Menswear startup internship 3/3

12th may - 28 may

Over the past weeks, I’ve gotten to know the team well and have been very well taken care of. I’m truly thankful for everything I’ve learned during this time. It has made me realize how much can be learned in just a few weeks when given the right opportunities.

Since my last blog update, I’ve been more involved in the purchasing side of the business. My supervisor has been asking me which areas I find most interesting and what I would like to learn more about. One of those areas was purchasing, so I got to follow along when the buyer sourced and purchased buttons, fabrics and care labels.

After that, I was given the responsibility of handling the entire purchase order for the restock of the brand’s four signature trouser styles. This was a large and detailed task where I needed to consider several factors: analyzing previous sales data, checking current stock levels and adjusting quantities based on style and size popularity. It was a fun challenge that gave me valuable experience in how purchasing decisions are made.

One of the key things I’ve realized during this internship is how important it is to take initiative. Many of the tasks I’ve worked on came from me showing interest or sharing what I could contribute. After all, when starting as an intern no one knows exactly what you can do. At the same time taking initiative requires having a flexible supervisor who is open to letting you try new things. I feel very fortunate in that sense. I also believe that working in a small team, as opposed to a large company, creates more opportunities for this kind of flexibility and learning by doing.

I am grateful for my time at this internship and all the learnings it have given me!

Menswear startup internship - 2/3

14th - 12th of May

I’m now more than halfway through my internship, and time is moving quickly. The workdays are varied, and I regularly receive new tasks which keeps things interesting. I’ve realized how much I enjoy learning different aspects of the business and appreciate the effort my supervisor puts into making the internship meaningful for me.

After the SS25 launch, I focused on customer care. I worked closely with the customer care manager, helping with email responses, Instagram direct messages and handling returns.

Since the company is still in its start-up phase, there was a need to organize workflows alongside product development and purchasing. I was involved in creating a workflow structure in Excel, which suited me well as I enjoy organizing and bringing clarity to tasks. 

Later, I shifted back to more creative tasks, which I’ve found are my strongest area. For example, I created Instagram stories, including a fit guide for the brand’s four signature trouser styles. These tasks allowed me to contribute with ideas and visual content, which is something I like working with.

One of the highlights so far has been participating in product development. I helped develop knitted shirts for the SS26 collection. I got the chance to create flat sketches in Photoshop and suggest design ideas. I also worked on sketches and color variations for caps. Being part of the design process has been both interesting, fun and a valuable learning experience.

Best regards,

Lilly

Management Assistant Intern at H&M #3

 As I wrap up my internship as a Management Assistant at H&M, I have been reflecting on how much my understanding of store operations has grown over the past months. What began with curiosity and excitement deepened into a more strategic awareness of how all the moving parts - from budget planning to textile flow - come together to create a seamless customer experience. During my last weeks, I had the chance to put much of what I had learned from shadowing the Store Manager into practice. Budget management and scheduling continued to be a central focus in what I did, and I have seen how careful planning can make a difference. I believe that the most valuable and interesting part of this internship has been seeing familiar routines from my years at H&M as a Sales Advisor through a whole new lens. The tasks I once carried out on the floor now reveal their place in the bigger picture of leadership, planning and strategic decision making. Whether it is stock management, textile flow, or team coordination, I have realized how interconnected each process is as well as how much it relies on collaboration across all levels. When looking back, I am proud of the growth I have experienced. This internship has taught me to think differently, to connect day-to-day operations with long-term goals and to see how leadership plays a crucial role in keeping everything aligned. I feel grateful for the opportunity to learn, grow and be part of the H&M team in a new capacity. This experience has not only deepened my professional knowledge but also reinforced my passion for retail management and customer experience.

AI in DPP enabled post-consumer value chain 2/3

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Hello everyone,

I hope you are all doing well and about to kick off on your summer time but before your do I give you some food for thought and what I have been plannning on.

Navigating AI applications in various stages of waste management systems have been nothing short of being challenged and immersive. There are challenges and oppotunities at every intersectional stage in the post consumer reverse value chain (PCRVC). It appears alot of the stages are developing in silos and are not interconnected to truly operationalize an effiecient and wider reverse value network. Each stage in the RVC has similarities to other urban waste streams and management systems. What changes is the material or content of the waste and the subsequent detection, diversion and processing methods for valorisation of respective materials.

Additionally, there seems to be an absence of the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) models in relation to Digital Product Passport (DPP) that offers integration across the post-consumer value chain. Various companies are offering AI-as-a-service (AIaaS) and (Product-as-service) PaaS that are tailored for fashion retailors in the life-extending value stage. There are a number of fashion companies with commercial grade Technology Readiness Level (TRL) in Resale-as-a-service(RAAS) business models. These business models are assisted by various AI models especially in reselling type in serivces. Similarly, there are AI solultions at each of the stages in PCRVC i.e. Services, Collection, Pre-sorting, Sorting and Recycling.

Coming up will be interviews with more practitioners from the services and sorting while looking for practitioners in recycling phase for exploratory discussion. Here, the idea is to get insights from practitioners about the problems and challenges they face in their business and how DPP together with AI can serve their purpose in achieving solutions. Finally, there will be a discussion with an AI expert on how to navigate AI based solutions for DPP enabled PCRVC. For the discussion partcipants to understand the context and the backdrop. The discussions will be semi-structured, guided and exploratory. How should brands prepare for this? What key factors or indicators should they look for when they go out for AI shopping? are some of the questions and answers that might supplement the knowledge collection of Project System Demonstrator at Science Park Borås. through Assoc. Prof. Jonas Larrson. In the absence of literature in the specific focus area, such insights will be valuable for fellow students in preparing for what one of our teacher Ms. Olga Chkanikova calls, "greening the supply chain".

Thank you for your time and wishing you a summer of '69

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!!