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b'When it comes to digitizing the complex apparel supply chain, the fashion industry has been slow to adapt, often because of hard-to-break manual habits. But the benefits of end-to-end digitization hits many touchpoints, including design and development, cost optimization, production planning, fabric control and shop floor execution.\\nIn this fireside chat, Lauren Parker, branded content manager of Sourcing Journal, sits down with Akash Shah, managing director of solutions provider COATS Digital to discuss this \\u201cconnected technology software arm\\u201d of Coats Group, and why the fashion supply chain urgently needs a digital transformation of the fashion supply chain.\\nWatch the fireside chat to learn:\\n\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0Why COATS Digital more recently acquired technology companies FastReact, GSD and ThreadSol and how the new \\u201cconnected whole\\u201d is greater than the sum of the parts.\\n\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0How COATS Digital integrates production planning, method time-cost benchmarks and fabric optimization.\\n\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0How digitization and a connected supply chain boosts sustainability and mitigates product waste\\n\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0What is holding the fashion industry back from truly digitizing and how to reverse old-fashioned mindsets\\n\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0Why end-to-end digitization is challenges along complex supply chains, and what to focus on first\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'