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Product lifecycle management and compliance with international standards: a case study analysis in the footwear industry Simona D’Amico* and Luca Giustiniano University LUISS Guido Carli, Via Tommaso Salvini, 2, 00197 – Roma, Italy Email:
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Maria Elena Nenni University of Naples Federico II, Piazzale Tecchio, 80, 80125 Naples, Italy Email:
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Luca Pirolo University LUISS Guido Carli, Via Tommaso Salvini, 2, 00197 – Roma, Italy Email:
[email protected] Abstract: As the globalisation of markets in the footwear industry became more evident, several restrictions have been imposed by international directives, standards and regulations, as well as by market requirements. Such external needs are progressively pushing the footwear manufacturers to introduce continuous improvements in their production processes and in the firm management in general. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the awareness of the adoption of product lifecycle management (PLM) in the fashion industry, in order to describe the state of the art in the Italian context. To this extent, we investigated the conformity to industry-related technical regulations as a first step towards the international development of companies. The paper presents the preliminary results of a survey conducted in the Riviera del Brenta industrial district in the Veneto Region of Italy. Keywords: product lifecycle management; PLM; footwear industry; technical regulations. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: D’Amico, S., Giustiniano, L., Nenni, M.E. and Pirolo, L. (2014) ‘Product lifecycle management and compliance with international standards: a case study analysis in the footwear industry’, Int. J. Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 7, Nos. 2/3, pp.215–229. Biographical notes: Simona D’Amico has a Master’s degree in Economics and Business and PhD in Business Management at University of Foggia, where she has been a Lecturer of Fashion Management and Business Organisation. In 2003, her graduation thesis on the Goldsmith industry won two awards, Copyright © 2014 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
