WE ARE
INDUSTRY FOCUSED
Retail, apparel, footwear, and accessories - our industry is unique, and it requires solutions that are tailored to it. Every member of our team has spent more than a decade inside of the companies that are leading the industry forward, learning from their successes and challenges and applying those learnings to all of our projects. We walk in the door knowing what levers can be pulled to drive value, what good looks like and how to be on the path for sustainable success - dramatically reducing the time it takes our clients to see tangible return.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT EXPERTS
Our clients' success depends on their product, and their product development approach is fundamental to that success. Lead times, quality & consistency, sustainability, cost of goods and delivery performance are at stake, and true expertise is required to drive positive change without interrupting the regular seasonal flow. We are product development experts and our deep knowledge of every aspect of the process is central to our approach.
DATA DRIVEN
Data and analytics are under-leveraged in this space and our mission is to change that. We complement our qualitative and opinion based analyses with benchmarks, KPIs and analytics to both identify areas of opportunity and measure the effectiveness of solutions. We leave the key and relevant measures with our clients so they can continue to monitor their progress and make adjustments as the data suggests.
UNRIVALED IN DELIVERY
It can be stated simply - our projects work. We deliver on time and on budget, and we deliver the results that we promise. Our approaches have been honed over the years, and we improve them in every single project. We understand the business and we also understand how different cultures work and what it will take to implement, and then sustain change. Every client is referenceable, and we are proud of the work we have done at each of them.
SERVICES
OPERATING MODELS
SPECIALTY RETAIL & DTC
WHOLESALE & BRANDS
DEPARTMENT & MASS EXCLUSIVE BRANDS
INTERNATIONAL & FRANCHISE
DIRECT SOURCING & INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT
PRIVATE & WHITE LABEL
FAST FASHION
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PLM & SOURCING TOOLS
INITIATIVE STRATEGY & PLANNING
BUSINESS CASES
PACKAGE SELECTION
PROCESS DESIGN
IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES
CHANGE MANAGEMENT & SUPPORT
ENHANCEMENT & UPGRADE ASSESSMENT
ONGOING ENHANCEMENTS
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
MATERIAL AGGREGATION & PLATFORMING
FABRIC, YARN & LEATHER LIBRARIES
TRIM & INTERLINING LIBRARIES
PACKAGING & LABEL MANAGEMENT
MATERIAL TESTING & COMPLIANCE
SUSTAINABILITY
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DIGITAL DESIGN & PD
3D & DIGITAL RENDERS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
VIRTUAL SAMPLING & FIT
LAST, TOOLING & HARDWARE DESIGN
COLOR MANAGEMENT & CLM
VIRTUAL SHOWROOMS
COLLABORATION TOOLS
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ANALYTICS & DATA
PD & COSTING ANALYTICS
CYCLE TIME & CALENDAR BENCHMARKS
ADOPTION & DEVELOPMENT RATE ANALYSIS
PRODUCT & VENDOR DATA MANAGEMENT
PIM, ECM & BPM TOOLS
DATA GOVERNANCE APPROACHES
COST OPTIMIZATION
PRODUCT COST
DUTY REDUCTION APPROACHES
DESIGN, PD & SOURCING OPERATING COSTS
SAMPLE COSTS
FREIGHT, AIR SHIP & POSTAGE COSTS
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SOURCING & PRODUCTION
REGION, COUNTRY & VENDOR ANALYSES
VENDOR COMPLIANCE
SOURCING OFFICE STRATEGY & SETUP
VENDOR CERTIFICATION
NEAR SHORING
TIME & ACTION CALENDARS
WIP TRACKING
QA & QC APPROACHES
TECHNOLOGY
APPLICATION ASSESSMENT & ROADMAPS
IT COST OPTIMIZATION
IT GOVERNANCE APPROACHES
TRANSFORMATION OFFICE
SYSTEM DESIGN
INTEGRATION DESIGN
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OUR TEAM
JEREMY RUBMAN
YAMEL CUEVAS
DAVE DEL CORRAL
COURTNAY EAST
VINOD RANGARAJAN
Over the past two decades, Jeremy has led teams on initiatives ranging from strategic roadmaps through complex transformation programs, resulting in successfully turning around struggling multi-billion dollar specialty retailers to building foundations for profitable expansion at privately held, rapidly growing, startups.
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He is a recognized industry leader in driving innovative solutions and has helped some of the world’s leading retailers and brands recognize scale, align offerings to consumer needs, reduce costs and optimize relationships throughout the global supply chain.
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Jeremy has spent his twenty year career consulting for the retail, apparel, footwear and accessories industry. He founded 703 Advisors in 2011 to provide expert advisory services delivered by a senior and experienced team. Jeremy graduated from Emory University's Goizueta Business School.
For over 17 years, Yamel has helped brands and retailers improve operations through technology strategy, product development, and sourcing initiatives that support business transformation. He focuses on managing complex implementations and leading cross functional teams through successful projects.
Yamel brings deep functional expertise all areas of the retail supply chain and develops innovative negotiation approaches and analytics solutions to strategically manage operations across internal departments and with strategic suppliers.
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Yamel has spent his entire consulting career in the retail, apparel, footwear and accessories industry. Prior to joining 703 Advisors, he held senior management consulting roles at Kurt Salmon and AlixPartners. Yamel graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Over the past 15 years, Dave has devised operational strategies, optimized processes and organization structures, and deployed PLM solutions across Product Development functions. His core competency involves developing PLM roadmaps, leading the selection PLM systems, and implementing PLM solutions that deliver lasting results.
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Dave is an industry expert focused on the product development and sourcing arena and brings a deep understanding of best practices and challenges other companies have solved in areas such as fabric platforming, cost analysis, and product data management.
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Prior to joining 703 Advisors, Dave was a leader in the Product Development, Sourcing, and PLM practice at Kurt Salmon where he was responsible for developing service offerings, bringing innovative solutions to clients. Dave graduated from Rutgers University with a focus on Information Systems.
For the past ten years, Courtnay has led brands through a range of initiatives, from assessments and strategic roadmaps to transformational implementations, in the areas of design, material and color management, product development and sourcing. Courtnay excels at working closely with clients to drive enhanced ways of working that result in new strategic capabilities and operational efficiencies.
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She has deep experience assessing operational capabilities, designing new business processes and operating models and implementing foundational technology needed to support end-to-end product development.
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Courtnay has spent her ten year career consulting for the retail, apparel, footwear and accessories industry, and joined 703 Advisors in 2015. Courtnay received her B.A. from Tufts University and MBA from Columbia Business School.
Over the past twenty years, Vinod has successfully led clients on a wide range of projects from the design of new strategies and operating models to the implementation of large-scale, transformational solutions.
He has deep functional and technology expertise in the design, product development, and sourcing functions and has helped leading retailers and brands realize significant and sustainable operational improvements in these areas.
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Vinod has spent the bulk of his career consulting for the retail, apparel, footwear, accessories, and consumer goods industries. He also served on the executive management team of a retail technology solutions provider, in charge of the company’s US operations.
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Vinod is an alumnus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.
