Planning

In addition to production planning tools and reports that come standard with the Frogfish ApparelIT suite, we also offer a more sophisticated JAVA-based planning, scheduling and plant loading application that is a "must" for every busy production-oriented organization. Whether you manufacture domestically or overseas, manage your production through contractors, or use a combination of approaches, this configurable application provides you with complete visibility of everything that is going on within your extended enterprise. The software is designed to provide total control over your scheduling process, considering all of the complexities of your business including capacities, resource and raw material availability, lead times, shipping and delivery variations, customer demand, forecasts, efficiencies and much more, all in one place. This relevant and critical information is delivered to the user in a neatly structured, yet flexible format. Easy "drag-and-drop" features enable planners to work with different scenarios, while dialog boxes present various system "responses" as they complete their schedules and loads, allowing for faster, more informed decisions and a more agile sourcing and manufacturing process.

Finished Apparel Inventory

Whether you manufacture or import, total control of your finished goods inventory is essential. ApparelIT keeps you and your team up-to-date on all of your inventory requirements. With ApparelITTM, you gain easy access to on-hand, ordered, and work-in-process quantities, aging, future availability, value, location data and more…sorted any way you require. You also get seamless integration with the Customer Order Processing module, so you always know what you need to fill your orders!

ApparelITTM FGI includes these exciting features to enhance inventory management:

  • Inventory Control - quickly view on-hand, ordered, work-in-process, and available inventory amounts, make adjustments, and run physical inventory checks quickly, accurately and easily!
  • Purchase Order Entry - full-featured P.O. entry and receipt for buyers of finished goods. Track open purchases, view P.O. aging by supplier and much more.
  • Product Assortments - the simple process of grouping different styles/products together to sell as a single unit is made simple.
  • Work-in-Process Reporting - a wealth of timely information tells you what you have in production, what customer orders it will fill, and when those customers need their goods.
  • Product Histories - detailed analyses highlight what products are selling well, which colors are popular, who is buying what, and how often!

ApparelIT provides total style control to meet your changing needs. Use one style code for multiple sizes and colors to make creating and changing styles fast and simple. Easily specify different prices for each size and each customer if necessary. Create assortments, and define multiple sizing scales for use with all your different product classes. As the needs of your customers change, you can adapt quickly.

Procurement

Whether you are an importer/distributor of finished products, a manufacturer, or both, web-based sourcing, procurement and purchase tracking are quickly becoming essential tools to the success and survival of your business. With margins always tight and customers ever more demanding, accurate purchasing and vendor management capabilities are critical to maintaining profitability. Our web-based tools streamline the planning and requisition process and provide excellent communication between your people and the rest of the supply chain.

Your customers have come to expect perfect execution and on-time delivery, every time. With Frogfish ApparelIT, purchase orders for finished goods or raw material components can be generated easily and instantly based on your purchasing rules. This advanced functionality can "suggest" PO's based on demand (forecasts, open customer orders, etc.), while giving consideration to landed costs, lead time, ship dates, minimum stock, minimum order quantities, best execution rules, vendor efficiency, vendor quality history and virtually any other criteria that you can imagine.

Import Management

P.O.'s have been sent and your schedule is in place... now, it's time for everyone to execute. ApparelIT provides the information delivery and web visibility you really need in order to effectively manage the supply chain and make sure that every "link" is doing its job. Manage your in-transit assets by knowing where they are at all times, and know immediately if there are potential problems, while you still have time to act on them. Frogfish ApparelIT will facilitate a level of supply chain and logistics collaboration that will change the way your enterprise operates. Vendors will now be able to communicate with you in real-time, from any point on the globe. Integrated messaging and workflow tools enable you to trigger alerts, action notifications and emails automatically, based on standard business rules that you create, so if a Bill of Lading for a shipment that was expected to leave for your warehouse tomorrow is not received by your system today, your team knows it... today! In addition, all of the complexities and documentation related to importing products are simplified. Let ApparelIT manage the countless details, so your team can focus on what they do best... provide great products and service to your clients.

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