PTC Announces Latest Product Enhancements
PTC, The Product Development Company, introduces FlexPLM 9.0, expanding its retail, footwear and apparel product development solution to improve collaboration across merchandising, design and sourcing departments, as well as with supply chain partners. The solution delivers new capabilities intended to help customers optimize design and sourcing processes. The requirement to connect merchandising and design with product development and sourcing is a big challenge companies are facing in the retail, footwear and apparel industry because it impacts a company's ability to quickly deliver new products to the market. FlexPLM 9.0 brings together designers, merchandisers, planners, suppliers and buyers early in the product development process so that more products can be efficiently created and quickly delivered to the market. FlexPLM 9.0 offers the following new capabilities and usability enhancements:
Merchandising and Design Features
- Adobe Illustrator Design Integration - Allows designers to create concept products in familiar Adobe Illustrator while taking advantage of FlexPLM color and material libraries
- Quick Spec - Gives technical designers the ability to create product specifications with minimal steps
- Advanced Planning - Enables customers to create financial, creative, sourcing and material plans and delivers the ability to track the line development against a specific plan.
- Placeholders - Designers create multiple concept products for placeholders in the line plan and then adopt into seasonal lines when appropriate.
Sourcing Features
- Enhanced Request for Quote (RFQ) - Gives the designer the ability to create an RFQ, send it to one or more suppliers, and review quotes from multiple sources
- Enhanced Sampling - Enables designer to request samples for multiple products and sources at the same time to allow for effective source selection and management
- Off-Line Forms - Allows customers to work off-line with suppliers located in countries that may not have reliable Internet access