Apparel company adopts PLM and SCM together

Filed in archive News on November 28, 2008

Integrating SCM applications with PLM systems is one of the areas that has become popular these days in certain industries especially consumer goods and apparel. As an example, I can refer to this story by Market Watch:

Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation, the apparel industry giant, is enhancing its supply chain management capabilities with a product lifecycle management (PLM) system to support its extensive sourcing operations. The solution is provided by ecVision, called XpressCommerce and will be deployed as an online solution used by sourcing teams in the United States, Latin America and Asia to collaborate on global product design and development tasks.

The web-based, role-based application serves as a common platform to consolidate pre-production tracking data, standardize product costing, and provide a means of collaboration across the globally-distributed network.

ecVision's reporting capabilities will be enhanced by the data consolidation created through integration to an external product design (PDM) system. The system will provide the retailer with a comprehensive supplier management process ensuring that brand quality, competitive pricing and better product delivery dates are achieved.

"We believe this technology will tightly mesh our supplier and sourcing operations around the world while delivering greater value chain benefits to our customers," says Don Grant, Group Vice President IT at PVH. "We are impressed with ecVision's agility to work with our internal teams at multiple levels to implement a solution that will enhance our sourcing operations."