At first, only a few retailers required this, and apparel manufacturers tried to meet these needs with minimal changes in their internal practices.

It is more broadly grouped as an internal practice (or neijia gong).

They are not facing a challenge, they are refusing to acknowledge an internal flawed practice.

The bureau's aims and internal practices emerged in unusual detail at the hearing.

But both are self-warranting, in the sense that each declares what is real and rationally believed through its own internal practices.

But she also found herself clashing with Andersen's internal practices and culture.

At one extreme, a manufacturer can simply hold inventory for lean retailers and make few changes in its internal practices.

But it has not been Sullivan alone that has had to disclose certain internal practices normally kept out of public view.

Conceivably, two business units could each meet the same lean retailing requirements yet have very different internal practices and performance.

A supplier that has done little to change its internal practices may end up simply "holding the bag" of a retailer's inventory.