Product and Supplier Management
Discover e-Solutions Ltd (DeSL) is a software solutions company
delivering innovative solutions to address the needs of business
i tegratio , task auto atio a d fashio ased glo al supply hai collaboration.
DeSL has a range of applications which have been
specifically designed to address the needs of
toda s progressi e orga isatio s, espe iall those operating in the fashion/apparel sectors.
The o pa s e tire suite o ers all aspe ts of sourcing management and supply chain control
from product conception right through to
delivery.
All of De“L s soft are is I ter et ased usi g a Web Portal as the user interface in order to
maximise flexibility, scalability and ease of use.
DeSL exclusively uses Microsoft.Net technology
to build all its applications and owns all of its
software and the company has been Gold
Certified by Microsoft.
DeSL applications are modular in design and
customers can implement each module
separately and later integrate with others if
appropriate.
The company has been actively servicing the
fashion sector since late 2002 and has an
impressive list of customers.
B i ple e ti g De“L s solutio s, retailers a d wholesalers should be able to deliver best
practice for Supply Base Management and
Product Development Management.
De“L s e ge eratio te h olog allo s users to capitalise on the latest web based applications
to provide companies with the flexibility,
adaptability and scalability for ever changing
business needs.
Created ith ha ds o fashio professio als i mind, the application is uniquely flexible and
customisable allowing companies to create
unique processes and tasks which reflect their
Manage critical paths from development
request to purchase order receipt.
Manage the entire development process
from initial product/range conception to
delivery and selection of samples.
Manage a complex and diverse supply base
ensuring a consistent approach across
business units and offices.
Manage and track purchase orders from
initial creation through to approvals and
delivery.
Deploy a web based collaborative portal
including customers, suppliers, factories,
consolidators and logistics.
o re ipe for su ess ithout the eed for programmers or applications consultants.
Product and Supplier Management
Fashion businesses use DeSL
solutions to achieve the following
benefits:
Reduced product development costs
Reduced additional costs such as air freighting
products and sample re-makes.
Ensure all parties access real time critical path
data
Manage product specifications and track
changes to requirements and costs
Deliver a central resource and knowledge base
for all new product development and
improved supplier intelligence
A consistent approach and method to
managing supplier & customer
information
Ensure your entire supply base is trading
ethically
Understand more precisely movements
and activity in the Supply chain
Manage and reduce the cost of samples
Ensure samples and finished products
arrive on time and to the correct
specification
Enables suppliers, consolidators and all
supply chain parties real time updates for
purchase order progression and approval
De“L’s software will enable retailers and wholesalers to implement
and adopt a consistent set of best practices across Business Units,
Regional Offices and Supply Base.
COMMUNICATION
De“L s soft are ill enable head offices to
communicate key
information using the
Internet and ensure that
all necessary parties are
included.
APPROACH
B usi g De“L s soft are to define all required
supply chain data a
consistent approach will
naturally be used. The
level of detail to be
stored could be
configured to be
different by Buying Unit
but this would still
deliver a common
interface to all users.
VISIBILITY
All data on the DeSL
system is available over
the Internet. Changes are
made in real time and
users can be notified
when changes are made.
This ensures that users
only see the latest
i for atio a d do t have to rely on the
current emailed or hard
copy data.
TOOLS
The software will remove
the vast majority of
spreadsheets currently
used today and deliver a
real time system that can
be tailored to suit
individual requirements.
This will allow staff to
focus more of their time
performing their proper
roles and less time
collecting and collating
data.
Product and Supplier Management
De“L’s software is flexible and adaptable to suite a range of
business roles and processes. Typical roles configured already
for fashion companies are:
Designers – garment, fabric, technical
Merchandisers
Buyers
Production
Audit Teams/Quality Assurance
Consolidators
Shippers
Suppliers
Customers
The roles are user definable by the end user and can be broken down even further if
required, e.g. Designer for Ladieswear, Designer for Menswear etc.
Additional roles can be added without any programming resource or software changes.
De“L’s software contains key features unique to this solution.
To aid better understanding the features have been broken out
into the following areas:
Line Planning
Story Boards
Product Management
On-line 3D Approvals
Critical Path Management
Approvals and Quality Management
Samples/Requests For Development
Adobe Illustrator Integration
Purchase Order Tracking
Supplier Auditing
Supply Base Definition including Requests For Quotation
Reporting
System Flexibility
Integration
Product and Supplier Management
Line Planning
User defined planning hierarchies
Financial and operational planning
User defined planning metrics
Plan for any types of products, e.g. styles and fabrics
Auto generate placeholders
Workflow managed
Assign resources
Manage progress along with extensive reporting
Import and export to/from Excel
Automatically produce line list/catalogues
Ipad/Android app available
Story Boards
Creative design workspace
Integrated to Adobe Illustrator
User defined formats
Web publication
Approvals and comments
Planned story board verses progress
Linked to key processes such as line plans
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Product and Supplier Management
Product Management
Product/Range planning.
User defined product variants, e.g. style, style/colour, style/colour/size, /waist/inseam etc.
Multiple product types – finished goods, fabrics, trims, lining, buttons etc.
