Comments on: Push-Pull Manufacturing

By: Is fast fashion sustainable?

Is fast fashion sustainable? — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:41:14 +0000

[...] I’m not the only one who thinks that the predominant model of the industry today, the push model, is unsustainable. What could be more irresponsible than excess production in advance of demonstrated demand? This is why I tell you to only produce what’s been ordered, aka pull manufacturing. [...]

By: Noah L

Noah L — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:29:27 +0000

i am working very hard with the pull method for my denim line, arg i hope it gets pulled ( correct syntax?)

By: Vesta

Vesta — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:15:54 +0000

Unfortunately, my segment (soft baby carriers) is all push, at this time. I am always wistful for a pull situation when I read your book. We’re starting to move toward more seasonality in our fabric selections (which are the main differences in our products from season to season, rather than style changes), and I’m scheming about how to create more of a pull-type situation (for instance, by holding mini seasonal “online buying markets” for my distributors – if enough of them order a particular fabric combination, we’ll produce it).

Another thing that has interested me, and I think is perfect for our situation, is mass customization. Unfortunately, I am finding sewing contractors resistant to the requirements of such a setup, which means we’d need to bring our manufacturing in-house. But that’s just a whole different business.

By: Fashion-Incubator

Fashion-Incubator — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:21:42 +0000

Designers at craft fairs

Last weekend I went to the Dona Ana Arts Council Renaissance Craft fair; it’s an annual thing. I like to go to these things to shop the designers. Well not to shop exactly, I guess I spy on them (spying…