Optimization of Fast Fashion Retail Supply Chain Processes: Overall Literature Review and Future Research Challenges

Fares, Naila; Lebbar, Maria

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/jera.45.205

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“…Researchers have also assessed RSCs and identified the factors responsible for their success. The different types of RSCs discussed previously are omni-channel RSCs (Saghiri et al , 2017), optimisation RSCs (Fares and Lebbar, 2019), order fulfilment and delivery RSCs (Hübner et al , 2016; Sillanpää and Liesiö, 2018; Peinkofer et al , 2019). The digital advancement affecting RSCs has also been analysed by a few researchers, looking at its adaptability to the dynamic environment (Gustafsson et al , 2019; Iftikhar and khan, 2020).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Accelerating retail supply chain performance against pandemic disruption: adopting resilient strategies to mitigate the long-term effects

Sharma

Luthra²,

Joshi

et al. 2021

JEIM

101

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PurposeCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has disrupted global supply chains, revealing dreadful gaps and exposing vulnerabilities. Retailers are challenged to tackle risks and organise themselves to fit into the “new normal” scenario. This global outbreak has established a volatile environment for supply chains; it has raised the question of survival in the market, forcing companies to rethink resilient strategies to be adopted for the post-pandemic situation to mitigate the long-term effects of this virus. This study explores the priorities for retail supply chains (RSCs) to align their business operations and strategies for the post-pandemic world.Design/methodology/approachThis study has utilised integrated full consistency model (FUCOM) – best–worst method (BWM) for assessment of RSCs to enhance their business performance irrespective of pandemic disruptions. The FUCOM has been employed to identify the priorities of determinants enhancing business performance, whereas RSC strategies are evaluated using the BWM method.FindingsThe current study identifies “Collaboration Efficiency” as the main criterion for accelerating the performance of RSCs in a dynamic social environment. Also, the study concludes that “Order Fulfilment” and “Digital RSCs” are the most appropriate resilient business strategies to mitigate the long-term effects.Research limitations/implicationsSupply-demand balancing is a challenging task at the moment, but highly significant for the future. The pandemic disruptions have placed intense pressure on retailers to deliver products as per consumers' changing behaviours towards the purchase of essentials and other products. Hence, “Order Fulfilment” and “Digital RSCs” should be adopted for meeting customer requirements and to ensure sustainability in the post-pandemic business world.Originality/valueThis work sets out a comprehensive framework which will be helpful for accelerating RSCs performance against pandemic disruption by adopting resilient strategies to mitigate the long-term effects.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Accelerating retail supply chain performance against pandemic disruption: adopting resilient strategies to mitigate the long-term effects

Sharma

Luthra²,

Joshi

et al. 2021

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101

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“…Optimising the supply chain has stimulated researchers' interest in several areas, such as fast fashion (Fares and Lebbar, 2019;Fares et al, 2018) and supply chain performance in the automotive industry (Lemghari et al, 2019). During the last decade, as global supply chains have become increasingly complex and diverse, they have matured (Lu et al, 2018).…”

Section: Supply Chain Performance Measurementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Optimising the supply chain has stimulated researchers’ interest in several areas, such as fast fashion (Fares and Lebbar, 2019; Fares et al. , 2018) and supply chain performance in the automotive industry (Lemghari et al.…”

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Barriers to supply chain performance measurement during disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic

