Month: January 2010

Trend is a significant aspect in fashion that consumers follow and retailers must keep up. The retailers must recognize and supply consumers’ demand quickly according to the trend. In order to keep up with this fast fashion, the retailers must recognize the consumers’ choice and situation, then have a flexible and efficient supply chain to support those demand.

This process is depended by the operating element of the company. In fashion industry, it is vital to keep the days of inventory as low as possible. This requires the industry to process accordingly and correctly to the demand and have a flexible variability. The capacity of inventory must be measured accurately so that it wouldn’t be higher than the demand nor too low in order to maximize profit.

A direct supply chain management would make a great business for fast fashion as it is advantageous in obtaining valuable information on the demand, as well as people are able to consume the exact design or style of what they want. Also, direct supplying would prevent any over producing as the industry would manufacture just the right amount according to the demand.

“There are some people, no matter what you do for them, it’s never going to be enough. If they’re not making $1 million in a year, they leave.” – a mentality (entitlement) in [the Silicon Valley] (Employee Loyalty by Cheryl Breetwor)

The article titled “Employee Loyalty” is an interview with Cheryl Breetwor who ran a company called ShareData for 16 years. She writes of her experiences she had with some of the employees she managed throughout those years.

The link to the article: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v12n1/loyalty.html

The article addresses the loyalty of employees to companies that hired them. This explains the attachment or investment the employees commit to the companies. Breetwor experiences many cases where employees leave her company for what they believe as a better option. She gives an example of a case where an employee in his twenties who got promoted three times in a year with earnings of approximately $100,000 a year. He left his job for another company.

In the case of the employee leaving the company, in my view, it is obvious for employees to leave companies for the better option. This is a personal choice and decision that the CEO or managers of companies should question. The reasons for that decision can be very significant and personal to the employees that managers do not know of or do not understand. The employees should not be attached to the company just to be “loyal”. Also, I believe that a great leader should not only be able to attract people to them but also be just as understanding to let them go for their sakes. If they want to leave for better individual opportunities, managers should be able to understand it in their point of view.

Works Cited:

• Employee Loyalty by Cheryl Breetwor (Web) (http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v12n1/loyalty.html)