Collaborative Software for Material Innovation & Integrity 2009
“TEXbase allows us to do what we do best… Innovate!” - Bill Mickle, Under Armour, Director of Material Management “ TEXbase provides us with visibility and clarity that helps ensure product integrity and ultimately brand equity.” -Randy Harward, Director of Quality Assurance , Patagonia
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Youth Fabric List Performance Short Lead Time Lab Dip Request Youth Line List - 7 Tabs Performance Line List - 7 Tabs Outdoor Outerwear Lifestyle Dev. List Form – 2 Tabs – 2 Tabs Youth Outerwear Lab Dip Request Form Youth Dev. List - 2 Tabs Performance Long Lead Time Lab Dip Request Outdoor Outerwear Dev. List – 2 Tabs Outdoor Outerwear Dev. List – 2 Tabs Form – 2 Tabs Outdoor Outerwear Recycled Fabric Dev. List – 2 Tabs Youth Sportswear & Logowear Lab Dip Request Performance Short Lead Time Lab Dip Request Outdoor Outerwear Carryover Style Performance Fabric List Form Form Sorted List Outdoor Outerwear Recycled Fabric Dev. List – 2 Tabs Outdoor Sportswear Fabric List Outdoor Sportswear Lab Dip Outdoor Outerwear Summit Lab Outdoor Outerwear Carryover Style & Request Mens EU Outdoor Sportswear Fabric Dip Request Fabric List Outdoor Sportswear Fabric Development List – 3 Tabs Development List – 8 Tabs Test Reports, etc., etc. C/O and Fabric Lists Development Lists Lab Dip Lists Line Lists Performance Dev. List – 3 Tabs Outdoor Sportswear Summit Lab Outdoor Sportswear Lab Dip Request Outdoor Outerwear Summit Lab Dip Request Womens Outdoor Outerwear Exploration Dip Request Lab Dip Request Mens Original Outdoor Exploration Outdoor Outerwear Fabric List Mens and Womens Lab Dip Outdoor Outerwear Exploration Request Outdoor Outerwear Line List – 5 Lab Dip Request Womens Tabs Outdoor Outerwear Style Number Adult Logowear Lab Dip Request – 2 Outdoor Outerwear Line List – 5 List tabs Tabs Equipment Line List – 9 Tabs S10 Gore Fabric Selection List Outdoor Outerwear Lifestyle Lab Equipment Lab Dip Request – 3 Tabs Outdoor Outerwear Carryover Style Outdoor Outerwear Line List – 5 Dip Request Logowear Line List – 9 Tabs List Tabs Outdoor Summit Line List – 5 Equipment Fabric List – 3 Tabs Tabs Ascentials Line List – 10 Tabs Youth Logowear Development List – Womens Sportswear Line List – 9 Fabric List and Color Tracking Ascentials Development List – 2 3 Tabs Youth Logowear Fabric List Tabs (Trans) – 3 Tabs Tabs Equipment Development List – 3 Tabs Action Sports Fabric List Action Sports Development List – 2 Master Carryover List for Color Ascentials Fabric List – 2 Tabs Tabs Master Carryover List for Color Ascentials Fabric List – 2 Tabs Fabric Development Chart – 2 Tabs Action Sports Line List – 7 Tabs Carryover Materials List SP10 Cheat Sheet Lab Dip Request Form Sample Yardage Tracking Fabric List and Color Tracking Special Projects Log (Mainline) – 3 Tabs Cost of Testing Log Master Carryover List for Color Conditional Approved List Materials Test Log
“Organizations are realizing that Excel and other desktop software won’t support the business goals or resolve many of their operational challenges” - Apparel Magazine
• Consolidates Excel files • Streamlines internal processes • Facilitates supplier collaboration • Reduces Material Cycle Time by 37%
Apparel Brand Line Plan Design Calendar Mgmt B.O.M. Bulk Mfg. PDM / PLM / Excel ERP Lab Material Material Fabric Dev. Fabric Bulk Performance Standards Library Sourcing Dev. Testing Final Dips Testing Mill 3 rd Party Dev. Mill E-Sign Lab Dip Fabric Status Testing Specs Status Testing Library TEXbase for Mill Partners / Independent Testing Labs
Product Compliance: REACH/CPSIA • Product Compliance begins with Product Development • A comprehensive approach to material development is paramount • Component specs and testing are critical (avoiding the rotten apple) • Holistic focus on material integrity extends from concept through bulk production (entire material lifesycle) • Where Communication, Data and Documentation creates your Audit Trail • Compliance reporting (chemical dossiers, certificates of compliance) is simply a by-product of a systematic approach to material data management throughout a products’ life cycle • Efficient data management = reduction of cost
Our Approach 1. Define corporate goals - This initial step is paramount because it defines the goals of senior management in a way that is clearly understood by all stakeholders. It defines the task at hand and is the glue that binds workers with process optimization ensuring long term adoption of the proposed solution. Define then optimize data processes and workflow – This serves three main purposes. First, it 2. helps everyone to understand and agree on the way work is currently being performed, which undoubtedly exposes inefficiencies. Second, it allows stakeholders to agree on an optimized solution with defined metrics. Third, it allows TEXbase personnel to understand the culture and workflow within an organization allowing them to prescribe an optimized TEXbase solution. Implement TEXbase – In this phase we create an implementation plan and timeline that includes 3. installation, configuration and training. We begin internally to insure adoption and alignment to corporate goals. We don’t move to the next phase until TEXbase is successfully merged with the optimized workflow such that everyone clearly understands what data has to move externally, when and why. Implement TEXbase Connect – This final implementation phase takes the learnings from 4. previous stages and defines specific routes through which data needs to move from TEXbase to external systems whether they are other corporate systems such as PDM or third party entities such as suppliers or independent testing labs. Continual improvement and alignment to goals – As time goes on, goals change and 5. processes morph to reflect corporate objectives. TEXbase earns the business of our customers every quarter and we do so by continually improving our product to insure your goals are being met using the metrics defined earlier.
• Reduced COGS (consolidated sourcing) • Reduced Product Cycle Time • Improved Operating Efficiency • Improved Quality • Hosted, Web Based, Accessible World wide • Business Impact in Near Term
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