Q2 2022 Newsletter

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Industry Insights Customer View

Akash Shah joins Learn about the Hirdaramani shares
the Sustainability future of PLM in the their Coats Digital
Conclave 2022 2022 PLM Report experiences
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PT. Sumbiri boosts productivity

by 13% with GSDCost
Leading global lingerie significant variation in the time
taken to produce garments,
manufacturer improve between operators, and across
capacity planning & line lines and factories. This variability
balancing in method and time resulted in
lost efficiency, variation in the
quality due to increased defects,
Located in Indonesia, PT. Sumbiri
and made accurate production
(PT. Sumber Bintang Rejeki)
planning a real challenge.
started its journey as a warp
knitting factory in 1973 and
Find out how a scientific approach
started manufacturing garments in
to standardising manufacturing
1985. Currently employing 6,000
methods has delivered fact-
workers in 3 factories in Indonesia,
based, optimised garment costing
Myanmar and Ethiopia, PT.
resulting in significant efficiency
Sumbiri has a monthly production
gains. Read more.
capacity of 2,000,000 pieces. With The Results
an absence of standardised and
optimised manufacturing methods,
PT. Sumbiri were faced with • Increased productivity by 13%
• Method standardisation and optimisation
• Fact-based garment costing
• Accurate SMVs used
“GSDCost helped us to boost and align our efficiency globally. • Improved capacity planning and line balancing
We can now use more accurate information in our business,
improving our sewing method and standardising the sewing
process. This helped us to achieve significant productivity
improvements.”
General Manager,
PT. Sumber Bintang Rejeki

Congratulations to our Q2 iPad winners!

Due to popular demand, we’re happy

to announce an extension of our iPad
Sweepstakes.

For more details on the Q2 winners and

to find out how to enter, see Page 9.

Proud of our heritage!

Coats Digital is the software business of Coats Group, the world’s
leading industrial thread company and a trusted industry player.
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Inside
03 Coats Digital
A special message from Coats Digital’s Managing Director
08 Coats Digital solutions
Coats Digital connected solutions and product
updates highlighting key new functionality.
Solution Focus: Unlock the full potential of people, method
and machine

04 New customers
Featuring: LGG (Vietnam), Zhangjiagang Top Textile (China),
09 New customer video
Watch Rakhil Hirdaramani talk about how his century
old family owned business has been able to retain it’s
SAE-A (Global), RA Intertrading (Argentina) and Vertical Knits
(Mexico) leading position in the industry.

05 Customer successes
Featuring: Viet Vuong (Vietnam) and Jolanka (Sri Lanka)
Learn more about the significant ROI achievements
10 Regional updates
Regional news from our teams across the globe
covering Q2 2022.

06 Thought leadership
Expert opinion, industry insights, interviews and more. Learn
from leading experts.
12 Leading green
Coats Digital is dedicated to playing a fundamental
role in the future of sustainable garment
manufacturing across the fashion supply chain.

Q1 2022
Highlights

Tusuka boosts GSDCost improves Taking action on fair wages: Why

employee job
satisfaction and
increases OTDP
with FastReactPlan
Award-winning Bangladesh
garment manufacturer, Tusuka,
has seen efficiency gains by
streamlining their production plan-
ning and much more. Click ‘read
more’ to see the results!
Read More
efficiencies for Top
Form
Top Form identified a need to
replace existing processes which
relied on estimates and historical
data for SMV calculations. By
implementing GSDCost, Top
Form can ensure garments are
designed and developed at the
right price point. Find out more
about the additional benefits.
Read More
people are still missing a piece of
the sustainability puzzle
COVID-19 has highlighted brands’ and retailers’ sustainability
strategies, with consumers and regulators demanding greater
visibility, transparency, and accountability than ever before.
If you missed The Interline’s roundtable discussion, featuring
speakers from Coats Digital, The Living Wage Network and
Hirdaramani Group, you can still watch it on-demand or read
the article published in The Interline.
Roundtable Article
Watch Now Read More

