Question

1. What kinds of resources can likely be shared across different brands between an apparel maker and a footwear maker? What kinds of resources are unlikely to be shared?

Answer 1

Answer:

An apparel maker and footwear maker can use packaging, distribution, marketing and selling operations together. They can use common resources for these operations. But, apparel makers and footwear makers cannot use common manufacturing operations.

Clothing and footwear industry, also called apparel and allied industries, garment industries, or soft-goods industries, factories, and mills producing outerwear, underwear, headwear, footwear, belts, purses, luggage, gloves, scarfs, ties, and household soft goods such as drapes, linens, and slipcovers. The same raw materials and equipment are used to fashion these different end products.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Explanation:

Apperel maker and footwear maker are industries that use as common resources such as packaging, distribution, marketing and selling operations.

On the other hand, the resources that are unlikely to be shared, we can mention different types of machinery for confection, raw material and specialized professionals.