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News Release from: Centric Software | Subject: Tech Packs
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 September 2006
Tech Packs Reduce Delays and Costly
Mistake
Tech Packs Manage All Variations in Product Details in Seasons and Collections to Articles
Centric Software, the leading provider of Product Intelligence solutions for the extended enterprise, has announced the immediate availability of "Tech Packs" that provide companies with apparel lines of business and their global partners with flexible management of product information, such as artwork, fabric, colour, and trim, from the collection or season level, through families, down to individual styles Tech Packs reduce delays and costly mistakes through the exchange of relevant technical product details between companies with apparel programs and their external partners
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 13 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Links between different secure, online views with different levels of detail manage the propagation of changes so all global team members have a current view and can continue parallel execution of tasks to accelerate development and delivery.
"As consumers demand more rapid turnover in the fashions available on the store shelf, apparel companies and those with apparel lines of business are launching more products, on tighter schedules with inflexible deadlines, with the same number of people," said Chris Groves, chief executive officer at Centric Software.
"Given the increasing demand for variation in product choices and many more options for colours, sizes, styles, or other product details, Tech Packs improve the efficiency of existing staff, providing visibility across the process, from suppliers to product managers to the executives who track progress of collection development and introductions".
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Centric's Tech Packs offer a higher-quality, more efficient time-saving alternative over spreadsheets or other systems used to track and manage the development of apparel collections.
As manufacturers introduce more products and bring more global partners into the process, the spreadsheets that many product teams use can no longer manage the volume of information.
Tech Packs display product information in different views for different users, removing proliferation of spreadsheets via email, manual maintenance of change orders, inconsistencies in data, possible confusion and costly delays.
With full security based on the role of the user, this enterprise-class solution has the flexibility to manage highly complex levels of detail.
Product managers can filter or add product features, such as suppliers, colours, fabrics, and accessories at any level, creating product descriptions that track details unique to each product deliverable.
In addition, through an easy-to-use interface, distributed team members and global development partners update information as needed.
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