Third Blogpost: Production Intern at House of Dagmar

Hi everyone,

I am now wrapping up my internship period with only one week left! It feels strange that soon I will be leaving the workplace where I’ve spent most of my time over the past 3 months. I’veve gotten to know an entirely new team and become quite close with some of them. 

This experience has taught me many things about the industry and it’s been interesting to be part of an organisation, even for just a short amount of time. The internship has provided me with so many new insights and I’ve learnt about strategies that the brand works with in order to manage their supply chain. I have gained an understanding of what the production process from initial planning and development to the final product reaching the customers and what that looks like at House of Dagmar. Being involved in everything from supplier communication and production planning to fittings, quality control and coordination has given me an insight of how complex and important each stage of the textile value chain is for the final product to turn out the way its been planned. 

In the last couple of weeks I’ve also reflected over my personal growth, not just in terms of knowledge, but also in understanding the reality of working in a small team. The internship has been a journey of development and an important step for me. I feel more enlightened about what kind of work I would like to pursue in the future. Feeling grateful for these new learnings and looking forward to new experiences in the future. 

All the best, 

Clara Fogdestam 

Individual field study: Literature review 3/3

 Hi all,

Hope you're all excited for the upcoming summer. This is my last entry for the field study journey. Though it was quite challenging for me to wrap up the final report, I am finally able to complete my report on time, at least. This field study was quite a learning period of my academic life. The use of databases, article categorizing, and content analysis of the articles will definitely help me in my upcoming projects. I learned a lot while delving into the academic and scholarly articles in the field of supply chain transparency. A new door of the understanding and exploring the potential research themes has opened for me. My understanding regarding supply chain transparency has gained a boost during this literature review. Also, my skill of creating poster for the assignment will be added to my competencies. 

The writing was the most difficult and consuming part of this course. Now I could understand the writing procedure more than before. I could explore my weak points and how to approach the writing of an academic study. The most important lesson was, the more I read my articles more I could understand the topics and my limitations. So there is no substitute of more and more reading. It was a great journey and hopefull I can use skill earned skills through this course in the future.

Regards,

Komal Prosun Chanda 

Individual field study: Literature review 2/3

 Hi all!

Hope you all are doing great in the presentation and submitting your final report! I am going to share my journey to writing-up the report for my literature review in the field of Supply chain transparency.

While writing the findings I found some interesting facts about supply chain transparency. Technology is heavily used to ensure transparency. Blockchain technology is the most prominent of them all. Blockchain ensures the transparency of all transactions at all stages of the supply chain by storing data in an automated manner. Through the effectiveness of this technology it is not widely adopted. I tries to find the barriers and facotrs that affecting adoption of blockchain technology in the supply chain management. By the content naalysis of finally selected articles I tried to divided them into segements where the researchers tries to explore. The effect of transparency of the firm performances and consumer buying behavior is one of them which was mostly interesting. It was shown that researcher found that transparency has positive effect on consumers to pay a premium price for the product provided that the tranparency information is transmitted. It also shwas a great relation with the sustainability efforts by the brands through transparency. Researecher also found that the transparency information disclosurre of the mass and luxuray brands is not enough and log way to go. I also discusse the  discreate definition of transparency in the supply chain. Researcher use different definition and explore the transparency term differnetly in their study which make difficult to define the transparency in simple form. I tried to found the themes of the current literature and understand the present research themes of the supply chain transparency. I am now at the end of completing my report and hopefully I could deliver a fruitfull report regarding supply chain transparency.

That's all for today! Thank your again! See you soon!

Production HW Intern 3/3

Hello hello!

The last week of my internship is officially here. What a time it has been. I have met so many skilled, experienced and nice people who have inspired and teached me so much during this period. I feel more optimistic for my future career after this experience and I have gained so much more confidence. It has been really great to be able to apply my knowledge from school into the actual work tasks and I have been confident in knowing what is spoken about during meetings with different teams and decisions being made. 

Further, I have learnt how big organisations can and are working efficiently to ensure smooth operations and an effective work-flow. I believe that it is not just the tasks that I have been doing that has enhanced my knowledge but also just being in this environment, hearing people discussing different matters and how to solve issues. I am forever grateful for this experience. 

I am eager to take all of this new knowledge back to school and later apply it into my future work. But firstly, a well deserved summer “break” for all of us. Have an amazing summer and I will see you all back in school in September. 

All the best, 

Beatrice Svedberg

Second Blogpost: Production Intern at House of Dagmar

 Hi everyone,

I hope you are all doing well at your internships! I’m now 10 weeks into my internship at House of Dagmar, and it’s been an incredibly valuable experience so far. 

Over the past few weeks, I’ve gained a deeper understanding of the full production process and how the organisation works with everything from planning, coordination, sourcing, logistics, communication and checking up on quality in the entire process from product development to finished product. 

I’ve assisted with managing production timelines, communicating with suppliers in different countries across the globe. I’ve also taken part in both internal and external meetings, fittings and quality checks, and helped report and communicate improvements. On the administrative side, I’ve worked on updating production documents and organizing reports. What’s been most rewarding is seeing how all the different processes fit together and how such a small company works together. This has helped me understand the full flow of production and how crucial coordination is at every step. 

