Management Of Fashion Clothing Enterprises With Lifecycle Management

The life cycle of Metersbonwe's clothing can be divided into two levels, because the clothing is seasonal. The first level is defined as the life cycle of the commodity season. It basically starts with the concept of planning. Every year it will take part in some fashion conferences, understand the current trend of fashion, plan from the beginning of the concept, from concept planning to the procurement, preparation, proofing, design, production of accessories, and finally to the store.

The product life cycle can be divided into product development life cycle and whole product life cycle. The whole product life cycle is from development until finally to consumers, "we define this as a commodity season's life cycle."

Metersbonwe CIO min Jie said at the China World Conference on PTC global media and analysts conference.

Another level of life cycle is to jump out of the concept of season, for example, Metersbonwe has to produce shirts every season, shirts will be divided into different categories, and may be applied in the original or a time range.

The product lifecycle management system can be used to drive the life cycle management through the commodity development season. Through the analysis of historical categories, the trend of this year can be analyzed, so this year will continue to develop this product, so that the product life can be extended.

"Our designers are all artists, they are creative, and the management system of R & D personnel will inevitably have conflicts and difficulties."

Min Jie said.

Designers always have the biggest conflict with the cost, because they think they are working for their ideals and create a handicraft, which is priceless.

But it is impossible for everyone to realize their ideal, otherwise the company will go bankrupt. This is very contradictory.

Before the implementation of PLM, the designer is also very laborious, and the design that is not up to the standard will be rejected. So why must we touch the high voltage line without hesitatingly, why not warn the danger ahead and keep it as far as possible, this is the function of the system.

Metersbonwe's design ability in China is very strong. We are basically autonomous design. We will never copy other products. Of course, we will imitate some styles. This is also a learning process.

"I am also thinking about why Chinese clothing companies have fewer PLM on line. If we just define PLM as a pure database, it is best not to implement PLM."

If you really want to be a centenary enterprise, the design must be precipitated, and it should have continuity. It will not change because of the designer's replacement.

The production mode of Metersbonwe's cooperative factory is mass production line, emphasizing the coordination between large quantities and the whole supply chain.

"We will also make plate Library in the system, because we are all casual clothes, so the shape changes will not be too big. The plate Library in the system is also hundreds of thousands of, and there are about 10 thousand colors in a year, multiplied by the size and the shape of the plate, and the average is about 100 thousand a year.

We emphasize workflow rather than simple database. "

When planning ERP, we want to link it to workflow and make ERP a department tool. ERP is just a connecting point.

So different needs will lead to different products of choice. Metersbonwe will focus more on workflow and collaboration, especially collaboration.

So now the business department is very busy, this is the biggest problem.

They once thought that the original Excel form was perfect, why not directly import the PLM system.

Because some data items are missing, there will be problems in connection with other departments, which must be changed.

We can only use carrot and stick to tell them that the hard work is just this season, so long as they are used and copied.

The material code of the whole product should be revised again. According to the new commodity code, some of the historical materials must be re coded, but these work must be continued.

At present, Metersbonwe has only been established for 15 years, and it is still a very young company. Without any precipitation, it is necessary to retain as much as possible the success of the past, and to maximize the use and magnification of the success factors.

Metersbonwe has a costume museum, which includes many historical designs, including elements such as Chinese red design.

"Recently, after the PLM system, designers gradually began to put Chinese elements in the basic material store. At that time, I felt very shocked.

Chinese dress culture does not start with Chinese tunic suits. The historical precipitation of Chinese clothing culture is very different from the cultural value it represents. Chinese people have the ability to make proud Chinese costumes.

Min Jie said.

Source: garment engineering network