Impressive American Apparel, a visit by Kevin Meyer

From guest blog entry by Kevin Meyer on Venture Hacks

Every business runs their daily operations in their own way.
Depending on the size of the business and demand for the services or products, the strategy to run the many aspects of the business looks overwhelming.

Sometimes I’m online checking up on my RSS feeds and I came across this interesting article by a guest blogger on Venture Hacks, and his visit to the American Apparel factory.

I was amazed about the many aspects of his visit- from how employees are treated, the importance of sustainability, to vertical integration.

“The value at American Apparel isn’t created by the building, or the machines, but by the people. So many companies—probably the vast majority—think of their people as a cost. Very few companies recognize the value of the brain that sits slightly north of their people’s hands. American Apparel realizes that the value of that brain more than offsets the traditional cost difference between their employee’s hands and a pair of hands in a sweatshop.” – Kevin Meyer

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