IMB 2006 Show Review
The message from IMB 2006 is clear... 'Yesterday's tools in today's business environment will not be sufficient to keep you in business tomorrow.' In the latest apparel environment, disparate, manual systems are unacceptable.
Even the highest investment in capital equipment will provide little return unless planning, raw materials control and critical path are effective, yet most businesses still use manual, spreadsheet based systems for many of these functions. But why is this?
Even those businesses with an existing business (ERP) system, including those adapted or even designed for the garment industry, are realising that in the VITAL area of planning, these solutions simply do not cope with the demanding requirements of a modern garment business.
With this in mind, the key requirements amongst show visitors as they look to rise to the lead time challenge included specialist, flexible planning tools, which complement and work together with existing systems, which can be adopted easily and which provide improved visibility and collaboration with suppliers.
Fast React Systems specialise in the rapid deployment of planning solutions, which interface easily with existing systems, which facilitate much closer collaboration with suppliers and which deliver significant business benefits quickly.
