The Impact of Changed Supplier Relationships

Part Two examines the corrrparty between the years 2002-2004 and analyses the various strategies that M S irrrplemented to sustain recovery and the new initiatives M S plarmed to rmdertake to improve efficiency. The three key areas highlighted in this part of the case are, (1) Intelligent risk tatog, (2) Consolidation of M S supply network and (3) Internalising the design process. 

As previorrsly noted, M S have moved away fiom their traditional sourcing patterns towards direct sourcing. This had a major impact on supplier relationships and the entire supply network changed fiom a large corKentration of garment suppliers and a small number of raw material suppliers to a large concentration of raw material suppliers and a small nirmber of garment suppliers. This enabled 

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