Lawson M3 Fashion helps TAL balance production load
23 Oct '07
4 min read
“With Fashion Planning Workbench, whether it is the sales team loading orders or the planners balancing capacity, all changes are immediately updated for everyone to see. We also saved time. For 200,000 orders, we used to take eight hours to download and sort date with Excel, but it can be done in 30 minutes now.”
Implemented at 10 of TAL's production sites, the Lawson M3 Supply Chain Order solution helps TAL plan and manage order chains by linking orders with supply chain data. This helps the company manage issues related to changes along the supply chain. The solution is designed to help improve delivery accuracy, reduce inventories, eliminate manual work and allow more agile management of supply chain issues.
“With Supply Chain Order, if we change the quantity of a customer's order, all other related material requirement orders are taken care of. We estimate that this gives us 80 percent savings in time spent on these tasks,” added Lee.
“While requirements and expectations in the garment manufacturing industry have increased, one thing that hasn't changed is the drive for lower costs and increased efficiency,” said David Hope, regional managing director for Lawson in Asia and Japan. “With Lawson M3 Fashion Planning Workbench and Supply Chain Order, garment manufacturers have a great deal of flexibility and automation that allows them to become more efficient, more responsive to market trends, and to reduce total costs.”
With Lawson M3 Fashion Planning Workbench and Supply Chain Orders, TAL is better positioned to manage seasonal peaks and valleys for production. “If TAL's goal of having a flat production cycle is achieved, the projected saving will be US$3 million a year,” added Lee.
“But the benefits don't just stop there. If we achieve an evenly loaded plant, where we plan for an even line of normal working hours, we can increase the overtime limit, which means an opportunity to take more orders.”
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