Latest Fastreact Version Release for Footwear
As specialist providers to the Apparel and Textiles marketplace for many years, the first version of Evolution for Footwear was launched in 2005 when the software made a successful debut in the footwear industry. Several innovative developments have since been made, specifically with footwear in mind. The most significant enhancement has been additional automatic last planning and control features.
Feedback from the footwear industry highlighted that it was often the lack of availability of the required last or mould that caused an order to be delayed. Whilst superficially this problem can be solved in the same way as material planning, it should be appreciated that because lasts/moulds are re-usable material they must be treated (and planned) differently. The latest version of the Fastreact software expertly achieves this in conjunction with the coordination of effective critical path management, capacity planning and materials planning.
Attila Kurdash, Managing Director at Gina Shoes comments, "The Fastreact approach to planning has provided us with much better visibility and enabled us to effectively plan the production process and also because we now have forward visibility of material requirements, we have been able to significantly reduce our material stockholding, whilst still being able to meet planned deliveries. We are now able to quickly plan (and re-plan) around all production constraints, material availability and lasting restrictions to obtain a realistic and achievable plan, whilst being able to ensure that we meet customer delivery expectations."
