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By: Simon Dubuc
July, 2024 | 3 min read
Apparel companies tend to stay away from business software for as long as possible. They build complex spreadsheets to track their inventory and designs, manually fulfill their orders one-by-one and rely on rules of thumb for quality control. And in most cases, companies can operate like this for a long time before they get to a point where they just don’t have a choice anymore. Tech packs are scattered across messy SharePoint sites, e-mails from outsourced manufacturers pile-up in an inbox somewhere, and controllers spend countless hours reconciling invoices from god-knows-who for god-knows-what.
LIDD recently completed a digital transformation roadmap for a luxury apparel client facing these challenges. The client is now undergoing this transition, moving towards a modern technology ecosystem that will scale alongside the company’s growth.
The Client: A leading manufacturer of high-end goods requires full operational and digital transformation to support expansion
This company designs, produces and distributes high-end apparel goods through retail locations, wholesalers, and an e-commerce website. Using specialized co-manufacturers, they manage the whole CMT (cut-make-trim) processes and manufacture almost everything locally, in Los Angeles. They own a small distribution center where they fulfill most DTC orders, and utilize a 3PL for bigger, wholesale orders. Here’s what we noticed:
Operations and Technology leadership has asked LIDD to provide a comprehensive review of resources and org structure, and make recommendations to support a lean, technology forward environment. LIDD initially performed a Digital Transformation Roadmap. This helped LIDD identify challenges and propose a solution. LIDD then agreed to implement these recommendations.
After getting to know their operations and company culture, here’s what we recommended to solve for these challenges:
Why NetSuite? NetSuite is a robust, widely used, and versatile ERP well-suited for food manufacturers and other small and mid-sized enterprises. LIDD recommended this ERP because NetSuite:
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