Quick Response Adoptions in the Apparel Manufacturing Industry: Competitive Advantage of Innovation

摘要

Quick Response (OR) is a type of Just- In-Time (JIT) manufacturing system Specifically developed for the apparel Industry to help firms respond to con- Sumers' demands within a changing Competitive environment. Four hundred New York state apparel manufacturers Were surveyed for QR adoption using the Self-administered mail survey method to Test the following hypotheses: (H1): Adopters and nonadopters of QR in the Apparel manufacturing industry differ in Selected firm characteristics; (H2): per- Ceived benefits of QR implementation dif- Fer among small, medium-size, and large Apparel manufacturing firms; and (H3): Use of various QR systems differs among Small, medium-size, and large apparel Manufacturing firms.