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Efforts to automate sewing have fallen short of expectations.

Read the latest BoF Insights report to get BoF’s perspective on the state of the fashion industry’s supply chain model, plus data-driven guidance on how companies can strengthen their supply chains in the face of pandemic and geopolitical challenges.

The Hong Kong-based supply chain management company’s chief executive says fashion brands should diversify sourcing, adopt top technologies and invest in critical contingency planning.

Fashion’s supply chains will continue to face deep disruption ahead from logistical logjams, materials shortages and rising costs, according to The State of Fashion 2022 report by The Business of Fashion and McKinsey.

Walmart and other large fashion retailers tout their progress on worker safety to consumers. But suppliers say they’re often on their own when it comes to improving factory conditions.