Birnbaum's global guide to material sourcing
By: by David Birnbaum in association with International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; with contributions from Frank Kelly, Emma Ormond and Louann Spirito; illustrated by Harry Harrison.
Publisher: Fashiondex, Inc.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Clothing trade -- Management.; Clothing trade -- Cost control.; Clothing trade -- Purchasing.
Other titles: Global guide to material sourcing
Description: An insightful and humorous step-by-step guide through the production of apparel with a focus on the cost analysis of each process. Addresses the impact that the awakening of China will have on Americans' lives.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The fifteen-year crisis; title: The suppliers; title: The buyers; title: Understanding the Chinese advantage; title: Paying vs. sourcing material; title: Case study I: Buying material for the wicked witch of the West material sourcing; title: The material sourcing process-Stage I: The buyer's side; title: Case study II: The-stay-at-home designer; title: Stage I: Flow chart; title: The material sourcing process-Stage II: The factory side; title: Stage II: Flow chart; title: Case study III: Levels of catastrophe; title: The material sourcing process-Stage III: Salesman samples Stage III: Flow chart; title: The material sourcing process-Stage IV: Ordering stock materials; title: Stage IV: Flow chart; title: The material sourcing process -Stage V: The final stage; title: Stage V: Flow chart; title: Case study IV: Changing color assortments; title: Textile testing; title: U.S. market textile testing standards; title: All about trim; title: Case study V: Ordering trim-from phase I to phase 0; title: Case study VI: How much interlining-the impossible question; title: Case study VII: Following up the zipper chain; title: Case study VIII: Trim cost control problem-the zipper-two-step; title: Case study IV: The Birnbaum guaranteed-to-work material database; title: Paying for materials; title: Things go wrong; title: Case study X: False claims by unknown people; title: The art of fabric sourcing; title: Case study XI: The dream comes true or the nightmare begins; title: Changing the paradigm; title: Developing skills and acquiring knowledge; title: The mechanics of fabric sourcing; title: Meeting the mills; title: Questionnaires; title: The politics of trade; title: Governments in garment exporting countries; title: Governments in garment importing countries; title: Summary: EU country of origin rules; title: Summary: U.S. country of origin rules; title: Case study XII: from theory to practice; title: The road to the future; title: Salvadorian case study; title: Appendix I: Preferential access to the EU; title: Appendix II: Summary of U.S. rules of origin.