Influence of IT in Retail
List of Technologies used in Retail Business • Enterprise Resource Planning –(ERP) • POS-Point of sale • Merchandise Assortment Planning(MAP) • Planogram • Design Tools • Product Life Cycle Management- (PLM)
An Introduction to Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
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PLM approach… Global Product Development Fast Fashion
Rationalize of Suppliers Improve Internal / External Collaboration
Line Plan Management
Improve Control over Product Information
PLM include many components:
Workflow & Event Tracking
Collaboration tion
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Design & Material Library
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Sourcing & QA
Sample Proto/Fit Iterations Iterations
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Product Data management Line Planning Material Development and Management Bill of Material Costing Scenario Measurements Internal and Vendor Collaboration Sample Management Quality Assurance Workflow and Process tracking Data Libraries
Design and Product development in Fashion Industry
Apparel product Life-Cycle Sourcing & Production Pre-production Material Management Product Development Designing Planning Concept
Fashion Product Life Cycle Trend Development & Research
Design Mood Board & Artwork
Creating Costing
Creating BOM
Specification Sheet
Sample Management
Quality Assurance
Sourcing
Line Planning
Sketches
Automatic generation Template Package
Production
PLM and Fashion
Key players Designer Merchandiser Planner Garment Engineer Patternmaker Quality Assurance Vendors
Planner Develops the initial range plan Communicate requirements to designer Checks the line planning
Designer Research silhouettes, shape and fit trend Develop Theme, Mood, Brand & Concept Boards Develops designs according the range requirement (Silhouettes, CADs, Artworks) Provides Designs to Merchandisers Alters the Designs according the commercial requirements
Merchandiser Provide feedback on Designs Creates Bill of Materials Does garment costing Deals with vendors Provide feedback on Sample
Garment Engineer Provides technical feedback on designs Develops construction details Creates measurement chart Garment Operation breakdown Provides feedback on samples Creates Techpack or Specpack and provides it to Vendors
Pattern Maker & Sample Developer Creates garment pattern Makes marker Manufacture samples
Vendors Manufacturers various samples Provide Samples to QA Provide Labdips for approval Provide quotation Receive order for bulk production
Quality Assurance Validates all specifications, consumptions and samples sent by vendors at various different stages. Builds QA report Sends QA report to Designers, Merchandisers and Garment Engineers
Apparel Development Stages Concept development Design development Product development Material development Sample development Approved product Sourcing Concept Development
Design Development
Product Development
Material Development
Sample Development
Approved Product
Sourcing
Concept Development Get inspiration from Fashion Forecast agencies like Trendstop, WGSN etc. Attend Fashion shows, Fabric shows, Trade shows. Competitive Analysis Color research, create color themes/palettes Research silhouettes, shape and fit trend Develop Theme, Mood, Brand, Concept and Color Boards
Concept Development
Design Development
Product Development
Material Development
Sample Development
Approved Product
Sourcing
TREND FORECAST
Concept Development
Design Development
Product Development
Material Development
Sample Development
Approved Product
Sourcing
COLOR FORECAST
Concept Development
Design Development
Product Development
Material Development
Sample Development
Approved Product
Sourcing
Concept Development
Design Development
Product Development
Material Development
Sample Development
Approved Product
Sourcing
Design development Developing body (the Silhouettes, Design) Developing new fabrics (Structures, Designs, Colors) Developing value additions (Prints, Logos, Embroideries) Co-ordinate information internally with product development team
Concept Development
Design Development
Product Development
Material Development
Sample Development
Approved Product
Sourcing
Concept Development
Design Development
Product Development
Material Development
Sample Development
Approved Product
Sourcing
Product Development Making a design commercial Developing Bill of materials (BOM) Developing specification sheet Review meeting to discuss the design Review meetings to discuss line or range Creating costing scenario Initiating sample development Concept Development
Design Development
Product Development
Material Development
Sample Development
Approved Product
Sourcing
Concept Development
Design Development
Product Development
Material Development
Sample Development
Approved Product
Sourcing
Material Development Develop new Fabrics Develop Trims Fabric & Trim Sampling & Testing Maintain Fabric & Trim Library
Concept Development
Design Development
Product Development
Material Development
Sample Development
Approved Product
Sourcing
Fabric development Fabric structure Fabric properties Fabric test standards Develop fabric CAD design (solid, Printed) Develop fabric (swatches, yardages, desklooms etc)
Concept Development
Design Development
Product Development
Material Development
Sample Development
Approved Product
Sourcing
Concept Development
Design Development
Product Development
Material Development
Sample Development
Approved Product
Sourcing
Sample Development Receiving sample request for all fit, photo, proto, salesman people, pre-production , T.O.P sample. Requesting fabric samples include (yardage, desklooms, lab-dip, swatch) Developing a garment pattern Submitting samples to designer, merchandiser and garment engineer. Receiving feedback from designer and garment engineer
Concept Development
Design Development
Product Development
Material Development
Sample Development
Approved Product
Sourcing
Sample Evaluation Quality assurance Feedback from designer, garment engineers, merchandisers. Remake the sample based on style, fabric changes etc.
