CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
14 July 2008
Implementation Investments
Nokona Baseball Factory Selected as a “Top Innovator” by Apparel Magazine for Implementation of Zweave’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Solution for Retail, Footwear and Apparel
Apparel Magazine has selected Nokona as a “Top Innovator” for 2008.
“PLM is creating a foundation for standardizing our product development processes,” says Jerry O’Connor, Nokona’s CEO. It is allowing us to work with new suppliers and partners, streamline communication and reduce time-to-market by up to 60%.”
Nokona, founded in 1926, has leveraged an All-American brand and major league player endorsements to create a dominant following for its baseball gloves. They are now expanding the portfolio to include more than 300 new items ranging from baseball bats to t-shirts to protective gear. Nokona selected Zweave’s Zdesign On-Demand PLM solution to support this growth and expansion.
“We are pleased that our solution is helping customers like Nokona run better businesses and design better products,” said Laura McCann, Zweave’s CEO. “Zdesign On-Demand provides a powerful and easy-to-use solution for companies in the consumer goods industries and we look forward to seeing many more customer awards.”
With hundreds of products now in development Nokona needed the best available tools for tech packs, pricing, sampling, vendor management, collaboration and more. Nokona set out to achieve significant ROI within 12 months of implementation. “Today we are leveraging everything PLM can provide,” O’Conner says. “We expect better control of our information, visibility into our product development efforts and sourcing timeline and better collaboration. We will see lower product development costs by more than 20%.”
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