Gerber Scientific Inc's business unit Gerber Technology announced that it is marketing a new Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution designed to meet the specific needs of the fashion market.
Fashion Lifecycle Management (FLM) combines Gerber's WebPDM product development management software with a proven apparel PLM workflow solution. The product is expected to be available in the second quarter of 2006.
Holly Beum, Director, Software Product Management stated that while PLM developed out of the needs of discrete manufacturing, for example automotive and aerospace manufacturing, the PLM requirements of the fashion industry are significantly different.
Fashion Lifecycle Management (FLM) gives designers and manufacturers of apparel, accessories and home furnishings the exact tools they need to improve and shorten the development cycle.
Gerber's Fashion Lifecycle Management solution complements and integrates fully with WebPDM and includes image collaboration, project management functionality, product specifications and versioning, and integrated workflow.
Beum added that Gerber Fashion Lifecycle Management provides a robust, enterprise-wide tool for global product management from concept to retail distribution. With Gerber FLM, the customers will be able to see the progress of all fabrics, trims and approvals and share this information with all those who need it - anywhere in the world.
US leading software provider Gerber Technology develops and manufactures the world's leading brands of integrated software and hardware automation systems for the sewn products and flexible materials industries. It offers specialized solutions to a variety of end-user markets including apparel, transportation interiors, furniture, composites and industrial fabrics.
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