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A personal message from
Akash Shah, MD, Coats Digital
Q2 has been nonstop for
everyone at Coats Digital as we
resume face-to-face meetings
once more. I took the opportunity
to jump on the road, traveling
across Sri Lanka, Thailand, India,
Bangladesh and finally Vietnam
for much needed contact with
customers, partners and our local
Coats Digital teams.
I am seeing first hand, how the
rare combination of apparel
manufacturing, supply chain
industry depth, technology
expertise and the locally relevant
experience in our teams is
insurmountable. Q2 has been a
hugely rewarding quarter and we
have so much to look forward to.
Akash Shah,
Director, Coats Digital
Message
I’m thrilled to be engaging with
you in person once again, building
further conviction and excitement
about the about the opportunities
to digitally transform the industry
and how Coats Digital is primed to
make this happen!
We hope to connect with as
many of you as possible over
the coming months and we look
forward to exploring ways in which
we can partner, collaborate and
take our industry forward to new
heights for the benefit of everyone.
Akash Shah

Unlock the full potential of people,

method and machine
Shopfloor Execution with Res.Q
Unprecedented volatility,
increasingly fragmented order
books and a move to on-demand
production, are all driving greater
complexity and margin pressure
in the fashion supply chain. As
manufacturers respond to these
challenges, capturing and digitizing
data in real time across end-to-end
manufacturing processes is critical
for actionable data insights and
the feedback loop of performance
to plan, standards to enable early
proactive actions, improving
decision making and optimising
operational and financial
performance. Many businesses
have benefited from Res.Q
such as Norwood Fashions in
Sri Lanka. They were able to
see massive improvements in
their production with a sizable
reduction in garment defect rates.
Monitoring defects in real time
was also something Jolanka out
of Manchester, UK needed. They
saw an amazing 25% reduction
in defect rates as a result of
implementing Res.Q.
Learn more

“With Res.Q our defect rate dropped by 25%”

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Customers
SAE-A Vertical Knits This will allow Vertical
Knits to effectively meet
RA Intertrading
Established in 1986, SAE-A, Leading Mexican sports apparel more challenging customer RA Intertrading is the
is one of the world’s largest manufacturer, Vertical Knits, requirements. A vertically premier Argentinian apparel
fashion manufactures, chose FastReactPlan to meet integrated apparel manufacturer. RA Intertrading
operating in Korea, the increased volume and order manufacturer, Vertical Knits needed to meet increased
USA, Indonesia, Vietnam, complexities due to rapidly S.A. de C.V. specialises in volume demands. They also
Guatemala, Nicaragua, changing consumer demands. full package programs for needed a way to optimise
Cambodia, Myanmar, Haiti renowned global athletic workforce processes that offer
and Costa Rica, and is FastReactPlan will digitize and lifestyle brands, such accurate method standard,
headquartered in Seoul. From manual planning processes as Nike, Converse, VF driving increased efficiency
yarn-production through its and provide a unified version Corporation, Tommy Hilfiger, & productivity while meeting
fabric mills to retail operations of truth to reduce raw material Lacoste and Patagonia. increased volume demands.
in Korea, SAE-A continues inventories and costly Read more. Learn how Coat’s Digital
to invest in technology and manufacturing variances. delivers value.
new innovations to lead the
way in apparel manufacturing.
SAE-A adopted Coats Digital’s
GSDCost to drive improved
cost and production
efficiencies accross all their
factories around the globe.
They expected GSDCost to
create an accurate method
standard for production to
optimise processes, drive
increased efficiency &
productivity. They were elated
to see they could now have
greater transparency around
labour costs to actively support Zhangjiagang Top Textile LGG
corporate social responsibilities
and much more. Find out why In June, a leading Chinese with the ability to respond BAC Giang LGG Garment
SAE-A partnered with Coats apparel manufacturer, Top quickly and effectively to fast Corporation adopted Coats
Digital across 10 countries. Textile, chose FastReactPlan to changing consumer demands Digital’s GSDCost to improve
drive their digital transformation sits nicely with FastReactPlan’s production floor efficiencies and
in order to reduce and optimise functionality and purpose. enhance its partnerships with
OTDP. Alles Yang, General Manager, brands. The solution will also
FastReactPlan will facilitate Zhangjiagang Top Textile, enable the company to forge
a seamless exchange of commented “Coats Digital’s even stronger relationships with
information between a FastReactPlan has become its customers through greater
number of systems. Their the core solution for our digital transparency. Learn more
plan to significantly increase transformation. Read the full about how LGG are creating a
efficiencies by reducing announcement. more sustainable future.
“Coats Digital’s GSDCost overtime and optimise OTDP
solution has the highest
Predetermined Method-
Time Standard (PMTS)
reliability in the world,
and its robust, systematic
training programme,
with expert instructors is
second to none. In short,
we wouldn’t have chosen
any other provider.”

