
Chapter 1
Fashion retail supply chain
management – An introduction
SUMMARY
Fashion retail supply chain management (FRSCM) is a critically important topic. In
this introductory chapter, we first discuss the meaning behind fashion retail supply
chains and then give the formal definition of fashion retail supply chain management.
After that, we present an overview of the book, introducing every chapter. Some related
literature is also reviewed.
Keywords
Fashion retail supply chain management, customer service, inventory manage-
ment, efficient consumer response, new product development, mean-risk analysis,
information systems project management, systems