Building a More Flexible Supply Chain from End to End
b"The fast pace of consumer demand combined with global supply chain disruptions is putting manufacturers on their heels to keep up\\u2014but Interloop knows it is more than capable of adapting to current uncertainties. In fact, the hosiery manufacturer has robust plans to more than double its current apparel capacity from 20 million to 45 million pieces.\\n\\u201cFlexibility is the name of the game,\\u201d said Faryal Sadiq, vice president, sales and marketing at Interloop. \\u201cWe were seeing disruptions every three or four years, but now we\\u2019re seeing it every three to four months, so our reaction time has to be a lot faster.\\u201d\\nBased in Pakistan, Interloop has taken measures to ensure flexibility for its partners, expanding its production presence to Sri Lanka and contracting manufacturing out to China as part of its push to diversify its capabilities.\\nIn a fireside chat with Sourcing Journal's founder Edward Hertzman, Sadiq and Shelley Rider, president, Interloop North America, shared the benefits of this type of collaborative planning in fostering supply chain flexibility.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"