“Because it is so much easier to input, locate, and manage information, the implementation went quite smoothly. Yunique helped us make all of our artwork, bodies, fabrics, prints, sketches, specs, and other product information easily accessible in one system.”
“Yunique's ease-of-use has allowed us to expand the use of PLM into the fashion and technical design departments as well as across our entire supply chain,” added Schwab. “Some of the other systems we evaluated appeared to be very capable, but they were just more complex than what we felt we wanted or needed. With Yunique, all of our global teams find it simple to work with the system to input and access the information they need to perform at their best.”
Since starting with Yunique's plmOn system in the second quarter of 2006, Schwab has also fully integrated the PLM with its sales planning and ERP systems. According to Schwab,
“This bi-directional integration has helped us save numerous steps in our process. For example, we can automatically bring images from our product development process into our wholesale planning system; and when we adopt a style in plmOn, it automatically populates the information in our ACS Optima ERP system. Yunique's choice of Microsoft's SQL Server database platform has enabled us to complete these important interfaces without undue complication.”
Yunique's ease of use is also paying off in other ways for Schwab. Gilmore stressed that, “We were very pleasantly surprised with just how easy it is for users to get productive with the system. The amount of training required was minimal. That has really helped us get to were we are in such a short time.”
“Their standard implementation methodology included an extensive analysis of our processes, which was very helpful and gave us a means of benchmarking the time savings,” said Schwab. “Even though we already knew how to get from point A to point B, Yunique has delivered to us a vastly improved vehicle for us to get there. Our people are very comfortable with using it as the system aligns closely with the way they work naturally. Navigating around the system is simple because it works just like the Microsoft products we are all familiar.
Yunique Solutions Inc, USA
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