Category Management in Fashion and Textile Supply Chain

Workshop

Program Overview

  • Focus Areas:
    • Product Category Management
    • Improving Category Performance
    • Applications in Retail and Export Textile Supply Chains

Topics Covered

  • Using KPIs to measure and track category performance.
  • Retail performance metrics: Sell-through rates, average transaction values, and margin improvements.
  • Export performance metrics: Time to market, order fulfillment accuracy, and shipment efficiency.
  • Tactical improvements: Merchandising, pricing strategies, and promotional effectiveness.

Learning Outcomes

  • Participants will gain a solid understanding of the principles and strategies for category management in the fashion and textile supply chain.
  • They will learn to optimize product assortments, improve supplier relationships, and enhance the performance of product categories.
  • The session will provide practical insights into applying category management techniques to both retail and export operations in the textile industry.

Who Should Attend?

Professionals from textile exports and retail industry.

Program Fees

PKR/- 29,500
Exclusive of Taxes

Date

November 16, 2024

Duration

10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Venue

EMEC @IoBM, Karachi

Registration

Program Facilitators

Muhammad Zuhair Mohsin

Engr, MBA, CSCA, CSCM, PGD BLOCKCHAIN, PHD SCHOLAR

Muhammad Zuhair Mohsin is a corporate supply chain consultant, trainer, educationist, and Fashionpreneur with a background in Industrial Engineering and an MBA specializing in supply chain management. He holds certifications such as CSCA, CSCM, and PGD Blockchain, and is pursuing a Doctorate in Supply Chain Management. His expertise lies in strategic leadership, focusing on revenue growth through operational optimization, productivity enhancement, and supply chain efficiency. He is dedicated to driving excellence in supply chain management across various industries.         

Dr. Syed Adeel Ali Shah

Textile Science, MBA, MPhil, CISCOM, Supply Chain Expert, Researcher, Publisher and PhD.

Dr. Shah is a seasoned supply chain expert with experience both in local & multinational corporations, a trainer, philosopher and consultant with a focus on supply chain management.

He has been engaged with retail, sourcing companies, and manufacturers in Pakistan to advise on supply chain performance.

In his professional career, he directed supply chain teams, showcasing a broad range of strategic leadership skills in supply chain management and optimizing efficiency on a global scale. He has proven adept at building resilient infrastructures and converting traditional supply chains into digital value chains by modernizing organizational supply chain frameworks aimed at setting industry benchmarks. Dr. Shah has actively promoted and authored insights on supply chain strategies and models for manufacturing companies.

As a consultant, he has worked with Eurocentra Pakistan, Vista Apparel Pvt Ltd, and the Textile Institute of Pakistan. Dr. Shah's expertise spans optimizing inventory management, sustainability, and sourcing while also contributing his insights to research capstone projects across various sectors in Pakistan and globally. His consultancy as capstone lead portfolio includes a diverse range of industries, such as automotive, steel, textiles, packaging, healthcare, oil and gas, food and fashion.

Leveraging his diverse industry experiences, his key areas of expertise include:

  • Efficient and responsive procurement and sourcing
  • Business process re-engineering, including the revitalization and standardization of standard operating procedures (SOPs)
  • Strategic supply chain management
  • Inventory management, just-in-time (JIT) methodologies
  • Demand forecasting
  • Logistics and warehousing management
  • Category management for both export and local retail markets
  • Leagile (Lean &Agile) supply chains in Apparel & Textiles.

Skills: SAP S/4HANA, ISO 14001Environmental Management Systems, Social Accountability 8000, CISCOM, End-to-end supply chain design and development, Supply Chain & Firm Performance, Leagile Chains.