Apparel and Textile for Microsoft Dynamics™ AX delivers the integrated item and process information needed by companies that manufacture and/or distribute textile-based products, from consumer and industrial fabrics to home goods and carpets as well as clothing, designer lines, and fashion accessories.

Apparel and Textile for Microsoft Dynamics AX helps you take control of product and process variables to increase efficiency, improve traceability, enhance supply chain collaboration, and reduce time to market by integrating information, people, and resources so you can satisfy customers and enhance business performance in a global marketplace.

This solution offers all of the benefits of Microsoft Dynamics AX  with the added advantage of enhanced functionality specifically developed to suit textile and apparel companies.

Take control of material and product variables with multi-dimensional item coding and bi-directional traceability.

• Manage complex item variables with advanced coding attributes and “smart” SKU coding for raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods.
• Track item characteristics such as collection or seasonal grouping, style, colour, colour-way, size dimensions, decorations, and finishing variants.
• Trace materials through variable sourcing, manufacturing and finishing processes, subcontractors, inventory, and logistics.
• Track goods by lot, batch, and serial number, as well as item BOMs, for upstream and downstream traceability.

Improve inventory management with comprehensive tracking of materials and finished goods.

• Maintain multiple material status indicators and track materials, work-in-process, samples, and finished goods.
• Manage inventories at multiple real and virtual warehouses as well as wholesale or distributor inventories.
• Track off-site deposits such as trade show or showroom stocks.
• Manage inventories at multiple real and virtual warehouses as well as Gain a comprehensive view of inventory pools to source goods from the most efficient location and consolidate records for more effective purchasing management.
• Simulate various allocation options to best meet changing customer needs and supply constraints.