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Viet Vuong
Vietnamese manufacturer,
Viet Vuong, is known for their
commitment to sustainable
manufacturing processes wherever
possible. Reducing fabric wastage
to zero is their top priority.
The company has secured
recognition for being a green-
friendly factory from WRAP – a
charity, working with governments,
businesses and citizens around the
globe to create a more sustainable
world. They’re also recognised
by Better Work which improves
global garment industry conditions
and the sustainable building
programme, LEED.
Successes
The Results
As a result of implementing
IntelloCut, Viet Vuong saw a
BOM savings of 1.13% with 2% fabric waste reduction
overall wastage savings of 1.23%
while optimising productivity and
increasing customer satisfaction. 1%+ BOM savings
Coats Digital offered much more
than just solving their original
Improved data visibility and
waste challenge. Find out how
our solution surprised Viet Vuong tracking
with more benefits than expected.
3% improved fabric utilisation

Jolanka Group
Jolanka began their journey in
Following the adoption of Res.Q,
The Results
1983 as a UK based manufacturer
end line defect rates dropped by
located in Manchester, quickly
25%, enabling Jolanka to increase
moving to set up manufacturing
its On Time In Full shipments and
Factory efficiency increased
in Sri Lanka. The company now
subsequently increase customer
boasts 4 facilities in Sri Lanka
along with design, warehousing
satisfaction. 25% Defect reduction
and distribution facilities in the UK.
Supervisors are able to assess
With a focus on the end-to-end
products within the line to ensure Significant reduction in errors
supply chain, Jolanka produces
that the garments are of expected
over 800,000 units per month
across 30 production lines. As
quality, all in real time. Read their Connected stakeholders and
story. management team
a multi-product manufacturer,
speed, agility and flexibility are at
the heart of Jolanka’s operations,
Manage fluctuating demands
along with a strong focus on their
associates.

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Leadership
Industry:
Sustainability Conclave Brand
2022-Akash Shah helps
lead the GREEN scene
Opinion:
Coats Digital were delighted Are brands
to participate in the getting behind
Fibre2Fashion Sustanability the digital supply
Conclave, with Akash Stuart McCready-Stocks
chain revolution?
Shah sharing how Coats Coats Digital Commercial Brands Director

Digital is driving forward the

sustainability agenda within
the industry. This two-day
virtual conference brought
Thought There is no denying it
together global corporate
leaders and experts from the
Leadership: has taken a long time for
the global fashion supply
chain to start digitizing its
textile-apparel-fashion industry
The Interline interviews sourcing, manufacturing
enabling them to share their
Stuart McCready-Stocks and supply processes.
knowledge, ideas and insights.
In this recently published article by Sourcing Journal, Global
The Interline series contains Director of Brands, Stuart McCready-Stocks, highlights a need
Alongside other industry
exclusive interviews exploring for greater collaboration and data connectivity between design,
experts, Akash participated in
how PLM plays a large role in development and production partners and how this can be
a panel discussion, speaking
enabling DPC (Digital Product achieved. Read the full article.
candidly about the need for
Creation), but also supply chain
technology in the garment
resilience
industry: “It’s clear the industry
and agility.
needs greater collaboration
In the
which will ultimately provide
interview
transparency, visibility and
Coats Digital’s Global Director
accountability.”
of Brands, Stuart McCready-
Stocks discusses how
If you missed the live event,
absolutely critical the role PLM
you can still catch it on de-
plays in reshaping the industry
mand on our channel.
as more sustainable, more
intelligent, more efficient, and
more transparent. Read the full
interview.

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Thought
Leadership
PLM Report 2022 New eBook: Change. Connect. Compete.

WhichPLM recently published their

annual PLM Report. The report
focuses on who’s buying and
selling and how it all connects to
technology’s place in the fashion
industry’s future. Mark Harrop,
CEO & Founder, WhichPLM offers
incredible insight into what the
future of PLM looks like stating,

“As the industry moves forward

with its digital connectivity and
transparency, manufacturers
will need industry standard
benchmarks for method and time
study.”

Read the Future of PLM article or

access the full report.

