The Forecast is Bright for 2019
In this piece, the minds behind WhichPLM (CEO & Founder, Mark Harrop, and Editor, Lydia Hanson) share their thoughts for the coming year, and what we might be able to expect from our industry.
Mark Harrop
Mark Harrop is the founder and Managing Director of WhichPLM. During a career that has spanned more than four decades, Mark has worked tirelessly to further the cause of PLM – providing the unbiased, expert advice that has enabled some of the world’s best known retailers, brands and manufacturers achieve efficiency savings across their entire supply chain through informed technology investments.
A PLM expert – often dubbed the ‘PLM guru’ – Mark writes exclusively for WhichPLM, sharing his vast expertise with the wider RFA market.
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PLM: Success Not Guaranteed
In today’s article, our own CEO & Founder, Mark Harrop, shares his lengthy experience with PLM – more notably, the behind-the-scenes implementations and relationships that don’t always go as planned. Despite the huge strides PLM has made in recent years, it’s an unfortunate fact that PLM projects still fail.
5G & Fashion PLM; the Next Generation
Our Founder & CEO, Mark Harrop, shares his thoughts around 5G and what it means for retail, footwear and apparel. He takes us through the advent of each generation, beginning with 1G, and closes with a vision for the future.
Infinite Fashion
Here, our own CEO, Mark Harrop, shares his thought leadership view on the current landscape of any Fashion business – technologically speaking. He delves into what WhichPLM has coined Fashion’s ‘infinity loop’, emphasizing the importance of digital integration. The next wave of fashion technology integration is happening whilst I write my latest article on what […]
Dig.IT4Fashion 2017: The WhichPLM Report
Our CEO has recently returned from Florence, where he attended and presented at Dig.IT4Fashion. Here, he presents his coverage of the event, and shares his thoughts on four roundtable panels: Enterprise 3D, Experience, Blockchain, and Data Intelligence. It isn’t often today to come across a retailer, brand or manufacturer in our industry who doesn’t have […]
A Decade Gone By
In an exclusive post marking our 10th year in business, WhichPLM’s CEO thanks our community for your continued support, and shares the evolution of our brand.
Blockchain: the Next Disruptive Wave after the Internet?
In the second instalment of a two-part exclusive, our CEO builds on his exploration of blockchain for the RFA industry. Mark Harrop continues here by exploring some potential advantages of using blockchain in the fashion supply chain.
Is the Blockchain Revolution Coming to the Fashion Sector?
In the first instalment of a two-part exclusive, our CEO delves into the world of bitcoin and blockchain. Mark Harrop gives a brief history of the ‘global phenomenon’ here, and in part two will look at what this could mean for the RFA sector.
Riding the Next Wave of Fashionology Disruptions
In his latest exclusive for WhichPLM, our Founder, Mark Harrop, shares his thoughts on the latest technology to hit the Fashion industry.
Why is this so difficult?
In his latest piece with us, resident Expert Dan Hudson, discusses why truly successful retail, footwear & apparel PLM implementations are difficult, and how implementing various inter-connected systems can help.