Production Planning & Control

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Challenges in apparel production planning and

control

Stein W. Wallace & Tsan-Ming Choi

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Production Planning & Control
Vol. 22, No. 3, April 2011, 209
EDITORIAL
Challenges in apparel production planning and control
In modern apparel supply chains, customers are
demanding better quality, higher availability of pro-
ducts, broader assortments and shorter delivery times.
Production planning and control become crucial tasks
and collaborations with channel members become
crucial in order to cope with these challenges. This
special issue of Production Planning & Control is
devoted to publishing significant results on both
analytical and empirical research on challenges in
apparel production planning and control. In this issue,
we present 10 papers, selected from articles submitted
from Asia-Pacific, Europe and the United States, that
address the following issues:
. Challenges for UK apparel supply chain
management.
. The value of numerical models in quick
response assortment planning.
. Adapting lean manufacturing principles to the
textile industry.
. Elucidating a layout problem in the fashion
industry by using an ant optimisation
approach.
. Coordination of a fashion apparel supply
chain under lead-time-dependent demand
uncertainty.
. A stochastic model for production loading in
a global apparel manufacturing company
under uncertainty.
. Evolutionary strategy to apply information
and communication technology: a case study
in the apparel industry.
. Mass customisation in the Hong Kong appa-
rel industry.
. Selection process in logistics outsourcing – a
view from third party logistics provider.
. Optimal inventory system with two backlog
costs in response to a discount offer.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the
editors Professor Stephen J. Childe and Professor
Bjørn Andersen for their support of this special issue.
We also thank all contributors and anonymous
reviewers for their valuable time and effort in the
review process.
ISSN 0953–7287 print/ISSN 1366–5871 online
ß 2011 Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2010.498572
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Stein W. Wallace
Department of Management Science
Lancaster University Management School
Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YX
England
stein.w.wallace@lancaster.ac.uk
Tsan-Ming Choi
Business Division
Institute of Textiles and Clothing
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
tcjason@inet.polyu.edu.hk
Notes on contributors
Stein W. Wallace is professor of
Operational Research at Lancaster
University Management School in the
UK. He has held professorships at The
Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Molde University College, Norway,
and The Norwegian University of
Science and Technology. His main
interest is decision-making under
uncertainty, with an emphasis on modeling and applications.
He co-authored the world’s first textbook on stochastic
programming in 1994 (with Peter Kall) and has published
over 60 articles in peer reviewed journals. He sits on several
editorial boards, including INFORMS Journal on
Computing. He chaired the international organization for
stochastic programming (COSP) 1992–95.
Tsan-Ming Choi received his PhD
from The Chinese University of
Hong Kong. He is currently an asso-
ciate professor at The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University. His current
research interests mainly focus on
supply chain operations management.
He has published in leading academic
journals such as IEEE Transactions
on Automatic Control, Production and Operations
Management, European Journal of Operational Research,
and various other IEEE Transactions. He has edited/guest
edited three research handbooks and six special issues in
academic journals. He is currently an associate editor of
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics –
Part A.