
Chapter 6
Mean-risk analysis for fashion retail
supply chain information systems
projects
SUMMARY
In this chapter, we examine the use of the classic mean-risk models to evaluate the
information systems projects for fashion retail supply chain management. To be spe-
cific, in light of different sources of uncertainty in the market (e.g., interest rate and
consumer demand), the benefits and even costs associated with the implementation and
operation of fashion retail supply chain management information systems are highly
uncertain. As such, when the fashion retail companies evaluate these information sys-
tems projects, they have to consider both the anticipated ...