Birnbaum's global guide to material sourcing / 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,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
322 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. + 1 flow chart (b&w ; 95 cm. (unfolded))
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.
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