners for agile moves
Flag potential issues before they impact production or the bottom line
A supply chain platform built for fashion
Fashion is dynamic, creative, and fast-moving. Your supply chain platform should be too. That’s why e2open designed our connected supply chain platform to empower your team with:
Order-to-production transparency
When your entire supply chain network operates from the same platform, you gain the agility to capitalize on demand shifts and deliver every fashion collection flawlessly and on time.
Real results: How one fashion brand transformed its sourcing operations
A global fashion brand was stuck with fragmented workflows, limited visibility, and 3-6- month lead times that made it nearly impossible to respond to changing demand.
They adopted e2open’s purpose-build, scalable sourcing platform. The results delivered a measurable impact.
5%
reduction in material liabilities
5%
reduction in expedited freight costs
50%
faster order-to-dock lead time
How? By shifting from reactive firefighting to proactive supply chain execution.
The result: they could accelerate speed-to-market, reduce waste, and consistently ensure product availability.
More than a solution: Get a measurable ROI.
Download the full solution brief to discover:
How to cut lead times by 50% with real-time supplier visibility
The proven framework for reducing material waste
Step-by-step strategies for eliminating costly expedited freight
A real case study showing measurable ROI from connected sourcing
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