Fares

Lloret

2023

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PurposeAmid the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), supply chains have faltered. This has influenced operational and financial performance and lead to uncertainty in supply and distribution. Therefore, systems measuring supply chain risk and disruption management performance have gained interest. This study explores barriers to supply chain performance measurement during disruptions such as COVID-19.Design/methodology/approachBased on a survey and literature review, the authors formalise the barriers and rank them using the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) fuzzy Višekriterijumsko kompromisno rangiranje (VIKOR) methodology. A total of 14 experts in 11 countries were surveyed. Performance measurement is based on a balanced scorecard.FindingsFifteen barriers are identified. Based on DEMATEL analysis, the cause–effect relationships among the four scorecard aspects are explored. The customer axis is revealed as the cause, while the financial, internal business and learning/development are identified as the effect of the supply chain performance measurement. Fuzzy VIKOR calculations show that uncertainty of investment, disrupted cash flows and the bullwhip effect are the most critical barriers to measure supply chain performance during outbreaks such as the COVID-19 pandemic.Research limitations/implicationsThe study identifies and ranks general barriers; additional research is required to differentiate barriers in specific industrial sectors.Practical implicationsThe findings may help develop proactive, resilient supply chain performance strategies to overcome disruptions.Social implicationsPolicy-makers and decision-makers in industrial and service firms can explore these findings to inform strategies for robust supply chains that can resist disruption in risky environments.Originality/valueThis research addresses a knowledge gap in barriers to measure supply chain performance in post-pandemic areas. It is unclear how far firms will measure supply chain performance in terms of learning from disruption patterns, managing financial and customer demand processes in light of COVID-19. This study contributes by explaining the influences among the barriers and exploring them, offering insights from multiple stakeholders.

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“…This paper focuses on fast-fashion retail, which has high rates of product returns (Difrancesco et al, 2018;Cook and Yurchisin, 2017) and a market characterised by rapid changes (Ovezmyradov and Kurata, 2019). The affordable prices of fast-fashion products encourage consumers to overbuy online (Fares and Lebbar, 2019); on the downside, clothes' colour, knit, and fit cannot be controlled during online purchases, necessitating an efficient physical return channel. This topic is worth researching, given the need for physical returns after online purchases.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This paper focuses on fast-fashion retail, which has high rates of product returns (Difrancesco et al, 2018;Cook and Yurchisin, 2017) and a market characterised by rapid changes (Ovezmyradov and Kurata, 2019). The affordable prices of fast-fashion products encourage consumers to overbuy online (Fares and Lebbar, 2019); on the downside, clothes' colour, knit and fit cannot be controlled during online purchases, necessitating an efficient physical return channel.…”

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Factors affecting omnichannel buying online and return in store: evidence from fast-fashion retail

Fares

Lloret

Kumar

et al. 2023

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PurposeThe authors analysed the operations of two synchronised channels by focusing on “buy online and return in store” (BORS) strategies in fast-fashion retail by investigating internal and external factors affecting this omnichannel strategy.Design/methodology/approachThe authors apply a combination of techniques to identify the BORS factors. Firstly, a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis was used to define the operational factors of BORS adoption. The authors then apply analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to evaluate the factors under four SWOT categories for kids, male and female consumer groups. The factors of BORS were then ranked using the fuzzy VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (fuzzy VIKOR) approach.FindingsCombining the SWOT, AHP and fuzzy VIKOR techniques, the authors identified 21 factors in this study. The opportunity that BORS provides for trying in the fitting room for a better convenient shopping experience was ranked as the most important factor, followed by the opportunity to create a loyal customer profile with an easy and well-organised return process. Furthermore, the results reveal that the child consumer group is the most critical of the stated operations factors, followed by male and female consumers.Practical implicationsThe authors described the operational factors and supported the decision-making system of BORS for each consumer group with a priority ranking to realise effective managerial management for fast-fashion retailers and practitioners.Originality/valueThe study contributes to the growing literature on the BORS omnichannel strategy, specifically for fast-fashion retail based on consumer needs.

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Optimization of Fast Fashion Retail Supply Chain Processes: Overall Literature Review and Future Research Challenges

Cited by 6 publications

References 43 publications

Accelerating retail supply chain performance against pandemic disruption: adopting resilient strategies to mitigate the long-term effects

Accelerating retail supply chain performance against pandemic disruption: adopting resilient strategies to mitigate the long-term effects

Barriers to supply chain performance measurement during disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic

Factors affecting omnichannel buying online and return in store: evidence from fast-fashion retail

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