Opening Up New Horizons with 3DEXPERIENCE

In the Apparel, Footwear and Retail industries, Moore’s Law continues to drive the exploding number of new technology and products.  Managing product portfolio to support exponentially increasing demand of customers has become more complex.  Consumer goods organizations must adapt themselves to this new level of complexity by getting the best ideas from the marketplace and make products that meet market needs.  Traceability from ideas and customer requirements throughout the product lifecycle, from ideation to obsolescence, is of strategic importance in maintaining customer satisfaction and growth in market share and profitability.

Dassault Systèmes (DS)' solution for Season and Line Planning allows companies to plan and track new product introduction through the use of seasonal line planning tools, event triggered calendars, color/raw material libraries, along with quality and compliance measures. Real-time access and collaboration support enable informed decision making process and give visibility across the entire product life cycle, which in turn shorten time to market and increase margins.

Our solution provides product managers and marketing with the ability to define product lines, establish development plans and create new design or reuse those from existing product lines. Product teams can define multiple seasonal plans and classification approaches to fit the company's merchandising and/or product hierarchies. Line Plans and seasonal libraries are accessible to all users in the company to promote sharing of design direction and re-use of development qualities. Therefore, a company can manage the seasonal nature of the collections and products and leverage previous information from carryovers, best sellers and color palettes. With the seasonal plans, the company can clearly define plan objectives such as target revenue, style / SKU counts, target margins, etc. As the development process progresses through the season, actual data are captured and compared against the plan so that managers can observe any deviations or exceptions.

This solution helps you plan your product portfolios according to customer needs, market shifts, and technology innovation.  It gives you the flexibility to create new Dashboard and Calendar, which allows for ease of maintenance and reaction to changing business models.  By giving management real time visibility to product portfolio development status, critical go/no-go decisions can be made before resources are deployed or costs incurred.