CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
13 July 2004
Implementation Investments
Woolrich Selects Freeborders Solutions
Freeborders announced that WOOLRICH® will use FB Product Manager, FB Fabric & Trim and FB Designer to improve communications internally and with suppliers, and to speed its outerwear and sportswear to market.
"Using Freeborders integrated solutions to collaborate internally and with suppliers via the web in real-time will help us accelerate all of our development processes," said Charles Aides, Woolrich senior vice president of manufacturing and sourcing. "We have been on the leading edge of outerwear and sportswear for over a century and a half due to the strides that we have made in speed to market, product design, branding, and production methods."
Woolrich was one of the first companies to use zippers in men's trousers and has incorporated innovative production practices for over 174 years to maintain its relevancy to consumers. The company invented the popular railroad vest and red and black buffalo shirt. Today Woolrich, the nation's oldest continuously operating apparel marketer and manufacturer, develops men's, women's and children's lines and are known for comfort, function, quality and value. Visit the Woolrich web site at http://www.woolrich.com
FB Product Manager enables real-time coordination between retailers, brands, and their entire supply chains, and thereby shortens the product lifecycle. It allows creative teams to do more, faster.
With raw materials accounting for the majority of product development lead-time and 30 to 50% of the cost of a finished product, FB Fabric & Trim, a 100% web-based application, lowers costs by aggregating raw materials across product lines and increases quality by ensuring every product has the right physical standard, color, print, weave, composition, fiber content and costing.
Freeborders ( http://www.freeborders.com/ ) software and services are used by over 350 brands and retailers globally, including Dillard's, DuPont, Gap, INVISTA, J. Crew, L.L. Bean, Lands' End, Liz Claiborne, Marc Jacobs, Saks, Target and Pottery Barn.
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