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Coats: Supply Chain Challenges

By: Willy C. Shih
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:25
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Abstract

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 621-115.
Faced with continuing cost pressure, should Coats, the world's largest thread maker, relocate some of its make-to-stock manufacturing to an ultra-low-cost region while leaving make-to-order demand close to customers?

Keywords

Inventory Management; Supply Chain; Inventory; Supply Chain Management; Operations; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Asia

Citation

Shih, Willy C. "Coats: Supply Chain Challenges." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 622-034, August 2021. (Revised November 2023.)

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Willy C. Shih

Technology and Operations Management
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