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NovaQuest solutions help Apparel & Footwear companies address the global nature of getting consumer-driven products to market on-time and on-budget by providing right-sized Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. In the Apparel & Footwear market comprised of many small and medium firms, PLM focuses on business processes that increase operational efficiency and drive reliable designer, supplier, and even consumer collaboration.
At NovaQuest, we’ve derived superior industry solutions by leveraging our unique combination of real-world industry experience and deep knowledge of PLM applications delivered by Dassault Systèmes (DS). NovaQuest is the first DS partner to offer new V6 PLM technology which combines the advanced collaborative business processes of ENOVIA, the knowledge-driven development of 3D in CATIA, and the lifelike experience of 3DVIA to help your company reach new levels of product and process innovation. Our solutions enable:
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PLM is now available ONLINE for the Apparel and Footwear Industry!
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Strategic Sourcing Development redesigns communication mechanisms to enable automation and collaborative technologies within globally distributed supply chains. |
Global Sourcing - Supply Chain Collaboration enables companies to collaborate and interact with suppliers directly to save time and repetitive data entry
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Key Capabilities:
- Color, Fabric, and Trim libraries publish intellectual property throughout your organization
- “Single Version of the Truth” eliminates redundant effort keying in data, finding information, and manually tracking project status
- A recognized foundation for business intelligence unifies all development data for easy retrieval and validation
- Accurate sample request and order tracking provides the visibility to increase volumes for lower rates and enable more affordable shipping methods
Solution Benefits:
- Protect brand value through consistent application of quality guidelines and improved product planning
- Design effort is reduced when supplier best practices are introduced early in the development process
- Bill of material errors are greatly reduced when all stakeholders work from the same information
- Launch costs are lower due to fewer mistakes, late changes, and priority shipments of garment samples
- Time-to-Value increases as a result of an organized supply chain producing the right garment on day one
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Rapid Product Development solutions that overhaul design organizations to better leverage best-practice business processes, automation, and virtualization technologies. |
Component & Standards Development enables your design teams develop new inspirations while easily leverage existing components & standards established for prior seasons.
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Key Capabilities:
- Easy, online access to the latest information speeds development and lowers costs
- Heightened visibility of projects and changes improve strategic planning and organizational execution
- Cool lifelike product presentations in 3D capture consumer attention and establish competitive differentiation
- Built-in sample request initiation, testing and execution, and tracking reduces non-value add development efforts
Solution Benefits:
- Build stronger partnerships with more accurate and frequent communications among all stakeholders
- Elimination of redundant and unnecessary samples lowers shipping expenses
- Manual effort is reduced when the right information is readily available and project tasks are clear
- Specification costs are reduced with more accurate bills of material and changes communicated early
- Post-adoption changes create less waste when suppliers are notified early and changes happen quickly
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Design Library and Catalog Management to help firms establish and maintain comprehensive libraries of data such as products, styles, fabrics, components, trims, accessories, etc. for reuse. |
A company’s color palette is created early in the season and consulted throughout the product development process. A library of fabrics and prints also can be loaded into the shared network, facilitating design. |
Key capabilities:
- Loading data once and recalling it easily dramatically reduces costs and avoids time-consuming re-creation
- Improved supply chain collaboration makes it easier to incorporate cost-saving ideas upfront
- Automatic notification of changes and requested deviations initiate supplier development efforts earlier
- Pre-approval of alternate suppliers during design simplifies sourcing operations
Solution Benefits:
- Tap global advantages by utilizing the most competitive suppliers more often in more projects
- Material, trim and accessory costs are reduced with fewer tests, samples, late substitutions and larger bulk orders
- Sample cost reductions follow similar reductions in sample orders
- Shipping expenses drop when greater visibility eliminates the need for air freight
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To request more information on these solutions, please contact a NovaQuest representative today!
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