HowManyCountriesDoesItTaketoMakeaCoat?TomakethisjacketfortheU.Smarket,HongKonggarmentproducerLi&FungorderedmaterialsfromfactoriesinfivecountriesandhadthemdeliveredtoThailand,wherethejacketwasstitched together.Using anetworkofWebsites,Li&Fungstaysintouchwithitsworldwidesuppliers andcan compressthetimeittakesto getitemsinto stores.Taiwan,whichspecializesinmakingmaterial forChina,the world'slarqestoutdoorclothing,producedproducer of cotton,made thelinerthe shell and fleece.Thailand, a leadingexporterofimitationfur, ringed the hoodGermany,whichgavetheworldthesnapJapan,theglobe'sbiggestfastenerinthe1880s,producerof stainlesssteelsent thesnapsforzippers,put itsteethinthis zipper1-16
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1-17 QC & Shipping [Hong Kong] Product Design [Hong Kong] Zippers+. [Japan+.] Stitching [Indonesia] Weaving [Taiwan] Yarn Spinning [Korea] An Illustration: How Li & Fung Limited Might Make a Dress Globally Dispersed Manufacturing