Greater supply chain challenges Supply chain challenges have increased for many retailers due to globalisation and uncertain economic times. Executives involved in the retail supply chain have found that an increasing number of products have to be moved more expediently than ever before, whilst costs have to be minimised in today’s competitive marketplace. With the increased use of social media … Read More
PLM: challenges of connecting the supply chain
PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) sells a good story. Having one version of the truth available at the click of a button across your supply chain is a tempting proposition to say the least. But how often does this remain fiction rather than fact? The problem is there are significant challenges to rolling out across the supply chain. An obvious one … Read More
An interview with Jim Shea, First Insight: predictive analytics
Apparel Thing caught up with Jim Shea, Chief Marketing Officer, First Insight to find out more about predictive anaylytics and the InsightSuite… AT: So, first up, introduce us to First Insight – what is it and what does it do? JS: Over 50% of new products fail in the retail industry. The result is over €1.1 trillion ($818 billion) lost each … Read More
MCL launches new supplier collaborator application
MCL has just launched the new version of its Supplier Collaborator software, having re-engineered it and made it more focused than its predecessor. Its purpose is still to help retailers, brand owners and manufacturing agents with their ethical sourcing. Built on a new software platform, Supplier Collaborator has these main functions Finding, verifying and adopting new suppliers Managing ethical and … Read More
An interview with Mark Burstein, NGC : PLM without boundaries
Apparel Thing caught up with Mark Burstein, President of Sales, Marketing and R&D at NGC to find out more about what “PLM Without Boundaries” means… AT: Can you explain to us what “PLM Without Boundaries” means? MB: PLM without boundaries goes far beyond the scope of traditional PLM, providing a central repository to orchestrate all information, processes, departments and geographies … Read More
PLM: how to survive the change
Change. Did you shudder at that word? If not, then congratulations you are certainly in the minority, as unfortunately most people seem positively allergic, if not to the word, then certainly to the actual practise of change. The problem with a PLM implementation, or any other enterprise level project for that matter, is CHANGE is abundant by the bucket load … Read More
PLM: why a good demo is so important
So you’ve got a fantastic system. Under the hood, the architecture is slick and robust. The UI looks just the driver to control the engine. The features are broad and deep. So why are you having difficulty persuading potential clients to go further with you than a first base demo? Well perhaps it’s the demo itself. Many PLM providers underestimate … Read More
The importance of apparel PLM data libraries
The one common denominator in all the apparel PLM implementations I have done is clients not only underestimate the importance of data libraries but they also drastically underestimate the effort required in producing them. As the old saying goes “you only get out what you put in” and PLM is no different. People too often get consumed in meticulously revamping … Read More
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