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TXT Retail has announced that ECG – The European Clothing Group, has selected TXT’s Product Lifecycle Management solution (TXTPLM) to unify and rationalize design activities for all brands and customers.

The project will adopt the entire collection lifecycle process set including Collection Design, Product Development and Sourcing, Supplier and Material Management, and Workflow Management. ECG will be guided by the TXT AgileFit deployment methodology which accelerates deployment and time to achieve benefits thanks to reference processes, a full set of documentation and a pre-configured optimized solution framework.
Part of the Shopinvest financial holding, ECG sources and develops multiple brands serving over 20 national and international fashion houses. The company works closely with manufacturing platforms in Europe and the Far East and offers multiple services in the areas of production and styling. ECG products are designed in-house by teams of dedicated designers and product managers, who channel their expertise into making each new collection a masterpiece.
Among ECG customers is e5 mode, also part of Shopinvest. The multichannel fashion retailer e5mode, elected Best Retail Chain in Belgium, will collaboratively access TXTPLM to obtain real-time product updates.

Collection development at ECG has been handled in the past via different tools, in the different departments and across the different brands. “We chose TXT Retail because of the track record of successful PLM implementations, expertise in the sector, advanced functionality and a pragmatic, clear approach to implementation with their AgileFit methodology,” commented Alexander Talpe, CEO at ECG. “We expect to achieve benefits in terms of faster time-to-market, improved collaboration and better visibility that will be strategic to our business.”

TXTPLM will help ECG establish a rationalized process and a common way of working for all departments including Merchandisers, Designers, Buyers and the Sourcing teams, Product developers, Quality teams. Internal functions and selected suppliers will access all product and process data from different brands in a single environment with dedicated views. The use of a centralized solution will help reduce redundant activities, such as re-keying information while increasing visibility throughout the process with end-to-end tracking.

“We are extremely glad to be working with a dynamic growing company such as ECG,” commented Simone Pozzi, CEO of TXT Retail. “The end-to-end coverage of our solution coupled with our AgileFit methodology is a superior match for fashion companies that face ever rapid innovation and development cycles and more than ever need to cover advanced PLM requirements with a solution offering best practices and smooth implementations.”

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