Datatex

Datatex Textile Integrated Solutions (TIS)

Who Datatex Is

• IT provider focused exclusively on textiles, apparel, & rolled goods production for 20 years
• Over 400 customers worldwide, in 38 countries, in 14 languages, & in multiple currencies & UM’s
• 100 employees, 5 international offices, & 17 global business partners
• Formal & informal relationships with textile consulting organizations

What We Offer

• ERP solutions specifically for the needs of textiles & apparel production that give visibility & integration
• PC – based tools that interface to legacy ERP

1. Machine Scheduling & Sequencingo 
2. Manufacturing Execution System / Production Reporting / Shop Floor Data Collection
3. Fabric Inspection & Cut Optimization
4. Business Analytics / Intelligence – Dashboards, Scorecards, & Reporting

What Datetex Does

• Sales & Order Fulfillment – Order acceptance, allocation, releases, shipping, invoicing, & returns / credits
• Planning & Scheduling – Translating & optimizing textile demand into action plans, considering materia availability, work center capacity, alternative materials / routings, & external providers (subcontractors)
• Manufacturing – Production cycle management, from raw materials to finished goods, including formula recipe management, WIP, & quality control
• Costing – Granular product & manufacturing costs – accumulated at either standard or actual cost
• Inventory Control / Warehouse Management – Tracking materials at all levels of inventory along the supply chain, including key technical data, size, quality levels, & roll / piece numbers
• Purchasing – Leveraging procurement with user – defined policies to optimize material availability

Where We Fit

• Traditional Textiles – Fiber (Natural & Synthetic), Yarn Spinning / Twisting / Texturizing, Warping, Weaving, Knitting, Nonwovens, Dyeing, Printing, Finishing, Rope / Cordage / Twine, Cut & Sew, Apparel / Sportswear, Footwear, Leather Goods, & Fashion Accessories (Hats, Scarves, Gloves, etc.)
• Non – Traditional Textiles – Fire Protection Narrow Fabrics, Life Sciences / Hygienic, Transportation, GeoTextiles / Environmental, Seamless Knitting / Whole Garment, Digital Printing / Billboards, Carpet, Rugs, Floor Coverings, Kevlar / Nomex Fabrics, & Rolled Goods / Thin Film Products
• We work best in the above companies with:
• Non – textile ERP legacy systems used primarily for Financials, HR, & Payroll
• Legacy ERP systems with no support for Textile Manufacturing Processes, such as Sales & Order Fulfillment, Planning & Scheduling, Manufacturing Execution, Costing, Warehouse Management,Supply Chain Integration, etc.

Areas Datatex Is Best In

• Because we focus exclusively on textiles production, we offer solutions that specifically consider the unique needs of this industry segment.
• We handle information as it flows; both within the enterprise as well as along the supply chain (purchasing, sales & order fulfillment, planning & production cycles), including sub - contractors.
• Datatex has some of the most sophisticated planning & scheduling tools available in any solution available in today’s markets.
• We offer flexible solutions that fit diverse customer environments & product offerings; from single step /process companies to fully vertical / supply chain integrated enterprises.
• Proven solution implementations: We install industry best practices for both the production & management of textile companies.
• Product support: Continuous development & improvements come through periodic releases of new functions & capabilities. Remote access through the Internet keeps support costs low.

Why Datatex Matters

• Costing improvements – Gain accuracy & insight into your standard & actual costs with activity based costing elements that can be grouped or detailed at any level you wish. Because of this costing granularity & visibility, Datatex customers have changed to push more profitable products because they could view costs by the ‘machine hour.’
• Moved production for one item to another facility to improve the profit factors for that product.
• Planning & Scheduling improvements – Using Datatex tools will enable you to squeeze additional capacity from your production, as well as optimizing the sequencing of orders to minimize setup / change – over times. Using these integrated tools, Datatex customers have…

1. Saved money in purchasing at better unit pricing for raw materials
2. Streamlined their production by better sequencing of operations by using alternative materials & /or routings (including external operations)
3. Improved production efficiencies by eliminating setup & change – over times
4. Split large production orders across multiple machines; grouped several smaller quantity orders into fewer / economical larger quantity work orders

• Reducing obsolete inventory – The days of “make it & we can sell it” are long gone. Knowing exactly what & when you need to make a product insures that your inventory doesn’t sit too long in the warehouse. Using the complete Datatex solution, we’ve had customers who have…
• Eliminated almost 80 % of their un – sellable inventory, a savings of several million dollars.
• Converted former warehouse space into production because they were doing more inventory turns each year. This resulted in an 18 % overall growth of the business.

Situational Questions

• Sales: Do you have visibility of all your orders through all stages of the production & fulfillment process? Does it take your company too long to introduce new products? Do you have to handle long – term / blanket sales contracts, samples, assortments, & collections?
• Planning: Does your current system handle mixed mode needs such as weave / knit to stock but finish to order? Does it handle multiple UM’s for the same product (production, packaging, sales, etc.)? Can you support requirements for Lot / Batch / Container / Roll / Piece numbering? Can you view your inventory levels by user – definable attributes (style, color, size, finish, etc.)? Do you feel that your planning is mostly “looking into a rearview mirror?”
• Production: Do your current Routings need to be able to handle waste, elongation / shrinkage, alternative work centers, & progressions of partial quantities? Do you need visibility into your Work in Process (WIP) inventory & integration so that Customer Service too can see what you are running? Do you need support for dynamic Bills of Material (BOM) & Routings, including alternative machines, dye house formulas / recipes & re – work processing?
• Customer Service: Are you able to provide accurate Available to Promise (ATP) dates? Do you have the visibility & integration into your systems to provide accurate answers to customer inquiries? Are you losing customer loyalty because of missed ship dates?
• Finance: Does your lack of integration or visibility into Production mean that it is taking you too long to do periodic reporting & closing activities? Do you know that ‘bottom line profits’ are down, but you don’t know the reasons why? Do you need access to multiple sources of data to answer “the question?”
• Executive Management: Are you missing important business intelligence to make the best business decisions? Is business volume up while profits are down? Do you need a real – time view of your business? Is it taking you too long to introduce new products to the market?
• Information Technology: Is your IT budget shrinking; do you have to ‘do more with less?’ Do your current systems contain “islands of information” that don’t easily integrate? Does company management really trust the information your systems provide?

(Source: Datatex)