Enterprise Resource Planning Software For Apparel Brand Identification

Abstract

It has been a major challenge and aggravating issue among Apparel Brand Identification Manufacturers to loose brand buyer’s confidence due to delivery of non conformity products with wrong specification. It is evident that main cause for this being is not using a properly integrated information system to manage and control their processes. Presently most of them use manually coordinated systems for their operations.

Based on above background, researcher focuses in developing two major base modules analysed and designed as key areas of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application suitable for Apparel Brand Identification Industry. Namely they are Sample Manufacturing Process Management and Management Information System.

By developing Sample Manufacturing Process module researcher expects to reach the objectives such as eliminating information duplication in Sample Manufacturing Process, avoid re-sampling of previously done samples therefore to reduce delays & costs, avoid unnecessary delays in locating sample information when doing its bulk production, improve Sample Manufacturing lead time by increasing information integrity and avoid producing non-conformity bulk production by maintaining correct sample information.

Further with Management Information System module researcher’s main aim is to reach the objectives such as improving monitoring & controlling of organizational performances, reduce time in preparing management reports with non integrated information, improving the accuracy of management information by avoiding data duplication, reallocation of human efforts on other productive area such as strategic planning, operational management & controlling, etc than preparing management reports by manual information integration.

With the generated design framework researcher has developed the intended software using RAD techniques. Development of user interfaces was through an iteration process which has extensive involvement of the client members. Throughout the development testing was done in parallel. Implementation is being carried out as a parallel run with the participation of external data entry operators those have being recruited by the client. From researcher’s point of view project has reached its intended objectives through the deliverables which has been completed according to the project schedule. Users and client management participated heavily in the development process and were very much satisfied with the outcome and seemed to realize the flavor of having fully fledged real time Information System. As a policy decision client management has decided to extend this implementation to a complete ERP solution.