I’ve learned so much over the past 10 weeks, and while I still have a few weeks left, the recent weeks have been quite intense with a lot going on. I’m hoping the final weeks will be a bit less stressful, but just as rewarding.

All the best,
Clara Fogdestam

Individual Field Study 2025, 1/3

 Hi, all!

I am a bit late in sharing my journey of the field study as a part of individual field study. In this individual field study I choose to do the literature review on a selected topic. We had a session with our teacher and mentor Jenny at every week who guides us to this journey. 

The preliminary job of the literature review is to select a topic in which I have an interest. In the first two sessions, Jenny helped us know more about the systematic literature review, topic selection, search engine selection, selecting, deselecting and how to categorize the list of articles. After brainstorming for some days, I chose Supply Chain Transparency as my subject for the literature review. I want to know what has been done in these topics by the scholars and what the gaps are that can be further explored. I choose the search engine "Scopus" to search the scholarly articles for my topics.

In the third and fourth week, I started to read the articles that I chose and started to make an Excel sheet where I could categorize the articles under different specific columns for further easy understanding. Jenny guided us through this preparation and pointed out what to look for while reading a journal articles. It really helped me to understand the articles more clearly and sort out the relevant articles. 

Then I started to write my report and now I am on the to write the second draft. The feedback session from the first draft makes clear my confusion about the how to write in maintaining the golden thread and with structure. Now I am approaching to the second draft with refining and modify the 1st draft.

It was nice learning phase so far in this individual study. I have learned a lot about the literature review and extended my skills in the scientific journal analysis area. I hope these skills will aid my future goals.

Thats all for today. Have a nice day and I promise I will not be late for my second post!!

Production HW Intern 2/3

 Good morning all of you!

Time flies by so quickly, I am now currently in my 8th week at the internship. Meaning that it is slowly coming to an end. When thinking about what I have learnt it is difficult to remember because of how much that I have done. Not only have I started an internship in a new company with a new team, I have also moved from Gothenburg to Stockholm, which has been really great but yet a challenge of course.

These weeks has been filled with meetings with suppliers, production planning and onboarding of a new colleague to the team! I have also begun to gain more responsibility and I feel more confident in my work-tasks.

Last week ended with a two-day trek. I was invited to join some people in the office for an afterwork experience. I borrowed gear from colleagues and the office and off we went. We walked through the woods north of Stockholm, paused for dinner and then continued to a camping-spot where we pitched our tents, lit a bonfire and just looked over Mälaren. I got to spend my first ever night in a tent which was a real adventure. I feel like I am getting the full Fjällräven experience during my internship here!

However, it is nice to read all of your blogs and see that you are doing good so far!

Take care, 

Beatrice Svedberg

Menswear startup internship - 1/3

31 March – 14 April

The first two weeks of my internship have flown by, and I’m now starting to get into the flow of things. The first week was especially intense, filled with new impressions and plenty to learn. Much of my time was spent getting to know the company’s workflow and internal processes. I had the opportunity to follow each of the employees considering they are still a small team (4 people). During my second week, the company launched their SS25 collection. It was an exciting and hectic time, with high demand and lots of preparations to ensure customer orders were fulfilled smoothly. As the company operates exclusively online, a significant part of the work involved updating the website. This included adding new products, refreshing cover photos, handling currency conversions and maintaining a dialogue with the IT consultant to resolve any technical issues or necessary adjustments.

On the operational side, I assisted with quality checks of the garments, ensuring everything met the company’s standards before packing and shipping. After the launch, the whole team worked together in the warehouse to manage the high amount of orders, followed by handling returns.

In between helping with the SS25 launch operations, I was also involved in marketing activities. I planned the Instagram feed for the campaign period and scheduled posts for the upcoming month. Additionally, I managed content scheduling on Pinterest. A highlight was co-creating a press kit with a colleague, which we distributed to journalists and key industry contacts to generate media interest about the new collection.

Best regards,

Lilly Kungs 

Management Assistant Intern at H&M #2

As I move further into my internship as a Management Assistant at H&M, I’m beginning to truly appreciate the depth and complexity behind the daily operations of a fashion retail store. The early excitement has evolved into a more reflective understanding of how each component of store management contributes to a larger strategic whole.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve continued to develop my knowledge of budget management, with a particular focus on how scheduling and working hours are carefully planned to align with expected foot traffic and sales targets. While external factors like sales can be unpredictable, it’s been eye-opening to see how thoughtful planning can create both flexibility and stability within the team.

One area that continues to captivate me is visual merchandising. Working closely with the Visual team, I’ve seen how product placement, colour schemes, and layout decisions are not just aesthetic choices — they are powerful tools that shape customer flow and drive conversion. It’s a delicate balance between creativity and strategy, and I’m learning how much data and forecasting go into even the most visually engaging displays.