Concept Development
Design Development
Product Development
Material Development
Sample Development
Approved Product
Sourcing
Approved Product
Concept Development
Design Development
Product Development
Material Development
Sample Development
Approved Product
Sourcing
Sourcing Provides Techpacks to vendors Requests for samples from multiple vendors Requests for quotations from multiple vendors Compares internal costing with quotation from vendors Approves the best quotation Place an order for bulk production Concept Development
Design Development
Product Development
Material Development
Sample Development
Approved Product
Sourcing
Introduction to Freeborders PLM
Typical Product Development systems using the industry • Product development information is spread across many disparate systems • A combination of various manual processes • Excel Spread sheets • Corel Draw / Adobe Illustrator / Adobe Photoshop etc • CAD Tools • Telephone calls • Fax Sheets • Emails
Source: AMR Research
Collaboration across the process Commercial Systems
Design Dept
Product Development
CAD Dept
Product Lifecycle Management & Workflow
Quality Dept
Supply Chain / ERP System (SAP)
The Product: Freeborders PLM Suite Planning
Product Design
PreProduction
Materials Management
Sourcing & Production
FB Fabric & Trim
FB Source
FB Workflow
Business Intelligence
FB Report Launcher FB Storyboard
FB Designer FB Product Manager
PLM Product FB Line Optimizer
FB 3D
Administration & Security Foundations
Common UI Collaboration FB Library Data Management – Common Database
FB Storyboard
FB Storyboard revolutionizes the offline storyboard process and strengthens product development collaboration Key Features FB Storyboard White board area for assets Asset clipboard Asset repository Search/organize features High-resolution compression technology for images Collaboration and sharing Used for creation of mode & trend boards Early visual line plans Concept Storyboard
FB Line Optimizer
FB Line Optimizer enables development teams to create line plans and analyze cost scenarios to maximize the financial potential of a company’s product mix Key Features FB Line Optimizer Line plan creator to run line scenarios Preliminary product specification forms Business modeling Template library XML import/export Merchandising calendar Reporting
FB Designer & V-Stitcher
2D and 3D Design applications
Key Features FB Designer & Precise design Sketches Mannequin Customization Style Book True to Scale 2D sketch FB 3D Converts 2d patterns into 3D Customize 3D Mannequins Drape different Fabrics
FB Fabric & Trim
A one-stop checkpoint for material specifications, sample and cost requests, FB Fabric & Trim facilitates collaboration with textile and trim suppliers on raw material data.
Key Features FB Fabric & Trim Centralised one-stop checkpoint for development Sample request centre Configurable forms Template library Multi-level searching “Where-used” functionality XML import/export
FB Product Manager
FB Product Manager is the product development control panel, enabling the creation, review and approval of all elements of a specification Key Features FB Product Manager True Web-based product creater Specification data Project management Advanced costing Quotation management Sample management Issues centre Library History and rollback Reporting Configurable forms
FB Source
FB Source is a robust, manufacturer data management and supply chain collaboration application Key Features FB Source Selection of suppliers Communication of order requirements Evaluation of placement options Negotiation of costs and terms Capacity planning / sourcing plans Vendor management Placement of orders for production Ethical trading management Technical capability management Factory auditing
FB Workflow
FB Workflow provides simple and effective time and action calendars to proactively track progress throughout the product lifecycle Key Features FB Workflow Automatic and proactive issue reporting and monitoring Task scheduling, allocating and tracking Critical path tracking Automatic alerts Self-help knowledge base
The benefits of speed are compelling for apparel Retailers…. Higher inventory turnover: 5 to 7 times Net margin improvement: 15% to 20% Greater full price sell through: more than 80% Comparable store sales increase: 10% to 12% Shopper frequency increase: 12 to 17 times per year
Source: AMR Research
Benefits Right to market and Time to market Reduces the product development cost and lead times Provide comprehensive product information internally and to supplier Enables suppliers, vendors, customers to access up-todate product information from one version of truth Access of information 24 x 7 any where in the world Links supply chain from end to end Automatic tracking and notification of key milestones and improved scheduling between multiple layers of suppliers Manages multiple factor, versions and dimensions of Product development Improved management of frequent specification changes Proactively spot and fix bottleneck issues
CASE - STUDY
PLM in daily use PLM is currently being used to manage 12 active seasons in Fashion Apparel Over 50,000 electronic files are stored in Document Vault (central information) 29 Reports and 54 Line Plan views are utilized daily by 500 different user profiles. 200 vendors access this information on daily basis. 9 Apparel milestones are traced as workflow gates.
Line Plan Views Styles,Size,Color ,Price
Financial Dashboard
Style Information Sketch detail Image edit
Zoom Image
Specification Grade Increments
Sample request
Sample Evaluation
Iteration History
Track changes
Reports
Workflow Gantt chart
To do list
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