I’m sure many buyers have had their share of experiences trying to write an order with a line and they were constantly flipping back and forth from one page to the next trying to figure out what went with what and where it was and what the product code was.…
Now that the size of Zara’s product development has been whittled down to size in my previous post, we can address Zara’s retail machine. At first glance, there are admitted commonalities between Zara and push manufacturers but this does not mean that Zara is not lean.…
When it comes to competition from US push manufacturers, Zara has nothing to worry about and for two reasons. The first is that push manufacturers fail to recognize the salient differences between their own model and that of Zara’s and second, Zara is not a push manufacturer; they’re pull.…
Before I get much further into lean manufacturing, it’d be great if you could do some reading on your own ahead of time. The resources I’m using for the upcoming ZARA posting are online and free. The first two articles are written for a broad audience.…
When teams are successful, people -and managers- have the idea that it’s either a happy coincidence comprised of amiable personalities with unparalleled drive and skills -happily motivated to produce miracles in 80 hour work weeks; or that the successful team is due to the recruitment of highly paid gifted individuals and consummate professionals.…
