The fast-changing world of fashion is driven by consumers whose purchasing behaviors alter with the seasons and trends.
To become more competitive, fashion companies not only have to adapt to rapid shifts in market requests, but also to cost-control and supply chain pressures. The delocalization of production and the necessity to operate within a global market are making the fashion industry more complex and difficult to manage.
This inherent instability requires highly dynamic product lines and business processes.
From front-end consulting and planning to systems integration and outsourcing, CSC�s results-oriented services reflect a deep understanding of real-world business challenges and are created in close partnership with our clients.
This holds true for CSC's involvement in the fashion industry.
In Italy, CSC has dedicated a vertical division, based in Padua and focused on fashion application solutions and consulting services.
CSC fully exploited these competencies to take the lead in the IT transformation of the clothing & apparel industry.
Now, CSC aims to strengthen its market position at the international level and to turn the current dominant Italian position into a lasting and profitable asset.
In addition to its success in Italy and the United States, CSC has made inroads in France, Spain and more than 20 other countries, becoming a point of reference for the global manufacturing sector.
The list of CSC customers is impressive: more than 160 customers, including many among the best-known Italian and international fashion houses, have taken advantage of CSC solutions through a continual process of integration, improvement and updating of functionality.
Solutions offering
CSC offerings for the fashion industry include proprietary or third party solutions based on the Stealth suite, including:
# product lifecycle management
# product definition
# procurement
# production planning and scheduling
# customer order fulfillment
# accounting
# data mining
# warehouse management
# merchandise planning
# sales force automation
# point-of-sale (POS) management
Services covered include business process analysis, change management and IT outsourcing.
Solutions
STEALTH
Stealth was created exclusively for the world of fashion, and thanks to its effectiveness and productivity, it takes its rightful place among the premier products within the fashion IT environment. Installed in approximately 160 companies, with more than 8,500 users, Stealth is the most common solution among Italian fashion companies with revenues of more than 250 million euro. Stealth is a multicompany, multicurrency and multilingual product. These are features that make it fully adaptable to different contexts, allowing distributed or centralized information system management (server consolidation), according to company needs.
Stealth is able to manage supply chain processes and sales and distribution. It has a completely modular application architecture which can be integrated with retail solutions (e.g. Stealth Retail, Retail Pro) and with the most utilized accounting solutions (e.g. JD Edwards, Econ and SAP). Stealth is a web-enabled product available on: IBM DB2 (i5/OS platform, IBM i5 hardware), ORACLE (on Linux, Unix and Windows platforms, IBM, HP, SUN hardware and based on INTEL). It is usable both within local and geographic networks and in ASP (Application Service Provider) modality as well.
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RETAIL PRO�
As a global dealer of retail solutions for the fashion industry, CSC distributes and implements Retail Pro worldwide. Retail Pro, an Island Pacific proprietary solution, is the world's leading specialty retail management system. Used daily in over 25,000 stores on six continents, it automates all point-of-sale, inventory control, customer relationship management, multi-store communications, e-commerce, and retail analysis. With more than 30 projects managed in the retail environment, CSC has developed a specific offering at the highest quality level for outsourcing and support and consulting services.
LOGIMODA�
Logimoda, a third party E-fashion software product, is a flexible departmental solution for warehouse management. It is able to manage raw materials and finished goods warehouses, including merchandise handling and stock room personnel routing; it supports merchandise moving, picking and loading, space optimization, RFID handling, etc. Targets of this solution are those companies focused on the optimizing warehouse management both in the �man-to-stock� and �stock-to-man� processes.
WEB-SC&O
Intended for companies who wish to increase their level of service, Web SC&O is a solution developed to handle replenishment orders and track the status of customer orders. The solution is a collaborative tool for customers that allows remote data entry of in-stock orders (or ATP-like orders), and has a detailed view of customers' order status.
CPS (COLLECTION PLANNING SYSTEM)
CPS is a new solution developed by CSC to manage merchandise planning and distribution. The system is designed for fashion companies that produce or purchase seasonal or non-seasonal items and sell them through proprietary stores or multi-brand dealers. It supports buyers in the purchasing process of finished goods, based on a financial budget, allowing the forecasting of distribution price points analysis, and merchandise allocation.
WEB PRODUCTION TRACKING
WPT remotely manages the shop floor based on inputs from subcontractors linked to the supply chain. Intended for companies acting with third parties, the product allows suppliers to interact directly with the company�s information system in order to update the work in progress.
ORDAGE
Ordage is a targeted solution for those companies that use agents to collect orders and manage show room activities. It supports customer order collection both during show room opening and via agents, allowing offline guided data entry of orders and subsequent linking to a central system to update company data.
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