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03200aam a2200337Ia 4500 001 41CDB3006A8B11E689525693DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160825010506 006 knnn nn 007 kn bo| 008 050721s2005 nyua 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0974101133 020 $a 9780974101132 035 $a (OCoLC)61119345 040 $a SOAMI $c SOAMI $d YBM $d KSU $d OSU $d YDXCP $d UQ1 $d AU@ $d IUL $d IWA $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Birnbaum, David $q (David G.) 245 10 $a Birnbaum's global guide to material sourcing / $c 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. 246 30 $a Global guide to material sourcing 260 $a New York, N.Y. : $b Fashiondex, $c 2005. 300 $a 322 p. : $b ill. ; $c 22 cm. + $e 1 flow chart (b&w ; 95 cm. (unfolded)) 500 $a Flow chart inserted. 500 $a Includes index. 505 0 $a The fifteen-year crisis -- The suppliers -- The buyers -- Understanding the Chinese advantage -- Paying vs. sourcing material -- Case study I: Buying material for the wicked witch of the West material sourcing -- The material sourcing process-Stage I: The buyer's side -- Case study II: The-stay-at-home designer -- Stage I: Flow chart -- The material sourcing process-Stage II: The factory side -- Stage II: Flow chart -- Case study III: Levels of catastrophe -- The material sourcing process-Stage III: Salesman samples Stage III: Flow chart -- The material sourcing process-Stage IV: Ordering stock materials -- Stage IV: Flow chart -- The material sourcing process -Stage V: The final stage -- Stage V: Flow chart -- Case study IV: Changing color assortments -- Textile testing -- U.S. market textile testing standards -- All about trim -- Case study V: Ordering trim-from phase I to phase 0 -- Case study VI: How much interlining-the impossible question -- Case study VII: Following up the zipper chain -- Case study VIII: Trim cost control problem-the zipper-two-step -- Case study IV: The Birnbaum guaranteed-to-work material database -- Paying for materials -- Things go wrong -- Case study X: False claims by unknown people -- The art of fabric sourcing -- Case study XI: The dream comes true or the nightmare begins -- Changing the paradigm -- Developing skills and acquiring knowledge -- The mechanics of fabric sourcing -- Meeting the mills -- Questionnaires -- The politics of trade -- Governments in garment exporting countries -- Governments in garment importing countries -- Summary: EU country of origin rules -- Summary: U.S. country of origin rules -- Case study XII: from theory to practice -- The road to the future -- Salvadorian case study -- Appendix I: Preferential access to the EU -- Appendix II: Summary of U.S. rules of origin. 650 0 $a Clothing trade $z United States $x Management. 650 0 $a Clothing trade $z United States $x Cost control. 650 0 $a Clothing trade $x Purchasing $z United States. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180104064914.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=41CDB3006A8B11E689525693DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search