2. Team and Company
150 Member Team
Fashion Industry Focus
14 Year Track Record
Implementing PLM & ERP
Solutions in Fashion
Leader in Cloud
23,000 sq. ft. R&D Center
24/7 Global Support
3. Proven Product With Global Customer Footprint
Over 15,000 Users in 23 Countries Run WFX
4. WFX for Fashion
Specifically for the fashion industry – take
control over margins and product.
Improve control and transparency of
relationships throughout your supply chain.
Helps make your organization more agile
and can speed up product time-to-market.
5. Fastest Growing Fashion brand in Australia with over 300 retail stores in 7 countries
Implemented WFX Cloud PLM with 50 users in Australia in 2011
Rolled out to 275 Users by 2012 across 5 countries
Integrated WFX PLM with WMS, RMS, Palo, Microsoft BI
Reduced product turnaround time by 14%
Companies that already moved their product into the Cloud
6. Companies that already moved their product into the Cloud
Long established international menswear brand MCS (Marlboro Classics) was sold
in 2013 and needed new, more agile systems than their legacy SAP based solutions
19 users and 5 suppliers live AND trained from standing start in 9 weeks.
All product teams guided into a single process methodology.
New on-site training model proven to be extremely effective
7. Companies that already moved their product into the Cloud
Leading London-based Cycling Wear Brand (Drapers Award Winner)
Live on Product Data on WFX Cloud PLM with 19 users in 4 weeks!
POs and Production is tracked on the cloud
Reduction in sample iterations
8. Integrated WFX product data with SAP
Automatic Time & Action tracking updates executed in PLM
Production Tracking managed on WFX Graphical Dashboards
Increased Production control
100+ Users
Iconic Italian Brand - WFX Cloud PLM implemented across Benton India Pvt Ltd
Companies that already moved their product into the Cloud
9. Hardware Investment… Database Licenses… Software License Charges… Internal Hardware Support…
Upgrade Charges… Antivirus… Backup… Uptime… Software Support Charges… Electricity Charges etc…
Why Cloud?
Traditional enterprise software can be complex to use and more difficult and
expensive to implement
Why WFX on the Cloud makes sense
Simple, Quick, Nothing to Install
No Hidden Costs
Low up front costs. Subscription-Based Pricing
No Hardware, Software or Maintenance Costs
24/7 Support Included
No Upgrade Charges
Rapid Implementation
Accessible Anytime, Anywhere on the Cloud
10. Vast Integration Experience
Other WFX Systems
SAP, Oracle
Retail Directions
Business Objects, Microsoft BI
Cognos, PALO
In house ERP systems
Buyer EDI systems (VF, Gap,
Target, New Look, Liz Claiborne)
Interface Development Through Multiple Technologies
JASON, XML, CSV, Flat files
SQL Integration services
Web Services
Customization & Integration Skill Sets
11. Benefits
Centralized Database of Product/Order Information
Accessible anytime, anywhere
Reduced Sourcing Cost
Collaborate on-line across offices/factories
Better Cost Control
Simple and effective costing with budget controls helps reduce material cost
Reduced Production Cost
Production tracking tools increase output and reduce costs associated with product delays,
labor, etc.
Optimum Utilization of Production Capacity & Inventory
Manage and track critical tasks and identify and resolve delays sooner
Transparency & Accountability
Performance analysis through tracking of costing, budgeting and execution of orders
12. Supplier Portal
Online Tech-pack Access
Sample Submissions
Approval Notifications
Cost Submissions
Purchase Order Confirmations
Shipping Information
Compliance
Time and Action Updates
Solution Overview
WFX Web-Based PLM (Product Life Cycle Management) serves following Core Functions
Product, Fabrics and Trims
Designs & Tech-packs
Bill of Materials
Care and Content
Product Costing & Analysis
SKU and Barcode
Samples & Approvals Management
Quotations Management
Sales Channel - Buying Plans
Consolidated Purchase Orders
Buy Approvals
Cost per Buy
Real Time Fulfillment Tracking
(Open to Buy)
Production Tracking
Critical Path Tracking (Alerts & Reminders)
Product Development Buying Supplier Collaboration
13. Create and Manage Inspection Requests
Allocate PO quantities for Inspection
Integration with Google Maps
Availability of final Specs at Inspection site
QC iPad APP to record inspections offline
QC APP to Web Online Sync tools
Real-time Inspection tracking via iPad
iPad Push notification from Web
Inspection Result reports
Solution Overview
WFX Web-Based PLM (Product Life Cycle Management) serves following Core Functions
Create Collection Plans
Define Targets per Collection/Season
Define Target costs/quantities/markup
Link articles to a collection
Design Summary to see gap between
target quantities and In-progress
Final Plan VS Actual Summary screen
Collection Costing
Planning Quality Control & Inspections
14. Define collection plans by:
Division
Product Group
Product Sub-Category
Season
Record targets for:
Products
Colorways
Quantity
Easily upload plan details
Excel import to upload
targets
Download collection
plan details
Collection Planning
Collection Plan
15. Create Collections:
Link Styles to
collection
Add new styles
Quantity/Price per
Article per Color
Design Summary:
Gain visibility of
products In-Process
Target VS In-Process
Gap
Plan VS Actual
Summary
Collections
Collection Plan
16. Setup Catalogs for:
Products
Fabric & Materials
Trims & Notions
Organize Collections by:
Brand
Season
Product Type
Costing History
Maintain Product Costing
per Supplier with history
Generate Line Sheets and
Collection Reports
Product Development
Catalogs
17. Central database of
products accessible
anytime, anywhere with
web access
Product details (e.g.
