Option 6: The Ledger Lens

You halted the humming line so every seam could be etched into code. Influencers film themselves scanning prototype tags; holographic supply maps bloom on their phones. Gen Z pre‑orders jump twenty‑two percent overnight, and tech blogs call STG “the blockchain brand to watch.” Meanwhile, four assembly lines sit idle as engineers mount scanners; capital expenditures climb to €1.8 million and counting.

By Day 30, the cash runway shrinks to eleven weeks. Overtime claws back sixty percent of lost units, but fatigue incidents spike, and HR schedules emergency physiotherapy. Investors adore transparency yet eye liquidity like hawks circling a pond in drought. Finance models show that solving the tariff‑driven cash pinch will require either a bridge loan or a blockbuster preorder campaign. The ledger itself is pristine: every bolt of cloth, every button, time‑stamped and geotagged—ready to dazzle any future regulator.

Data credibility is iron‑clad; solvency is not. The next procurement round must juggle solvent‑safe fibres, wary lenders, and a workforce already stretched. If the numbers fail to line up, the bravest data experiment in fashion may end as a case study in over‑promised transparency.

As new due‑diligence laws come into force in Europe, STG’s blockchain system becomes a competitive advantage, attracting ethically minded customers and investors. The data impresses analysts, though the focus on numbers alone leaves open questions—especially as the next challenge shifts from audits to actual fibres.