Broad, volatile product lines, seasonal demand peaks, and global supply chains are just some of the factors that drive business integration requirements in Apparel and Textile businesses.
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"Compared to our old EDI system, I'd estimate that we're saving 1 to 4 hours per map setup." Lisha Ferrell |
Responsive, cost-effective sales and supply chain operations require integration of customer and supplier interfaces with applications and data. And efficient customer acquisition and supply chain management depend on rapid partner onboarding and the ability to respond quickly to partner interface changes.
Deep roots in the Apparel industry and many years of experience in Apparel and Textile integration projects have earned EXTOL a trusted position as a provider of business integration solutions to Apparel and Textile manufacturers.
- Gain flexibility to integrate with trading partners on their terms - Connect with retailers, suppliers, and other trading partners using their preferred protocols and document types. Support for multiple document syntaxes and any-to-any data transformation makes it easier for partners to do business with your company.
- Integrate new customers and suppliers faster - EXTOL's Design-time Automation™ technology lets you deliver the integration results you need faster, so you can engage with new trading partners sooner.
- Comply more easily with key partner requirements - Implement Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Load Tender-to-Delivery and other B2B processes, including Ship Destination Quantity (SDQ) and other specialized requirements.
- Automate integration with less technically sophisticated offshore partners - Automate integration with partners that are not EDI-capable, by exchanging spreadsheets, flat files, and other desktop office suite-compatible documents. Automated tools let you define partner-specific documents rapidly, from sample data.
- Integrate directly with popular apparel software - EXTOL products support multiple methods for integrating with your data and applications, including both commercial and in-house developed software, whether in the cloud or on-premise.
- Synchronize your product catalog data - Synchronize catalog data with retailers using EDI, Global Data Synchronization, flat files, or third party catalog applications.
- Gain the capacity to handle large documents and seasonal demand peaks - EXTOL technology is proven in high-volume businesses, and is capable of processing very large documents and transaction loads.
- One tool set, one skill set - EXTOL lets you solve a wide range of business challenges with a single investment in tools and skills. Everything you need to get started is installed in one package, with no additional components to acquire, integrate, or manage.
EXTOL integration technology powers many of the most successful companies in Apparel and Textile manufacturing, including:
A.D. Sutton & Sons was able to reduce charge-backs by nearly 99% using EXTOL software. Click here to read how.
Click here to see how EXTOL was able to help Mount Vernon Mills achieve IT agility and visibility.
Case Briefs
Clothing Manufacturer - Read this brief to find out how EXTOL helped this manufacturer become 1SYNC compliant.
Manufacturer and Importer of Backpacks and Baby Acccessories - This company was looking to automate changes to EDI documents and processes. You can read about their success with EXTOL EDI Integrator for i in this case brief.
Private Label Children's Clothing Manufacturer - EXTOL Data Synchronizer helped this company comply to trading partner mandates.
