The fundamentals, product Purchasing or specifying Brands and private labels Brands and manufacturers Manufacturers and their suppliers Purchasing on price The end of high cost clothing manufacturing Quality and reliability Purchasing on time Quick response Fast fashion Balanced sourcing Short order buying Managing suppliers Strategic (core) and tactical (transactional) manufacturer suppliers Managing the strategic and collaboration partner Managing subsidiary suppliers Future purchasing trends Commercial Human and organisational Technological
List of tables Table 1: The effect of decreasing purchase costs on profit
List of figures Figure 1: Timeline of actual/estimate weekly sales of a product against a seasonal forecast Figure 2: Merchandise planning and buying calendar for a spring/summer season Figure 3: Product development and sales cycle for a brand over a spring/summer season Figure 4: Added value in the clothing industry: Five types of manufacturer in the clothing added value chain Figure 5: Vendor relationship segmentation Figure 6: The Egg Timer and the Kite
