Agile Value Chain as Competitive Advantage - A case study on digital transformation and non-linear manufacturing in the fashion industry

Tania Walter-Güpner
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Tania Walter-Güpner: Comenius Universität Bratislava

Zeitschrift für interdisziplinäre ökonomische Forschung, 2017, issue 2, 37-43

Abstract: This paper investigates possible shifts in the portfolio of key competitive strategies as well as the implication for manufacturing operations. 'Industry 4.0' and its digital transformation indicate new structures and management strategies in the organization for the entire value chain over the lifecycle. The fashion industry as well as in other industry, agile management of manufacturing and value-chain organization is practiced for which the fashion industry is examined in detail. 'Agility' is not only project management strategy but a value chain strategy allowing to realize a competitive advantage. The fast-moving fashion industry has shown that even a low-tech industry can be disrupted by an agile approach, which may be a paradigm for the future industrial organization.

Keywords: Agile Manufacturing; Industry 4.0; Competitive Strategy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L23 L67 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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