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In only nine months , Salling Group upgraded to Infor PLM for Fashion – a cloud-based PLM ( Product Lifecycle Management ) solution that boosts product design , planning and supplier collaboration . The company which owns department stores and retail chains across Denmark has already harnessed the system ’ s new functionalities to achieve significant performance improvement .
Salling Group accelerates sp Infor ’ s Cloud-Based PLM
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Every year , Salling Group launches six new collections of fashion clothing . Each style is designed by the group , whereas the entire process from production to delivery of the final product is handled through suppliers . With approximately 200 different suppliers , mainly in the East , Salling Group has built an ecosystem of high delivery reliability . The fashion items are being sold across 130 stores in Salling Group ’ s two grocery chains , føtex and Bilka .
In 2003 , Salling Group implemented Quest PLM and started digitalising all design and development lifecycle processes , from sketch to store . Since then , Quest PLM has been acquired by Infor and in 2016 , Salling Group transitioned to the on-premises solution Infor Fashion PLM . In January 2023 , the company decided to upgrade to the multi-tenant cloud version of PLM , which was successfully finalised nine months later .
More flexibility and higher performance
With a total of 120 in-house users , Salling Group needed a more flexible and high-performing PLM solution . In addition , the solution also needed to be future-ready to address the fashion industry ’ s increasing demands for reporting and sustainability .
“ We work on many styles at the same time and with many different suppliers . So , first and foremost , we needed to ensure lightning-fast speed , so that all data related to the style including product information , bill of materials , measurements , colorway and washing instructions to suppliers and process status
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