ASDA George

Advanced Supply Chain, a Reconomy specialist brand, has partnered with ASDA’s George for over a decade, providing the value-added services, quality control, and compliance rework that keep one of Britain’s largest fashion retailers moving at speed.

From garment reprocessing and quality inspection to a nominated carrier scheme collecting around 30 million units a year, Advanced Supply Chain has helped George reduce non-compliance, strip cost from its supply chain, and improve speed to market.

History of the partnership

The partnership with ASDA dates back to the late 1990s. George needed to maintain market share and was looking for partners to help evolve its supply chain and warehouse capacity, increasing speed to market and ensuring product availability.

Experience and a reputation for innovative, agile solutions in the clothing sector set Advanced Supply Chain apart from less agile operators. Advanced Supply Chain has provided value added services, in the form of both planned and unplanned processing and NCS, for ASDA George for over 10 years, evidencing deep experience and a clear understanding of both quality and service expectations.

This established, long-standing relationship, alongside work with other key retail partners and brands, gives Advanced Supply Chain a clear understanding of the marketplace in which ASDA is so firmly and successfully positioned. That experience underlines the importance of brand reputation and of meeting both customer expectations and the promises made to them.

To future-proof operations on both sides, provide transparency and visibility, and reduce manual admin, Advanced Supply Chain develops sophisticated software solutions that give real-time, control-tower visibility of goods at every stage of the supply chain. Advanced Supply Chain currently handles in excess of 30 million units through NCS and planned and unplanned processing.

10 years of value added services for ASDA George

Garment, cosmetic, and homeware reprocessing, including:

• Spot cleaning
• Steam tunnelling
• Hand pressing
• Sewing
• Repackaging and labelling of goods
• QC and inspection at AQL level
• Metal detection
• Ozone treatment, decontamination, and fumigation
• Return to manufacturer

30 million units handled through NCS and planned and unplanned processing

• Flat processing
• Unpack and repack
• Out-sort
• De-ratio and re-ratio
• Kitting up
• Labelling and re-labelling (jiffy and satin)
• Label printing (barcodes and satin)
• De-tag and re-tag

Technical garment processing:

• QC inspections, including measurements, faults, and shading
• Compliance checks and delivery reports
• Returns processing and rectification
• Ozone treatment
• Footwear clean and polish
• De-branding and re-branding