Sync is a fully integrated ERP Software system designed specifically for the apparel & fashion industry. This fashion software is a business management software solution designed to promote Fast-Fashion by reducing lead times, streamlining business processes, increasing employee productivity & highlighting the critical path to ensure on-time delivery.
Sync has a comprehensive job costing module incorporated into its apparel software to accurately calculate the cost of garments, footwear, headwear, homeware & other soft goods. Sync’s fashion software facilitates costing for local manufacturing as well as the sourcing of imported garments or fabrics in the textile and fashion design industry.
Local Manufacturing: For locally manufactured garments, Sync’s apparel software accurately calculates the cost of garments by summarising the cost of raw materials (fabrics, trimmings, outwork etc) and incorporates ratings & quantities, size curves, reject factors, financing costs, commissions & discounts. With this information, Sync increases efficiencies by automatically generating Bill of Materials, Cutting Orders, Purchase Orders, Tech Packs, Design Briefs, Contracts and Production schedules.
Sourcing Imported Items: For sourcing, Sync accurately calculates the cost of garments, footwear, homeware & other soft goods by incorporating different currencies, shipping costs, fees & import duties to determine the landed cost. This ERP software system streamlines the sourcing process by automatically generating a Tech Pack, specification documents, purchase orders, contracts, foreign exchange contract (FEC) requests & shipping schedules.
Sync’s ERP software system incorporates a Sales software module used to keep track of customers orders ensuring that styles are delivered on-time. The sales trends & stock forecasting tool enables you to ensure that sufficient garment stock is available for replenishment programs. Financial forecasting & sales planning is a quick & easy process using Sync’s sales software as Sync automatically generates management reports on a weekly or monthly basis.
Sync fashion software effectively controls the procurement process. To improve management control & minimise error, the business management system requires approval prior to purchase orders being automatically emailed from Sync to vendors. Each Purchase Order is assigned a status, making it easy for employees to manage the sourcing process quickly & efficiently.
Sync’s stock control software effectively manages stock levels of fabrics & trims, from receiving & checking through to picking & dispatching of items. This valuable stock management software incorporates virtual warehouse mapping & Windows® Mobile Barcode Scanning software, making stock retrieval quick & efficient. Surplus items can be flagged to be sold or used in future orders, encouraging stock reduction. Whether your warehouse is local or on the other side of the world, Sync’s inventory control software will ensure that every item is accounted for.
This ERP system includes a production planning module designed to improve on-time delivery performance by managing & planning factory production. Sync’s visual production planning board can be used to automatically schedule styles onto factory lines & calculate the production days required. Sync provides visibility into each manufacturing site as well as identifying spare capacity. Sync’s production planning software facilitates Quick-Response & Fast-Fashion planning by identifying spare capacity based on style & factory pre-scheduling. Production data can be aliased to identify bottle necks & variances against factory Key performance indicators (KPI’s). This information is used to improve production planning & control & increase productivity.
Sync’s clothing software makes it easy to ensure that tasks are completed on time. The Task Management module allows you to compile task lists & assign tasks with due dates to specific employees depending on their job role. Each day, employees will automatically be emailed a list of their overdue tasks in order of due date, helping them to prioritise their work.
Sync identifies the critical path for each style & re-calculates expected delivery dates based on task completion. Sync’s fashion software improves Quick-Response and Fast-Fashion by streamlining processes within the organisation. To improve production planning & control, Sync automatically emails Delivery Issue reports to managers on a daily basis to inform them of outstanding tasks & projected late deliveries. These job tracking reports list the problems in meeting deadlines, giving early warning & allowing time to rectify the situation.
Sync’s Finished Goods Warehousing Module manages receipting, putting, picking & dispatching of finished goods. The inventory software’s stock management reporting improves stock visibility by allowing users to identify stock availabilities, aging stock, redundant stock, replenishment stock & stock available for sale. Sync’s replenishment stock forecasting systems calculates the Models Stock required & initiates production runs that are required to keep stock at the “perfect” levels.
Sync’s Tech Pack Module improves accuracy in sourcing of finished garments. In addition to providing the standard industry requirements (such as: images of trimmings & outwork, garment Bill of Materials, special & packing instructions) Sync’s built-in Image Editing Software allows users to quickly insert instructions, markings & comments directly onto the product images that form part of the document.
Sync’s fashion software incorporates a Quality Assurance (QA) module to manage garment’s QA process. This module manages the sampling process including fit Samples, pre-production samples & final seals. The QA Module manages garment development specifications, measurements, fit reports & graded specifications.
SyncMobile is a revolutionary Mobile Sales Order Module that is used by out-of-office sales representatives to create customer orders. This sales software enables sales orders to be created offline & automatically synchronised with head-office once an Internet connection is established, thereby providing head-office with up-to-the-minute sales information. Sync’s business management software also includes sales analysis reporting so that reps can easily track their sales progress & results. Added functionality includes a task module allowing reps to add reminders, and a message centre for head office to send important messages to out-of-town reps from within the system.
Sync’s comprehensive Business Intelligence Module is used to convert business critical data into intellectual knowledge. Sync’s business management software includes over 80 standard reports that have been designed around best business practices in the textile and fashion design industry and provide a complete out-of-the-box solution to all Business Intelligence requirements. Sync generates all reporting documentation required during planning & production including detailed style costings, tech packs, quality reports, shipping schedules, purchase orders, cutting orders, production plans, critical paths, task lists, contracts, sales forecasts, raw material analysis & finished goods analysis amongst others. Sync also generates management reports that provide the tools & information with which you can analyse past & budgeted performance, anticipate potential problem areas & make informed strategic decisions.
Sync is an ERP Software system & Product Life Cycle Management Solution (PLM) designed specifically for the apparel & fashion industry. To make sure that you can run Sync in your existing environment, Sync has been designed to seamlessly integrate with the following accounting software systems, thereby eliminating duplication & improving financial controls throughout the entire product life cycle.
Sync’s E-Commerce solution allows you to run a fully integrated E-Commerce Website. Real-time stock availability is provided to end-users & sales orders that are generated from the web are automatically created in Sync. This allows for streamlined sales & efficient E-Commerce order management.
