Koos Manufacturing, Inc. is the premier jeans manufacturer focus exclusively on AG Jeans and Big Star. To optimize Apparel Management solution, JD Edwards Warehouse solution, 3PL fulfillment integrations Koos Manufacturer upgraded with Circular Edge
Successfully implemented Oracle JD Edwards Apparel Management solution in the US (a first). Custom Matrix Screen development enhanced style item management across applications without hindering performance. While manufacturing and fulfillment processes could use further optimization, the customer was highly satisfied with our work. In the future, ensuring the right mix of business and project team members will streamline execution.
Challenges
- Oracle JD Edwards First Apparel Solution Implementation in United States
- Challenges implementing Apparel Matrix Layout screens across process by department to Customer Order Processing, Allocations and Fulfillments interms of Order to Cash Process.
- Lack of control over order inventory with frequent changing customer demand
- Automate and integrate multiple systems as part of Order to Cash business process.
- Lack of integrity between Production orders to its associated customer orders leads to manual allocations and adjustments.
- Production delays impacts customer order fulfilment and result in manual adjustments, to fulfill some of the priority orders.
Business Requirements
- Implement Apparel Management solution for Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Accounting and Reporting/analytics needs with KMS(Manufacturing) software integrations and various other third-party application integrations.
- Implement integrated JD Edwards Inventory Management solution for accurate inventory visibility across process with multiple third-party application integrations.
Customer Benefits
- Manage AG and Big Star (Brands) complex orders and minimize order entry costs, exceed customer expectations, and ensure order profitability.
- Better and accurate inventory visibility across Order to Cash process.
- Better decision making for being prepared for the future with Sales Business Intelligence
- Real time customer order and shipment information to buyers
- Real time information across departments and Sales Reps with faster responsiveness and better control over customer orders and fulfillment Better Control over allocation process with Changing customer demand and Production Delays
Lessons Learned
- Oracle JD Edwards First Successful Apparel Management solution implementation in United States.
- Development of Custom Matrix Screen to better manage style items in different applications is a challenge. Development has been done in the Cache process in multiple applications to avoid impact on the overall performance. This was highly appreciated by customer.
- Some of the processes around Manufacturing and Fulfillment should have been optimized or automated.
- Involve right set of people from business and Project team should have been planned effectively
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