Product and Supplier Management

Discover e-Solutions Ltd (DeSL) is a software solutions company

delivering innovative solutions to address the needs of business

i tegratio , task auto atio a d fashio ased glo al supply hai collaboration.

DeSL has a range of applications which have been

specifically designed to address the needs of

toda s progressi e orga isatio s, espe iall those operating in the fashion/apparel sectors.

The o pa s e tire suite o ers all aspe ts of sourcing management and supply chain control

from product conception right through to

delivery.

All of De“L s soft are is I ter et ased usi g a Web Portal as the user interface in order to

maximise flexibility, scalability and ease of use.

DeSL exclusively uses Microsoft.Net technology

to build all its applications and owns all of its

software and the company has been Gold

Certified by Microsoft.

DeSL applications are modular in design and

customers can implement each module

separately and later integrate with others if

appropriate.

The company has been actively servicing the

fashion sector since late 2002 and has an

impressive list of customers.

B i ple e ti g De“L s solutio s, retailers a d wholesalers should be able to deliver best

practice for Supply Base Management and

Product Development Management.

De“L s e ge eratio te h olog allo s users to capitalise on the latest web based applications

to provide companies with the flexibility,

adaptability and scalability for ever changing

business needs.

Created ith ha ds o fashio professio als i mind, the application is uniquely flexible and

customisable allowing companies to create

unique processes and tasks which reflect their

Manage critical paths from development

request to purchase order receipt.

Manage the entire development process

from initial product/range conception to

delivery and selection of samples.

Manage a complex and diverse supply base

ensuring a consistent approach across

business units and offices.

Manage and track purchase orders from

initial creation through to approvals and

delivery.

Deploy a web based collaborative portal

including customers, suppliers, factories,

consolidators and logistics.

o re ipe for su ess ithout the eed for programmers or applications consultants.

Product and Supplier Management

Fashion businesses use DeSL

solutions to achieve the following

benefits:

Reduced product development costs

Reduced additional costs such as air freighting

products and sample re-makes.

Ensure all parties access real time critical path

data

Manage product specifications and track

changes to requirements and costs

Deliver a central resource and knowledge base

for all new product development and

improved supplier intelligence

A consistent approach and method to

managing supplier & customer

information

Ensure your entire supply base is trading

ethically

Understand more precisely movements

and activity in the Supply chain

Manage and reduce the cost of samples

Ensure samples and finished products

arrive on time and to the correct

specification

Enables suppliers, consolidators and all

supply chain parties real time updates for

purchase order progression and approval

De“L’s software will enable retailers and wholesalers to implement

and adopt a consistent set of best practices across Business Units,

Regional Offices and Supply Base.

COMMUNICATION

De“L s soft are ill enable head offices to

communicate key

information using the

Internet and ensure that

all necessary parties are

included.

APPROACH

B usi g De“L s soft are to define all required

supply chain data a

consistent approach will

naturally be used. The

level of detail to be

stored could be

configured to be

different by Buying Unit

but this would still

deliver a common

interface to all users.

VISIBILITY

All data on the DeSL

system is available over

the Internet. Changes are

made in real time and

users can be notified

when changes are made.

This ensures that users

only see the latest

i for atio a d do t have to rely on the

current emailed or hard

copy data.

TOOLS

The software will remove

the vast majority of

spreadsheets currently

used today and deliver a

real time system that can

be tailored to suit

individual requirements.

This will allow staff to

focus more of their time

performing their proper

roles and less time

collecting and collating

data.

Product and Supplier Management

De“L’s software is flexible and adaptable to suite a range of

business roles and processes. Typical roles configured already

for fashion companies are:

Designers – garment, fabric, technical

Merchandisers

Buyers

Production

Audit Teams/Quality Assurance

Consolidators

Shippers

Suppliers

Customers

The roles are user definable by the end user and can be broken down even further if

required, e.g. Designer for Ladieswear, Designer for Menswear etc.

Additional roles can be added without any programming resource or software changes.

De“L’s software contains key features unique to this solution.

To aid better understanding the features have been broken out

into the following areas:

Line Planning

Story Boards

Product Management

On-line 3D Approvals

Critical Path Management

Approvals and Quality Management

Samples/Requests For Development

Adobe Illustrator Integration

Purchase Order Tracking

Supplier Auditing

Supply Base Definition including Requests For Quotation

Reporting

System Flexibility

Integration

Product and Supplier Management

Line Planning

User defined planning hierarchies

Financial and operational planning

User defined planning metrics

Plan for any types of products, e.g. styles and fabrics

Auto generate placeholders

Workflow managed

Assign resources

Manage progress along with extensive reporting

Import and export to/from Excel

Automatically produce line list/catalogues

Ipad/Android app available

Story Boards

Creative design workspace

Integrated to Adobe Illustrator

User defined formats

Web publication

Approvals and comments

Planned story board verses progress

Linked to key processes such as line plans

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Product and Supplier Management

Product Management

Product/Range planning.

User defined product variants, e.g. style, style/colour, style/colour/size, /waist/inseam etc.

Multiple product types – finished goods, fabrics, trims, lining, buttons etc.

