Opening Up New Horizons with 3DEXPERIENCE

As brands and retailers continue to explore means for improving speed and margin control while managing complex sourcing models, clear opportunities for improvements are found in the production and commercialization processes. Companies can improve cost control by enforcing a more structured hand-off between development teams and buying offices, agents and vendors. Visibility beyond product development activities and intro pre-production and production will increase management control and reduce the risk of unexpected delays.

Unique to the market, the solution from Dassault Systèmes (DS) for Production and Commercialization processes in the apparel, footwear and other fashion goods is delivered on a unified, single platform for development and sourcing teams to holistically manage their collections lifecycle. Sourcing executives can define seasonal sourcing strategy for product allocation to foreign offices and agents. Production offices can collaborate with vendors and suppliers for early planning and commitments, while tactical sourcing teams can execute sourcing processes for production placement.

DS' solution provides robust tools for allocating forecasted quantities across the sourcing organization enabling management to effectively manage resources and assets. Additional assortment / collection management tools allows sourcing teams to track and manage pre-production activities for product finalization, including costs, production dates, delivery and transportation requirements. A workspace can be created to organize activities and information by brand, division, category, channel and others to ensure that sampling and testing requirements are concluded and approved for production.

Comprehensive time and action calendars are available to enable pre-production teams to pro-actively track major milestones, incorporating production and delivery lead times for both bulk and sample production. Supplier access to plans and commitments can minimize risks for long lead time associated with complex products and enable a collaboration obligation to meet market demands.