Woolworths ties up with Gaec to improve clothing lines
18 Oct '05
2 min read
Largest retailer Woolworth's, has invested US$750,000 with Geac in order to roll out Geac's QuestPLM (product lifecycle management) solution across its entire clothing offering. This is expected to increase the speed to market of clothing and footwear products that will be available throughout Woolworths' 200+ stores throughout South Africa and approximately 50+ franchise stores in other parts of Africa and the Middle East. This will be the second phase of Woolworths' QuestPLM deployment; the software already is yielding benefits to Woolworth's womenswear department.
The solution from Geac RunTime, a division of Geac that specialises in IT solutions for the apparel and footwear industry, is designed to ensure that confirmed new products are automatically transferred into Woolworths' sales and inventory system. Previously this had to be done manually, often delaying the launch of new collections.
Woolworths will also work with Geac to integrate Quest PLM with Woolworths' pending implementation of the Retek RMS stock management system and Woolworths' existing Knowledge Management systems to enable Woolworths to improve workflow and streamline the product development lifecycle.
The QuestPLM solution will replace the previously manual product specification to suppliers, as well as enabling the measurement and tracking of key milestones in the product development critical path. The improvements to Woolworths' supply chain will mean shorter lead times,with improved availability of clothing, footwear and accessories products.
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