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This chapter will introduce the concept of supply chain and supply chain management, discuss the typical supply chain configuration of luxury companies and describe the planning and execution processes in supply chain management.
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APICS is the leading professional association for supply chain and operations management and provides research, education and certification programmes aiming at supporting supply chain excellence, innovation and resilience (www.apics.org). At the moment, a specific reference model for planning and execution processes in luxury companies does not exist; yet the APICS model—conceived to work in a number of industry—fits perfectly well the specificities of most luxury companies.
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Brun, A. (2017). Supply Chain Management in the Luxury Industry. In: Rigaud-Lacresse, E., Pini, F. (eds) New Luxury Management. Palgrave Advances in Luxury. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41727-1_11
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