Product Lifecycle Management

Choosing a full Product Lifecycle Management System from WFX gives you a vastly enhanced ability to scale your business successfully and efficiently. With this established and versatile cloud-based system your centralized process guides your teams and their suppliers through all the steps from idea to full product.

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Product Data Management

You and your team could spend less time going through emails and spreadsheets to manage products. PDM gives you a centralized, shareable and trackable cloud-based system housing all your design & product information. A great option to create structure and transparency with the option to upgrade to PLM.

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The flexible and process driven approach you need to really move your development and production processes forward

There’s a reason for that age-old adage, “time is money”. When you spend your time sorting through spreadsheets and scouring emails for information, you’re wasting valuable time that could be best spent optimizing and selling your product. When you implement a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system into your growing business, you’re able to take time away from monotonous, manual tasks and put it towards productive tasks. A Product Lifecycle Management system pulls all the processes related to product development, approvals, supplier management, pricing and production into one system.

We represent WFX in Europe from our offices in London. This technology company has grown with us to become the leading Cloud based platform for PLM / Product Management for the fashion industry. With flexible and expandable product management focused technology solutions from WFX, we can also help you choose the right combination of tools to help you transform your processes and business. Whether you start with our full PLM or efficient PDM, we aim to save you both time and money.

PLM or PDM, what is right for your business?

Do you need a solution that combines all your product specifications with critical path management, approvals and messaging? Then starting with the WFX Cloud PDM may well be the best thing your business can do right now.

If your needs go further than this, for instance because collection planning, factory audits, samples or purchase orders are a key part of your product lifecycle processes then you are likely to need PLM.

You can of course start with PDM and then upgrade when required. This is the right thing to do if you do not anticipate upgrading for at least a year, mainly because there would be additional configuration efforts at the point of upgrade.

Beyond PLM we have upgrades available for DAM (Digital Asset Management with mobile iOS apps), Adobe Illustrator and Quality Audit Management with AQL iOS inspection apps as well.

The WFX system is a true Cloud system. Upgrades are included and as the upgrades show there is new additional functionality rolled out on a regular basis which allows our clients around the world to roll out more features to their over 30.000 members of staff that use the system in more than 20 countries.

Why in the Cloud?

True Cloud applications can make the difference between ‘Where do we start?’ and ‘Let’s get started!’. The pre-built processes, adaptability and shorter implementation and training times give numerous benefits in comparison to traditional IT infrastructures.

It is the difference between buying a plane to get from A to B and booking your chosen seats, custom meal and lounge access on a reliable airline. You still get from A to B, but without having to do everything that is involved in running an airline. You get your mission accomplished in comfort and style without 100% of the responsibility.

So, what did clients achieve?

We asked a variety of WFX clients what the systems and processes did for their business. We were amazed with the responses, which were even better than we expected. Here are some typical examples:

Time Savings

75% less time searching for product and production related data

Enter only once

Between 60 and 80% reduction in data entry efforts.

Greater Capacity

Up to 300% increase in product development capability.

Sample Savings

Achieved about 14% reduction in sampling related expenses.

Fast and Efficient

Up to 35% reduction in time from design to market.

Better Decisions

Visible process causes up to 50% better design to production ratio.

PDM or PLM?

This simple comparison shows the difference between the core of our two systems.

In addition these can be extended with further apps and functions, as well as easy plug and play integration options.

Product Libraries
Fabric & Components Library
Measurement Charts
Grading
Bills of Materials
Costs & Margins
Team Collaboration
Supplier Collaboration
Critical Path Management
Task Management
Access Anywhere
24/7 Support
Product Approvals
Colour Approvals
Size Set Approvals
Fabric Approvals
Component Approvals
Collection Planning
Plan v Actuals
Sample Orders
Factory Compliance Audits
Supplier Management
Packing Lists
Goods Receipt
Purchase Orders
Tasks for Suppliers
Requests for Quotations
Messaging
History Logs
Automatic Backups
Barcode Management
Banking Level Security
Mobile Accessible

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* PDM systems have a standard minimum of 4 users. PLM systems have a standard minimum of 5 users. Our standard subscriptions include all hosting, upgrades and 24/7 support. In addition to the subscriptions our quotes will specify the cost for activation or implementation / configuration / training costs. WFX also have great expansion modules that you may choose to add on. Custom quotes and alternate pricing are available for corporate and enterprise clients who require 15 or more users.

The WFX system has enabled us to much better control how we launch new products and seasons.
Kaye Conder - Product Development Manager, OKA.com
Using WFX in combination with new processes has increased our productivity tenfold.
Erich Stachnik - Systems Administrator, Simply Noelle

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