In March 30, 2010, Shanghai, China, was specially designed for the use of soft materials (Textiles). Leatherwear The global leader in providing integrated technology solutions to the industrial fabrics and composites industry, recluse announced its launch in the Greater China market. fashion PLM -- dedicated to fashion Industry's advanced product lifecycle management solution.
China's fashion industry is undergoing rapid transformation.
"Nowadays, Chinese fashion companies must constantly develop and innovate in order to meet all kinds of new challenges. On the one hand, they must increase productivity, product quality and flexibility to meet the needs of contractors, while maintaining competitive advantage and resisting pressure from countries with low labor costs. On the other hand, they also face an important challenge: from subcontractors to independent brands that can meet the needs of the vast majority of Chinese market and cover the entire product life cycle, "said Andreas Kim, general manager of Greater China.
"The current economic situation provides an excellent opportunity for Chinese companies to seriously examine their business practices, reassess their business priorities and processes, and make full use of their innovative technologies. Rick fashion PLM is a unique solution to meet the specific needs of the fashion industry. It embodies the best practice experience accumulated over the years with the well-known fashion brands. It can help Chinese fashion companies reduce the cost of product development, shorten the time to market, ensure higher quality standards, and achieve higher productivity and profitability. Rick will be their ideal choice for Chinese fashion companies who want to find a reliable technology partner who is fully aware of the challenges they face and can provide support for their long-term development, "CEO Daniel Harari added.
Provide the greatest degree of collaboration advantage for fashion professionals.
The PLM solution can help fashion companies manage their products and the entire product life cycle. It is the only solution that integrates all kinds of tools to optimize all activities and processes in product management, design, development, industrialization and production. By linking the single process to a broader business focus, the PLM solution can help fashion companies launch products with high cost effectiveness and fashion trends in every season.
The process oriented product includes the tools used for all activities and processes in the process of product listing. Rick PLM includes production line planning, scheduling, cost calculation, procurement and performance monitoring module, combined with the idea of strategic decision-makers, as well as fashion design, technical specifications, typing, 3D prototype production and sample development process applications. This flexible modularized service can meet the requirements of brands, retailers and garment manufacturers of different types and sizes. In addition, Rick's supplementary solution for efficient scheduling and optimization of cutting sequence links key stages of product creation with other parts of the value chain, achieving greater flexibility and better coping with temporary changes in design and trend trends.
A major breakthrough in PLM Technology
Rick fashion PLM integrates fashion design tools and product development functions with end to end product management features to achieve a great breakthrough. The solution goes far beyond any other PLM product on the market and provides the sole source of data for all participants. Users can share seasonal palette, sample design data and size table throughout the entire niche PLM application, thus ensuring data security and eliminating error risk. A single information center can save data input time, facilitate communication and help maintain quality standards.
Prominent Europe, which specializes in men's shirts and formal wear, has recently expanded its business scope and started producing casual wear and women's wear. The UK based company produces about 17 million garments a year and has about 2000 customers. They are looking for an international system of working in different languages to maintain their outstanding delivery records and turn business to "instant" production system. "Rick fashion PLM has accelerated our work process," said Prominent Europe CEO Nigel Lugg. "It links our offices in Spain, France and the United Kingdom, enabling us to directly cooperate with six major Asian hub areas (India, Shanghai, Hongkong, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Thailand). The important advantage of Rick is that he has rich experience in fashion industry and can form a global business network.
The improved workflow management function of Rick PLM ensures the optimal planning and control of product life cycle processes, activities and deliverables for users and managers. The state of product development is synchronized with the milestone of workflow management, and workflow management follows the product development process, not the other way round. Now, the unique flexible workflow system in the PLM solution enables various fashion companies to adjust their task order and progress flow chart, so that they can be adapted to their respective working methods and convenient to use.
Simplify collaboration and enhance competitive edge
Rick fashion PLM provides a functional information sharing platform for fashion professionals. These functions help to promote close cooperation between teams and teams. The improved notification function ensures that key stakeholders in the product development process can instantly understand the changes in the entire value chain. The PLM solution includes a unique and flexible cost calculation system, which has simplified and automatic cost calculation capabilities, helps companies manage profits and recognised the profitability of design early in the development process. The new order module ensures that all order records are stored in the system, and reports can be generated quickly and easily. Centralized order tracking avoids data re input, helps users closely monitor orders, and ultimately prevents delays caused by delayed delivery, and can also solve problems in time.
The solution also includes a plug-in option, which can be directly saved and classified into Adobe Illustrator CS3/4 PLM. Later, these sketches can not only be shared in the whole design and development process, but also be modified, filled with colors and fabrics, and used to create storyboards and other communication tools. Simple and efficient collaboration quickened the precise exchange of ideas, eliminated the risk of error and made more time for creative work.
"In Une Nana Cool, it is very important for us to constantly put forward the concept and design of innovation. Our goal is to cater for the taste of the girl's choice of clothes, and to create simple and fashionable high-quality underwear to win their favor," said Akiyuki Ueno, President of Une Nana Cool, a subsidiary of Wacoal, the world leading lingerie Brand Company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. "So far, our designers spend half of their time on operational tasks and coordination with other team members. With the use of Rick fashion PLM, our designers can devote more time to more creative work such as conceptual development and design, so as to truly enhance our competitive edge.
PLM Revolution: modular extensible software and services
For customers who want to get a quick return on investment, the PLM solution can be implemented by using the new Easy Start method. This provides pre configured participant roles, such as designers, product specification developers, print players, quality control personnel, purchasing personnel and product managers / salesmen. Thanks to pre defined user rights and requirements and specialized role training, users can operate quickly and efficiently. The solution can be extended completely, so the projects using Easy Start can be easily expanded and customized according to the User Company and its specific requirements. With this flexible system, fashion companies can integrate their best practices into systems and adapt them to their working methods, thereby speeding up change management and enabling users to familiarise themselves with the system faster.
In order to provide the best support to customers, Rick fashion PLM experts provide meticulous company process assessment through professional pre research, which is very important for the successful use of the system. Fashion is a full-time job of the industry experts; they work with their team to carry out comprehensive work methods, processes, needs and challenges assessment to familiarize themselves with customer business. Rick also provides value assessment to customers by providing a framework for providing a more in-depth quantitative assessment of the potential value of the PLM solution and the expected investment return of customers.
As the consistent commitment of Rick to provide continuous services for customers, PLM software and services can be fully customized to meet the needs of the fashion industry and the specific needs of various customers, so as to ensure the best fit of each PLM fashion project.
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