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The “commercials” at La Coruna have great discretion in deciding what clothes would be designed and produced, unlike other companies which use a small elite team for design and production. Weaknesses within Zara Business Model -Since Zara has a short lead time for delivering products, it keeps no buffer stock and most, if not all, logistics arrangements were centralized at the head office in La Coruna. This makes Zara very vulnerable to accidental incidents.

tight/strict deadlines for submitting orders to La Coruna twice weekly -Store manager’s determined replenishment quantities by canvassing the store -Store management could not look up their inventory balances on any in-store computer so canvassing store only way to learn about stock levels. -store managers learned about newly available items by checking their handheld computer that was linked each night, via dial-up modem to info systems at La Coruna. -digital order forms transmitted to store handhelds

succeed in purchases, products quality, quality control, stockpiling and logistics. All this accomplished, the results are bound to be remarkable. Zara is an illustrative example of the correct operations management. The first shop was set up in La Coruna and so far sixty eight countries have had their own Zara store. This progress happened very fast and successfully. We can all understand that the system of Zara works properly and people of Zara do their work effectively. The way they design, they

Zara sourced undyed fabric from the Far East, Morocco, and India. Zara’s Voyage ZARA begins its activity with the opening in A Coruna (Spain) of its first store, although the origins of the group date back to 1963, the year in which Amancio Ortega Gaona, chairman & founder, begins his business activity (1975). GOASAM was founded by the owner of the ZARA and continues with the

Zara is a leading Spanish fashion company established in the year 1975 in La Coruna by Amancio Ortega , who began his clothing career as an assistant tailor. It forms a major part of retail group known as Inditex, which is a major fast growing industry in the global market. Inditex is a merger of major high street brands all over Europe consisting of Bershka, Bear, Zara, and Pull in more than 68 countries. Zara has used numerous innovative strategies to achieve global expansion making it top in

MANAGING INFORMATION SYSTEMS Introduction: Amancio Ortega, had a simple idea of linking customer demand to manufacturing and manufacturing with distribution, when creating ZARA in 1975 in la Coruña, Spain Zara came under the holding company Inditex in the year 1985 and is today the biggest fashion brand of the group. Zara believes that the prime factors for running a successful business are quick response to customers, use of computers, and disintegrated decision-making (McAfee, Dessain, &

Also, Managers can see the newly available garments by consulting a handled computer that is linked each night via dial up modem to information system at La Coruna. Fulfillment: Fulfillment or shipping clothes to stores to satisfy orders involve other group of commercials. They determine which store s would get available inventory and which would not base on past selling record. They work with product manager

5 ZAZR Analysis 5.1 Zara background Inditex founder, Amancio Ortega Gaona, started his fashion business in 1949 at the age of 13, as a delivery boy for a local shirt maker in La Coruña, Spain and in a little over a decade was working as shop manager. With the knowledge and experience gained along the way, he began developing his own designs, after which he left his job to start his own business in the early 1960s. With only $25 in startup capital and working out of his sister’s home, Ortega’s vision

How is Zara organized with respect to its vertical integration and outsourcing decisions? What governance structure does it appear to follow? Support your conclusions with reference to details of the Zara and the Ferdows reading. Zara manufactures and distributes its products in small batches. Zara is vertically integrated as the company manages all design, warehousing, distribution and logistic functions. Zara outsources sewing of garments to an outside supplier. Zara controls the product it

Introduction Zara is one of the Inditex’s largest international fashion brands. The company first opened in La Coruna in 1975, still lives by the simple idea of Amancio Ortega to link customer demand to manufacturing, and link manufacturing to distribution. Castellano and Ortega shared the same beliefs that quick response to customers, use of computers, and disintegrated decision-making were important to build the business. It has built distribution and information system which allows to keep latest