User defined product attributes and search criteria.

Product image management – CAD integration, 3D, 2D, scanning etc.

Product Testing Management.

Full Product Costing & ‘FQ s

Extensive Product Specifications/Tech Packs:

User defined spe ifi atio pages

Points of measure.

Templates/blocks.

Manufacturing configurator.

Multi le el BOM s.

Product Testing Requirements.

Construction details.

Colour matching.

Linked specifications.

Warning/markings.

Version control.

Risk Analysis.

Product and Supplier Management

On-Line 3D Approvals

Factories upload images prior to shipment.

Easy to use.

360 degree rotation.

Zoom in and zoom out.

Spot quality problems in advance.

On-line, real time comments & collaboration.

Reduce approval times.

Fit samples.

Seal samples

Pilot production.

Sales samples.

Product and Supplier Management

Critical Path Management

Definition of activities – duration, dependencies, resources.

Multiple critical path templates.

Forward/backward scheduling.

Fixed dates, calculated dates.

Date prediction analysis.

Multiple critical paths per product.

Automatic emails and escalation.

Critical paths by range, product, product colour, sample request, purchase orders.

Dashboard analysis.

Supplier/partner access to view and update critical paths.

Exception management.

On time, late, imminent, predicted late.

User activity lists.

Flexible reporting/analysis.

Multiple activity types – approval activity, testing activity, fit log activity, workflow.

Discussion forums.

Product and Supplier Management

Approvals and Quality Management

Multiple approval types

Fit log approvals.

Lab dips etc.

Real time notification to suppliers.

Integrated to product

specifications.

Flexible product testing

specifications.

Washed/unwashed samples.

Multiple samples.

Critical path integration.

3D samples/virtual fitting.

Product and Supplier Management

Samples/ Requests for Development

On line request for samples/request for development.

Real time supplier notification and access.

Sample fabric/trims ordering.

Automatic critical path generation and management.

Link to product specification or user defined requirements.

Bar code/RFID attachment to sample/development.

Send requests direct to factory or local sourcing office.

Factory upload images prior to despatch.

Factory reference database.

3D/2D sample image upload and review/approve.

Real time notification of changes to specifications.

Consolidator views to reduce transportation costs.

Product and Supplier Management

Adobe Illustrator Integration

Seamless integration to Illustrator.

Real time integration between Illustrator and PLM.

Automatic web file generation (jpg, gif etc)

Create styles without leaving Illustrator

I port/ reate BOM “, graded spe s, o stru tio details et ithi Illustrator

User defined data integration.

Direct link between AI files and PLM products.

Developed using Adobe official SDK.

Product and Supplier Management

3rd

Party Tech Pack Integration

DeSL has developed the technology to enable companies which receive PDF or Excel based

specification/ Te h Pa ks to e tra t the data out of these a d auto ati all reate st les, BOM s & on-line tech packs. This dramatically reduces the manual input required in order to manage

customers.

Template driven

Multiple customer formats

Version management

Automatic integration to existing systems such as ERP.

Automatically create:

Purchase Order Tracking

Tech Packs and Sample Request

Dynamic allocation of critical path templates.

Real time supplier notification and access.

User defined tracking points and ownership.

Quantity work in progress tracking.

Supplier real time progress updates.

Prediction of likely supply problems.

Dashboard analysis of tracking activities.

Consolidator/shipping agent access to see planned shipments by country, port and

factory.

On line creation of purchase orders or import from 3rd

party systems.

Tracking of production activities and shipping activities (Approvals, ETD, ETA etc).

Consolidation of multiple purchase orders across vessels and containers.

Analysis of planned, revised, predicted and actual dates per tracking activity.

Styles

BOM s

Product images

Graded Specifications

Construction Details

Product and Supplier Management

Supplier Auditing

Definition of regional inspection teams.

Automatic or manual scheduling of audits and inspectors.

Multiple audit types – pre-production, ethical, health & safety etc.

“upplier self audits .

Document management.

iPad/Android app available.

Supply Base Definition

Multiple supplier types – direct supplier, agent, multi tiered etc.

Flexible properties by supplier type.

Supplier hierarchies.

Supplier approvals – commercial, financial, ethical etc.

Flexible search criteria.

Supplier grading.

Sourcing route definition.

Request for Quotations.

“upplier self defi itio /self ser i e .

Supplier capabilities.

Product/range capabilities.

Capacities.

Lead times.

Price points.

Design capabilities.

Available technology.

Existing customers.

Product and Supplier Management

Reporting

On line and data warehouse support.

Report over any data.

Tables and graphics.

Dashboard analysis.

User defi ed drag a d drop reporti g.

Summary and detail reporting.

Export to Excel, PDF and emails.

User defined views and report authorisations.

System Flexibility

Web Portal user interface.

Content management.

Role/user definition.

Multiple security levels.

User defined product properties.

User defined supplier properties.

User defined product specifications – pages/sections/elements.

System Integration

Already integrated to a variety of legacy systems on Oracle, DB2, AS/400 etc.

Supports multiple data types.

XML Web Service Integration.