Quietly, Alibaba Group has been operating a digital factory since August of 2018 in Hangzhou, China, that leverages cloud computing, AI-driven planning and IoT technologies to power a “made-to-sell” apparel production model as part of its “New Manufacturing” vision. The “made-to-sell” model, as opposed to a “sell-to-make” approach entrenched in the apparel sector, is difficult…
