Innovative Quick Response Programs in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Part I Introduction: The evolution of quick response programs. - Impacts of information systems on quick response programs.- Fast fashion: achieving global quick response in the internationally dispersed clothing industry.- Part II Modelling and analysis of quick response programs: Procurement flexibility under price uncertainty.- The value of information in quick response supply chains - An assortment planning view.- Improving revenue management: a real option approach.- Supply chain scheduling under quick response.- Dynamic pricing of seasonal product without replenishment: a discrete time analysis.- Supplier selection in make-to-order manufacturing.- Part III Enabling technologies for quick response programs: Enhancing responsiveness for mass customization strategies through the use of rapid manufacturing technologies.- Innovative process in e-commerce fashion supply chains.- The next generation demand network in quick response systems: intelligent products, packet switching and dynamic information.- RFID's applications in quick response systems.- Enterprise resource planning systems for the textile and clothing industry.- Simulation-based optimization of inventory model with products substitution.- Part IV Applications and case studies: Fast fashion: quantifying the benefits.- Devide and conquer: from MTO to ATO/MTO - a case study of an electronics manufacturer.- Quick response practices in the Hong Kong apparel industry.- Efficient response systems with RFID technology: cases in China.- The emergence of the fast fashion business model and imposed quick response challenges for Chinese fabric manufacturers.- Innovative mass customization of inventory for quick response to customer orders: a case study.