Zara's Supply Chain Management Practices

            
 
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Case Code : OPER055
Case Length : 13 Pages
Period : 2002-05
Organization : Zara
Pub Date : 2006
Teaching Note :Not Available
Countries : Spain
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Spotting Trends

One of the secrets behind Zara's success was its ability to spot emerging trends and react quickly. Zara had a dedicated design team in Arteixo, A Coruña, in northern Spain. Ideas for new designs or for modifications to be made in existing designs mainly came from Zara's stores.

The store managers and sales staff updated the head office every day about the moving stock and about customers' demands. Across all the stores, Zara's sales staff was equipped with wireless handsets which provided data to the store manager about the pieces sold. The manager consolidated the data and sent it to the company headquarters through the Internet...

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Reaping the Benfits

Instead of projecting sales for a certain color, fabric, or style and launching such products, Zara reacted swiftly to emerging trends in the fashion industry. The company ensured that its stores were stocked with the products that the customers wanted at that point of time. In contrast, other retailers took between 8 and 12 months to forecast and arrive at a style and send it for production. Zara's initial forecast was limited to the kind of fabric and the amount of fabric it would buy. The fabric thus procured was unprocessed and undyed and Zara colored the product only before selling it, based on the need and demand by consumers. Zara sourced undyed fabric from the Far East, Morocco, and India...

Looking Ahead

Industry analysts were of the opinion that Zara could not continue with its supply chain model for too long. With many retailers moving their manufacturing processes to India and China to control costs, Zara would have to follow suit sooner or later in order to remain competitive. However, if the production was to move out to low cost countries, Zara could lose its advantage and might not be able to refurbish its product lines in quick succession, the analysts felt.

By 2008, the quotas imposed on the Chinese textile industry by the US and the European Union would be removed...

Exhibits

Exhibit I: Zara - Global Presence (January 2006)
Exhibit II: Inditex - International Expansion
Exhibit III: Manufacturing Process of Zara


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