Navigating the way through
challenges being placed on
the industry can be unsettling
when you have no clear map of
how to overcome them. While
it is vital that manufacturers
implement solutions that offer
precision and organised control
of fabric and labour with the
ability to adapt to increasing
demands, it’s equally important
to reforge the relationships that
have suffered from lockdowns
and restrictions.
Download our latest eBook
and discover futureproof
strategies that will ensure your
business can recover, control
and remain resilient.
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eBook: Top 4 Sourcing Priorities

In the last twenty four months, the
ground has shifted beneath the
fashion industry. From uncertainty
in raw material sourcing to rapid
Point of View: channel changes at the point of
sale, via the complex, fragile web
WhichPLM Report of global sourcing, production and
logistics, every long-held assumption
2022 has been challenged. Every point of
failure has been stress-tested. And
every business has needed to adapt
to unpredictability and day-to-day
volatility on a seismic scale.
Today, as the pandemic continues
to ebb and flow unequally around
the world, the question every
brand, retailer and their supply
chain partners need to answer
is what tomorrow looks like.
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 Solution
Overview
Solution eco-system across the fashion
supply chain - from ‘Plan to Pack’
Shopfloor
Execution
Fabric
Optimisation
VisionPLM is an intuitive, flexible
and scalable, browser-based
fashion PLM and sourcing solution
that streamlines and integrates key
business processes. Configured
to reflect industry best practices,
VisionPLM offers core product
lifecycle management and extended
sourcing functionality, creating ‘one
version of the truth’: from design,
material and product development
(including tech packs), to sampling,
approvals, costing, vendor capacity
management, order allocation and
purchase order status updates.
VisionPLM is proven to, Optimise
Connect and Accelerate your
business.
Find out how VisionPLM can
improve your business.
“VisionPLM would meet our current
and future requirements, what
was perhaps the most important
factor in our decision to partner
with Coats Digital was their deep
understanding of the industry, and
the confidence that they would be
able to add considerable value by
supporting us through the change
management process.”
Jayne Worden,
CFO, Radley
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Design and
Development
Method-Time-Cost
Optimisation
Production Planning
and Control
After many sessions with SMEs
and external product experts, we
decided to merge Buy and Cut into
one product that offers a combined
Fabric Optimization Solution to the
apparel tech industry.
We’re excited to announce this new
feature that allows Buy to transfer
order data to IntelloCut once the
fabric estimation is completed. In a
few clicks, orders will be created in
IntelloCut for the users to proceed
with the planning. This 360-degree
feedback loop between buy and
cut will unlock enormous potential
for manufacturers to optimize
their fabric consumption and
management.
Learn more
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Res.Q is a dynamic suite In our latest bulletin for
of digital solutions focused FastReactPlan, we focus on
on the factory shop floor, materials planning. One of the ‘key
delivering rapid data insights, pillars’ of planning is materials and
improved decision making and what’s the point of having a great
better performance. Solutions capacity plan if we do not know
are focused on quality and the current material status? The
machine management, line simple answer is, there isn’t one!
layout planning and production
tracking. Learn more Find out how FastReactPlan can
take your plan, BOM, stocks and
deliveries into account in a single
view, providing colour coding
which alerts you to any potential
issues before they happen. Read
More!
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Digitally
transforming
the fashion
supply chain
GSDCost is the international
standard for establishing and
optimising accurate method-time-
cost benchmarks for sustainable
garment cost optimisation and
manufacturing excellence.
GSDCost supports a more
collaborative, transparent and
sustainable supply chain, in which
brands and manufacturers establish
and optimise ‘International
Standard Time Benchmarks’
using standard motion codes and
predetermined times. This use of a
common language and standards
supports accurate cost prediction,
fact based negotiation, and a more
efficient garment manufacturing
process, while concurrently
delivering on CSR commitments.
Read more product information or
view the Q2 GSDCost Update.
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Company
Updates
Customer Spotlight: Hirdaramani Group
and Coats Digital
Hirdaramani Group has been around for
over 100 years. The secret to such longevity
has been to continually evolve and to
embrace technology is an enabler for digital
transformation.

In this short
video, we hear
from Rakhil Hirdaramani, Director at
Hirdaramani Group, about why Coats Digital
was chosen as a strategic partner many
years ago and more specifically, about
the benefits currently being delivered by
GSDCost.

Watch Now

Rakhil Hirdaramani
Director, Hirdaramani

Congratulations to our Q2 winners!

We’d like to congratulate the winners of the Q2 iPad
draw. One of those lucky winners was Gayan Egodage,
Industrial Engineering Manager at Fashion Garments,
Vietnam. Pictured with Gayan on the right is, Stephen
Dodgson, Sales Director South East Asia who was
delighted to be able to personally hand deliver the prize.

Did you miss the first sweepstakes?

