VerTex PLM Software sustains aggressive expansion at Elie Tahari
12 Jul '06
4 min read
Since then, they have expanded use of the system to more than 200 users across their entire business; comprising fabric/trim buying, design, merchandising planning, product development, fit and quality control, costing, sourcing, manufacturing, and import tracking functions.
Of special significance is the use of VerTex PLM to work online with their overseas factories and vendors. While many PLM initiatives are limited to in-house product development activities, Elie Tahari has leveraged the VerTex PLM to track and manage both the pre-production and production activities for more than two years.
“As the number of factories and the level of services they provide continues to grow, we see it as essential for these partners to participate in our IT systems.
But we also have significantly improved our internal controls. Vertex PLM has eliminated the need for teams of people to provide answers to day-to-day operations issues. Now the answers are available to everyone – right at their fingertips.”
Elie Tahari's passion for IT continues with current efforts to build a corporate data warehouse. Driven by the need for comprehensive and intelligent reporting, Elie Tahari is working toward providing the tools necessary to deliver easy to understand scorecarding and metrics-based management.
Rather than traditional exception-based reporting, Epstein envisions pulling together information from their best-of-breed ACS ERP, PKMS warehousing, KWI retail, and VerTex PLM systems to provide real-time reporting that will help executives quickly and easily measure business performance across all aspects of their business.
marketing@alchempro.com
