ANALYSIS: The new garment supplier: where, who, what (Part III)

In his last two articles, David Birnbaum has asked where the apparel suppliers of the future are likely to be based, and who these suppliers will be. He believes that tomorrow’s suppliers will be located nowhere, and that in the new factory model, customer and supplier merge into a single entity. He now looks at the role of the factory, and what this will be going forward.