User defined product attributes and search criteria.
Product image management – CAD integration, 3D, 2D, scanning etc.
Product Testing Management.
Full Product Costing & ‘FQ s
Extensive Product Specifications/Tech Packs:
User defined spe ifi atio pages
Points of measure.
Templates/blocks.
Manufacturing configurator.
Multi le el BOM s.
Product Testing Requirements.
Construction details.
Colour matching.
Linked specifications.
Warning/markings.
Version control.
Risk Analysis.
Product and Supplier Management
On-Line 3D Approvals
Factories upload images prior to shipment.
Easy to use.
360 degree rotation.
Zoom in and zoom out.
Spot quality problems in advance.
On-line, real time comments & collaboration.
Reduce approval times.
Fit samples.
Seal samples
Pilot production.
Sales samples.
Product and Supplier Management
Critical Path Management
Definition of activities – duration, dependencies, resources.
Multiple critical path templates.
Forward/backward scheduling.
Fixed dates, calculated dates.
Date prediction analysis.
Multiple critical paths per product.
Automatic emails and escalation.
Critical paths by range, product, product colour, sample request, purchase orders.
Dashboard analysis.
Supplier/partner access to view and update critical paths.
Exception management.
On time, late, imminent, predicted late.
User activity lists.
Flexible reporting/analysis.
Multiple activity types – approval activity, testing activity, fit log activity, workflow.
Discussion forums.
Product and Supplier Management
Approvals and Quality Management
Multiple approval types
Fit log approvals.
Lab dips etc.
Real time notification to suppliers.
Integrated to product
specifications.
Flexible product testing
specifications.
Washed/unwashed samples.
Multiple samples.
Critical path integration.
3D samples/virtual fitting.
Product and Supplier Management
Samples/ Requests for Development
On line request for samples/request for development.
Real time supplier notification and access.
Sample fabric/trims ordering.
Automatic critical path generation and management.
Link to product specification or user defined requirements.
Bar code/RFID attachment to sample/development.
Send requests direct to factory or local sourcing office.
Factory upload images prior to despatch.
Factory reference database.
3D/2D sample image upload and review/approve.
Real time notification of changes to specifications.
Consolidator views to reduce transportation costs.
Product and Supplier Management
Adobe Illustrator Integration
Seamless integration to Illustrator.
Real time integration between Illustrator and PLM.
Automatic web file generation (jpg, gif etc)
Create styles without leaving Illustrator
I port/ reate BOM “, graded spe s, o stru tio details et ithi Illustrator
User defined data integration.
Direct link between AI files and PLM products.
Developed using Adobe official SDK.
Product and Supplier Management
3rd
Party Tech Pack Integration
DeSL has developed the technology to enable companies which receive PDF or Excel based
specification/ Te h Pa ks to e tra t the data out of these a d auto ati all reate st les, BOM s & on-line tech packs. This dramatically reduces the manual input required in order to manage
customers.
Template driven
Multiple customer formats
Version management
Automatic integration to existing systems such as ERP.
Automatically create:
Purchase Order Tracking
Tech Packs and Sample Request
Dynamic allocation of critical path templates.
Real time supplier notification and access.
User defined tracking points and ownership.
Quantity work in progress tracking.
Supplier real time progress updates.
Prediction of likely supply problems.
Dashboard analysis of tracking activities.
Consolidator/shipping agent access to see planned shipments by country, port and
factory.
On line creation of purchase orders or import from 3rd
party systems.
Tracking of production activities and shipping activities (Approvals, ETD, ETA etc).
Consolidation of multiple purchase orders across vessels and containers.
Analysis of planned, revised, predicted and actual dates per tracking activity.
Styles
BOM s
Product images
Graded Specifications
Construction Details
Product and Supplier Management
Supplier Auditing
Definition of regional inspection teams.
Automatic or manual scheduling of audits and inspectors.
Multiple audit types – pre-production, ethical, health & safety etc.
“upplier self audits .
Document management.
iPad/Android app available.
Supply Base Definition
Multiple supplier types – direct supplier, agent, multi tiered etc.
Flexible properties by supplier type.
Supplier hierarchies.
Supplier approvals – commercial, financial, ethical etc.
Flexible search criteria.
Supplier grading.
Sourcing route definition.
Request for Quotations.
“upplier self defi itio /self ser i e .
Supplier capabilities.
Product/range capabilities.
Capacities.
Lead times.
Price points.
Design capabilities.
Available technology.
Existing customers.
Product and Supplier Management
Reporting
On line and data warehouse support.
Report over any data.
Tables and graphics.
Dashboard analysis.
User defi ed drag a d drop reporti g.
Summary and detail reporting.
Export to Excel, PDF and emails.
User defined views and report authorisations.
System Flexibility
Web Portal user interface.
Content management.
Role/user definition.
Multiple security levels.
User defined product properties.
User defined supplier properties.
User defined product specifications – pages/sections/elements.
System Integration
Already integrated to a variety of legacy systems on Oracle, DB2, AS/400 etc.
Supports multiple data types.
XML Web Service Integration.