Building on my years of experience as a Sales Advisor at H&M, I now see familiar routines through a new lens. As an intern, I’ve had the chance to understand why certain decisions are made and how they fit into the bigger picture. From stock management to budget control to team coordination, every task is part of a wider system — one that relies on strong leadership, efficient textile flow, and a shared commitment to customer satisfaction.

What continues to stand out to me is the interconnectedness of textile management with everything we do. The way products are received, organized, displayed, and sold is a direct reflection of how well operations are managed behind the scenes.

As I look ahead to the remainder of my internship, I’m excited to take on more responsibility, continue engaging in strategic discussions, and contribute to the kind of customer experience H&M is known for. Each day brings new challenges, and with them, new opportunities to grow — both professionally and personally.

AI in post-consumer value chain 1/3

Hello,

I hope you are all doing well. 

It has been a few weeks since I started my research assistant internship (RAI) with Jonas Larrson, mapping artificial intelligence (AI) in the post-consumer value chain. The value chain has been categorised into various stages from collection to recycling. As you all know, AI is an emerging field, and its use has been evolving constantly in the field of textiles with the help of data. Some uses, such as prediction and optimisation of production planning, quality, sales, purchasing, etc.,  are carried out through different types of neural network models such as KNN, Random Forests, Decision trees, Logistic regression, YOLO, Genetic Algorithms, etc., which allow companies to be more efficient.

These AI models are also being researched, tested and commercialised in the post-consumer value chain for waste valorisation. A recent discussion with a smart bin service provider revealed an operational commercial case of textile waste management with the help of remote sensing and data. The company was turning conventional bins into smart bins by adding sensors to monitor waste levels and optimise logistical routes for pick up. Similarly, there are sorting facilities which are deploying machine learning models together with various imaging devices to classify textile waste based on colour, fibre composition, woven/knitted, etc., to channel materials for different value streams.

I look forward to knowing more about the vast uses of AI and technology in the post-consumer value chain for textiles.

Best of luck and keep greening!

Majid Alvi
Student
TVCM
1/3

 Hi everyone,

I hope everything is well with you!

I’m currently doing a production internship at House of Dagmar and this is my sixth week with the company. It has been a lot of work from the start, but I’m truly enjoying my time with the company.  

I’m learning so many new things daily and the tasks are really interesting. I think what’s been the most interesting so far is getting to know the organisation and the people working there, everyone has been so nice to me from the start. It has also been interesting to see how many of the things that I’ve learnt theoretically during my years of education, actually work in practice. Furthermore, it has been engaging to see how the company deals with strategy, communication both internally and externally, logistics, purchasing and much more.

Looking forward to what the coming weeks have to offer!

Best regards, 

Clara Fogdestam 

Production HW Internship 1/3

 Hi everyone! 

I hope all of you had a great Easter holiday with some calm days off the internships.

Now my fifth week at my internship at Fjällräven in Stockholm has begun. For you who have not heard about this company, it is a Swedish outdoor company that offers both apparel and equipment for all kinds of activities. I bet some of you have atleast heard about their ”Kånken” backpack!

Everyone in my team is very kind and happily answers my (very many) questions. My internship focuses on Production, more precisely on the hardware part of production, meaning tents, backpacks, accessories and so forth. I have begun to work in different systems like PLM and Excel. My daily tasks include for example quality control, sample checking and production planning. I have also had the opportunity to follow along to a lot of different meetings, both with other teams and different suppliers, which has been very interesting and educational.

One very interesting thing these weeks has been the US tariffs which has been the foundation of a lot of conversations. Being at a large organisation during this time of uncertainty has provided me with a lot of new insights and knowledge which I am grateful for - interesting to see how it all turns out. 

So far so good, I have learnt a lot, coming home very tired some days because of all things that are supposed to fit in my brain but I am looking forward to the rest of the period! 

Hope to hear from you all soon!

All the best, 

Beatrice Svedberg

Management Assistant Intern at H&M #1

 Embarking on my journey as a Management Assistant Intern at H&M has been an exciting and inspiring experience. From day one, I was welcomed into a fast-paced environment where teamwork, creativity and strategic thinking go hand in hand. During the first weeks of the internship, I've had the opportunity to dive into the core of store operations at H&M. One major part of my role has been to learn how to manage budgets both in terms of money but also through effective planning of working hours. I have found it interesting seeing how careful scheduling can directly impact the store's performance and team efficiency, although the store performance is highly dependent on sales which are difficult to control. Another area I have explored is visual merchandising. I have worked alongside the visual merchandisers to understand how product presentation influences customer behavior and sales. Every detail, from layout to colour coordination, plays a huge role in making the store inviting and dynamic. Having worked at H&M for many years previously as a Sales Advisor, has given me knowledge within these areas to some extent, however, as an intern I get to dive deeper into the management part of store operations, giving me the opportunity to see these areas in new perspectives and a better understanding. What stands out the most to me so far is how interconnected everything is, such as budget, visuals, stock, all working together to create a seamless customer experience. It is clear that behind every great store is a lot of strategic planning, a good understanding of textile management, as well as a passionate team.

I'm excited to keep learning, take on more responsibility, and see how all these elements come together over the next few weeks!