Reducing Inventory With POD

"We have such short lead time, usually a day at the most," Gabbana says. "And because we have that short lead time, we can't afford to keep inventory on the shelf and in stock. Our technology [Unisys software] changes so quickly, we don't want to keep inventory on the shelf. The technical manuals and material will become outdated and have to be thrown away. So, we've implemented a print-on-demand system.