Parigi Group Selects NGC to Provide End-to-End Visibility, Reduce Cycle Times
Rapidly Growing Children's Apparel Company to Implement e-PLM® and e-SPS® for Product Lifecycle Management and Global Sourcing
MIAMI, Oct. 17 - NGC® (New Generation Computing® today announced that Parigi Group, a leader in apparel for fashion conscious kids and tweens, is implementing NGC's e-PLM and e-SPS® software to manage its worldwide product development and supply chain operations.
With offices in New York and Hong Kong and factories throughout the world, Parigi Group sought a solution that would provide end-to-end visibility and enhance global collaboration, allowing the company to improve time to market and manage its increasingly complex, fast-paced business. Parigi Group found the ideal solution with e-PLM and e-SPS, an integrated application for Product Development and Global Sourcing that provides real-time visibility into each step of the product lifecycle.
NGC's powerful web-based software will enable Parigi Group to manage and control its product specifications, standardize business processes, provide production tracking and help to reduce cycle times. e-PLM and e-SPS are part of NGC's SQL Series software suite of web-based, integrated solutions, which also includes RedHorse®
software for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).
"Our brands are recognized for being on the cutting edge of fashion, so it's crucial for us to stay as close to the trends as possible," said Isaac Jemal, Parigi Group's vice president of design and project manager for the implementation. "With NGC's software, we are confident that we can reduce the time from design to consumer and forecast styles more accurately."
Parigi is currently in the early phases of implementation, with plans to be fully rolled out in 2008 working alongside NGC's professional services team in New York. "We were very comfortable choosing NGC because of their extensive background in the apparel industry," said Bill Finkelstein, chief operating officer for Parigi Group. "It is tremendously valuable having local support for the implementation, and NGC's team brings a depth of technical knowledge and professionalism to the process."
"Parigi Group initially approached NGC because they were interested in software for product development and PLM," said Alan Brooks, president, NGC. "When they saw that NGC could also manage global sourcing on the same platform, they recognized the value of our integrated, end-to-end solution. For brands and retailers with robust demands such as Parigi Group, NGC brings an immense competitive advantage in enabling companies to streamline supply chain operations and drive revenue."
About Parigi Group
For nearly a quarter century, Parigi Group's stable of brands has played a major role and are some of the main contributors in helping to shape and define the children's fashion apparel market. Since acquiring and pioneering the Phat Farm Boys and Baby Phat Girlz brands in the late 1990's, the company has maintained high standards for quality, trend-focused garments that speak to today's savvy and fashion-conscious tween. The result has been a cascade of product-driven partnerships with Puma Kids, Akademiks for Boys, Apple Bottoms for Girls, Enyce Kids and Buffalo by David Bitton. The Parigi Group brands are currently distributed among better department and specialty stores.
About New Generation Computing
NGC® is a leading Fashion, Apparel, Footwear and Retail software company. NGC's SQL Series is a comprehensive suite of "end-to-end" solutions for PLM (e-PLM), Global Sourcing (e-SPS®) and ERP (RedHorse® ). The SQL Series provides real-time visibility to product information, accelerates speed to market, and enables quality control throughout the supply chain to help deliver superior products. NGC has an extensive customer base of leading brands and retailers, including VF Corporation® , A|X Armani Exchange® , Carter's® , Casual Male Retail Group® , Maggy London, Hugo Boss® , Dick's Sporting Goods, Vikki Vi, Isda & Co., Tristan & America® , Axis® , Wilson's Leather® , and many others. NGC has offices in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, China, India, Mexico and El Salvador and is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software Inc. (NASDAQ:AMSWA). For more information, visit www.ngcsoftware.com.
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