Manufactured x GIZ FABRIC: Matthijs Crietee on How to Achieve Supply Chain Partnership

This is part two of the conversation with Matthijs Crietee, Secretary General of the International Apparel Federation (IAF).

In this episode, Matthijs offers some concrete examples of partnership models, and shares his thoughts on how digitization can help reshape business processes, and by extension, supply chain relationships. He also shares his take on why manufacturers have been by-and-large left out of sustainable fashion conversations and the impact that this has on the supply chain as a whole.

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