Centralised inventory management an

Centralised inventory management and focused factories enable different delivery strategies to be combined. Figure 4.6 depicts a simple distribution net-work that enables three different delivery strategies (listed in Table 4.4) to be applied as appropriate. For example, an opportunity to think globally arises where the key product relies more on the designer label and its promotion and marketing and less on its manufacturing origins. The key to success in clothing is often about fashionable design and labelling. Low labour costs (rather than material costs) of production can then be achieved by outsourcing to low-wage economies, often in the Far East.