Color ways,
specifications,
Constructions, Fabrics,
Trims, etc.)
Permanent log of user
activity
Messaging for all
comments related to
specific products
Collaborate/Share
technical packages
online with Suppliers
Product Specs
Product Development
18. Create and Track
Approvals at Various
Stages of Lifecycle:
Fits
Lab Dips/ Strike Offs
Material/Garment
Tests
Quality
Test Reports
Automatic notifications
to related users
View Fit History
Approvals
Product Development
19. Send Request for Quotes
to Multiple Suppliers
Compare costs
Suppliers can easily
respond on-line
Issue Sample
Requests/Orders to
Suppliers
Specify key details
like quantity, colors,
sizes, ship-to
location, due date,
etc.
Quotations & Sampling
Product Development
20. Create Tasks
Share schedules across
users & suppliers.
Identify Delays and
Possible Bottlenecks
Alerts & Reminders sent
automatically to users to
highlight pending/critical
tasks
Tracking Reports against
Brands
Product Classes and
Subclasses
Users
Milestones
Suppliers
Time & Action Tracking
Product Development
21. Central Buying Plan created on WFX (per territory/ Sales Channel) per product
History of revisions automatically maintained
Territories can be given limited access to enter their own Quantities
Automatic Roll Up can be viewed in Real Time By Head Office
Buying
Centralized Buying Plan
22. Purchase Orders can be created directly from the Buying Plan
Internal departments can be automatically notified of changes
Buy Plan Revisions can be synchronized with POs & auto notifications sent to users & Suppliers
History of revisions automatically maintained
POs can be directly integrated with Customer’s ERP
Suppliers can Log-in and download POs/changes instantly
Synchronized Purchase Orders
Buying
23. Suppliers securely login
and have access to
latest information
Supplier see all
transactions for a
product (techpack,
approval, sample,
Purchase Orders)
Easy tools to click and
submit costs,
evalutations and
confirm orders /
shipments
Automatic notifications
and instant visibility into
required product
changes/approvals
Suppliers are able to react faster to your
needs
Enhanced information quality and clarity
Supplier Collaboration
Secure Supplier Portal
25. Suppliers view list of tasks due
Suppliers can close completed tasks creating auto notifications to Users
Increased transparency
Easy reporting on Production Progress
Production Tracking
Supplier Collaboration
26. Plan purchasing
requirements including
size ratio requirements.
Allow location based input
into the buying plan. Each
region or retail channel
can be combined into one
requirement with multiple
delivery / replenishment
drops.
Approve purchasing needs
and turn these into multi-
delivery purchase orders.
See the financial aspects of
the purchasing, with
regional and delivery
specific differences.
Style color, size and quantities per location
Buying Planning
27. Time and Action
Templates configured for
each Purchase group
Activities configurable for
tracking at Style or Event
level
Tasks assigned to internal
or external (supplier)
teams
Style / product
development tracking.
Production teams attach
relevant template to each
sample or production
orders for full production
task tracking.
Time and Action Calendars
Critical path management
28. Escalation based Alerts
and Reminders sent to
users
Personal Tasks List for
each user
Users close activities as
they complete them.
Tasks get managed on an
exception basis.
Tasks can be reported on
in multiple ways. Report
by user, by product
group, by supplier, by
dates and so on.
Reminders and Personal Task Lists
Critical path management
29. Inspection Dashboard
View pending
inspections
Tap to enter
inspection results
Inspection Lists
QC Inspection App for i-Pad
30. Summary View of
Quantities Offered for
Inspection
View and Edit
Quantities offered for
Inspection
Record no. of cartons
inspected VS offered
Inspection Results Summary
QC Inspection App for i-Pad
31. New releases appear automatically
Admins and users receive overviews of how to use new features
Major new modules added as system evolves driven by forward looking product map.
No upgrade charges, no need for consultants to come on site
Implementation, development and training teams are incentivized on customer
retention
WFX have an active development team
Regular new features and updates