3. Clothing manufacturers must plan to meet demand way ahead of the season during which their products are sold to consumers—sometimes 6 months or a year in advance.

In addition, demand fluctuates. Visit the Web site for a clothing brand you like—say, Levi's, Old Navy, or Patagonia. Browse through it to learn what you can about the company and its products. Then create a chart similar to the one you did for exercise 2, detailing two or three appropriate strategies that your company could use for meeting demand, describing methods for achieving them as well as likely costs and your remarks.

Discuss your findings in class, noting how this chart, for a manufacturer, differs from the chart you created for a service business. Note similarities as well.