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4IR Contactless commerce and the future post Covid-19

Published: 1st Jun 2020

Author: Russell Addinall; FLIC

With international travel “out of the question” for the present, footwear manufacturers and retailers are going to have to do substantially more of their pre-production developments online. Companies worldwide are scrambling to adapt to the challenging situation.
FLIC has started to look at not only how we can do more virtual developments but also how to shorten the current pre-production lead times. We have put an interactive pdf file for download onto our website https://flicsa.co.za/ this is just a start and in future, video links etc. will be included.

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