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How the Zara Board Built a 14-Day Supply Chain
Zara can design, manufacture, and deliver a garment to a store in 14 days while competitors take months. This episode unpacks the board-level decisions that made that speed possible: the refusal to outsource production, the investment in centralized logistics at the Arteixo headquarters, and the ruthless data loop from store to design table. We look at how Inditex's board — led by founder Amancio Ortega and later his daughter Marta Ortega — prioritized flexibility over margins, and why that bet turned a Galician family business into the world's largest fashion retailer. The episode…
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