Activity supported by PLM

By:
Tarun Kumar Agrawal
1. Line planning

 Line –another name for garment collection for a

particular season.
 Fashion industry has numerous seasons.
 Each season new line.
 Crucial to achieving a successful season of
sales and ensuring profit margins.
 Include planning – design ,financial aspects,
schedule etc.
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 PLM propose and define a collection taking into

account coherence with brand image, season
trends and garment variety
 Evaluate its financial aspects considering
targets, profit margins, budget and pricing and
facilitate potential sales assessment of a range.
 Encompassing financial objectives, previous
results, current and future trends, collection mix,
 stock-keeping unit (SKU) required
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 Merchants can request actual programs from the

design group.
 Comments can be shared between both remote
and internal team members.
 Adopting concepts takes you straight to the
detailed and technical spec areas.
2.Storyboarding

 Graphic organizers
  A series of illustrations or images for pre-
visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion
etc.
 Done by designer to communicate its line for
production .
 Require deep study of trends and previous
results.
 Building blocks of the product information
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 PLM enabling rapid development of digital
storyboards, and the ability to share design,
concept and trend information across multiple
regions, channels and departments.
 Can communicate mood, components, colors
and themes.
 Users can add comments and update boards for
immediate response to market shifts.
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 Digital asset sharing with internal and external
partners
 Version control
 Meta data assigned to digital assets and boards
 Linked storyboards
3. Colour management

 Controlled conversion between

the color representations of various devices
 To obtain a good match across color devices
 For e.g. -a video which should appear the same
color on a computer LCD monitor, a plasma TV
screen etc.
 PLM contains Pantone color pallet with
appropriate code which can be shared easily.
4. Digital Library Management
 Access unlimited digital media via browser –
anywhere, anytime.
 Easily find artwork, sketches, storyboards and digital
photos.
 Launch Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and other CAD
software
 Edit artwork and sketches directly on a MAC or PC.
 Maintains an actual image history with convenient roll-
back.
 Print, email and/or write image files for CD authoring.
5. Tech Pack Management

 Tech Peck contains details of any specific style

of the garment
 Prepared by the designer and finalised in
consultation with the merchandisers, and then
forwarded to bulk sampling department or to the
production department for the reference and
guide for bulk manufacturing.
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 Quickly create tech packs with re-usable and
editable sketches, artwork, colors, colorways,
stitch detail and target point-of-measures.
 In one step, distribute tech packs to unlimited
factories electronically.
 Track in real-time when factories download tech
packs.
 Updated or changed tech pack automatically
notifies teams via email.
 Track sample status and fit summary indicating
multiple fit session results and comments on one
screen
6. Request for Quote (RFQ)
Management
 View completed styles ready for quotation.
 Send individual or group product tech pack for
vendor quotation.
 Compare and approve factory quotations and
communications.
7. Calendar and Task Management
 Capture development WIP. Plan and track all
approvals with drill down access to actual
details.
 Create different production scenarios based on
country of origin.
 Associate responsibilities to specific team
members‘ to-do-lists and calendars.
 System alerts vendors of planned due dates to
stay on development WIP timeline.

*WIP-Work In Progress
8. Material Management
 Create & re-use materials based on required
information.
 Attach and send actual print, yarndye and
packaging artwork with associated colors and fonts
to vendors electronically.
 In one step, update material corrections to all styles
using that material.
 “Where Used” indicates which material is used on
what product(s).
 Seasonal tracking and one to many lab-dip color
approval
9. Management of sourcing and
suppliers
 Purchasing of products or components that
go into a product from the supply chain.
 a host of essential tasks, such as managing
supplier relationships, identifying suppliers
 get the insight into the costs, capabilities and
performance of your entire global supply
chain, to make smarter, more cost-effective
decisions – faster.
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 PLM reduce the overall cycle time, as well as
improve the overall efficiency of organizations
 Captures the supplier profile and facilitating a
supplier audit process.
 Based on the outcome of the audit, the
supplier’s status is updated within the PLM
system to reflect whether or not new products
can be sourced from that supplier.
 Facilitates searching for suppliers that can
meet the capability demands of the product
spec.
10. Business intelligence and reporting

 Users can manipulate, analyze, and output

the data in standard and ad hoc reports,
digital dashboards, and emails for near-real-
time sharing of business intelligence (BI).
 Can track, monitor, and better manage PLM
processes and make more informed and
timely decisions