We’ve got another iPad* to give away - in a sweepstakes
draw open to new followers of Coats Digital’s LinkedIn
page. Follow Coats Digital on LinkedIn in July/August 2022 for another
chance to win!

All new followers to Coats Digital’s LinkedIn Page in July and August
will be automatically entered and will stand a chance to win a 2021
Apple iPad* (10.2inch, Wi-Fi, 64GB).
*Subject to local availability.
ELIGIBILITY: The Sweepstakes is open to any individual who is 21 years of age or older at the
time of entry. Only one prize per person and per household will be awarded. Prizes cannot be
transferred, redeemed for cash or substituted by the winner. Read terms and conditions Terms
& Conditions

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Updates
China
Team
We are thrilled to report that we
now have a full sales, professional
services, solutions consulting and
support team in place in China to
deliver exceptional local customer
support.
EMEA
Coats Digital WeChat channel Team
We are excited to be expanding our
launched! local teams in Egypt and Turkey with
the newest members of the teams:
Scan the QR code and take a look.*
Sales Manager MEA
Sherif Abdelafatah Amin

Customer Focus
Our existing customer, Hop Lun,
is in the process of rolling out
FastReactPlan to their Bangladesh
production facility.
Sales Manager Turkey & Europe
Levent Bozkurt
*Please note that his will only work if you are a
WeChat subscriber

LATAM
Customer Focus
We are delighted to welcome
Manufacturas Eliot of Colombia
into the Coats Digital family.
Manufacturas Eliot own several
brands including PatPrimo, Seven
Seven and Facol and are one
of the major textile and apparel
manufacturers in Colombia.
Alongside leading sports
apparel manufacturer, Vertical
Knits SA de CV, Manufacturas
Eliot is adopting FastReactPlan
to digitally transform manual
planning processes in order
to optimise production processes,
significantly reduce waste,
accommodate unexpected style
changes and rapidly respond to
emerging new consumer trends.
Team
The LATAM team were excited
to move into new offices in Q2
(pictured) where they will be able
to better support customers with
improved access and visibility.

Go lives:
We want to congratulate the following customers on their solution Go Lives over the past quarter:

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Regional
Updates
South Asia
Apparel Sourcing Week 2022
The summit is India’s premiere sourcing show
for the global fashion industry. Apparel
Sourcing Week took place on July 1-2 in
Bengaluru. Coats Digital showcased the latest
solutions alongside Coats Group during the
two-day event. Many sourcing partners and
manufacturers attended a panel discussion
featuring a keynote from Coats Digital.
More will be shared in the Q3 newsletter.

Team New Appointment

During Q2, Akash Shah had the Our India team is really growing!
opportunity to start working more closely We’re excited to welcome Vierendra
and in person with some of the teams. Nikam who joins Coats Digital as
He visited Bangladesh where he was Senior Software Developer.
able to connect with our local Coats
Digital team as well as many of our
customers.

South East Asia

New Appointment
We are excited to welcome Piyanit Meesang
to the Coats Digital Thailand team. Piyanit is
the new Digital Sales Manger and keen to
build lasting relationships with industry leading
companies.

Customer Success
Stephen Dodgson was able to travel again to
Vietnam, where he and the local team met with
Thygesen in Hai Ba Trung province (outside
Hanoi), a Danish owned company who are
genuinely committed to growing their business
in a sustainable and compliant way. They signed
up for a GSDCost project later in the month. He
and Akash also found time to meet with Thanh
Cong, an existing GSDCost customer, to discuss
how Coats Digital can further support their
digital transformation.

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Green
Watch our video
We’re proud to power sustainable processes and high
value insights through connected technologies. We
leverage deep industry and technology expertise to
help brands, sourcing companies and manufacturers
optimise, connect and accelerate business critical
processes. From design and development to method-
time-cost optimisation, production planning and control,
fabric optimisation and shop floor execution, Coats
Digital is all you need for better business.
Watch the video in:
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Sustainability Sustainability
Week Conclave 2022
In March, Coats Digital joined Coats Group to promote
Sustainability Week. If you missed the Sustainability
In March, Coats Digital joined Coats Group to promote Sustainability Week. Conclave 2022, you can still catch
Sustainability is at the heart of our business model and we are committed to up on-demand.
pioneering new and meaningful solutions that facilitate the widespread acceleration
of sustainability programmes for the global apparel manufacturing sector. Also check out how we are
focused on People, Planet &
Find out more Performance.

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