Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Fashion and the Global Supply Chain
Bloomsbury Publishing and Fairchild Books
This course introduced you to the global fashion industry, covering the basic sectors of the fashion supply chain—textiles, ready-to-wear design and manufacturing, and retailing. You were introduced to the missions, objectives, and competitive strategies of fashion businesses. You learned about sourcing decisions across the fashion supply chain and explored sustainable supply chains in the fashion industry.
4 weeks, 2 hours per week
Ian Howell
Managing Director
FutureLearn
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe the definitions and applications of processes that occur throughout the fashion supply chain including design, merchandising, manufacturing, and marketing
- Explore the history and organization of the global textiles industry
- Explain the growth and development of the ready-to-wear fashion industry and its current characteristics
- Explain the role of fashion retailing in the history of the fashion industry support industries including consumer publications and media, trade publications and media, and trade associations
- Describe the support industries including consumer publications and media, trade publications and media, and trade associations
Syllabus
- Processes Across the Fashion Supply Chain: Design, Manufacturing, Merchandising, and Marketing
- The Global Textiles Industry
- Ready-to-Wear Fashion Industry
- Fashion Retailing and Consumer Behavior
- Support Industries – Media and Trade Associations
Issued on 8th May 2024
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