Erp software for textile

Enterprise Resource Planning is Software for running a business?. Enterprise Resource Planning refers to the integration and extension of a business's operational IT systems, with the e

ERP Software For Textile Industry

Prepared By : Mazadul Hasan sheshir ID: 2010000400008

13th Batch (session 2009-2013) Department : Wet Processing Technology Email: mazadulhasan@yahoo.com

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An exploratory Assignment of ERP systems in textile manufacturing was in conducted 2013 The Assignment investigated the following issues:

Introduction

1 What functions are included in textile ERP systems?

2 Who are the vendors of ERP systems used in Textiles?

3 What are the main factors in selecting an ERP system?

4 What are the barriers to implementing ERP systems?

5 What functions are linked with textile ERP systems?

6 Are companies using electronic commerce?

Enterprise Resource Planning is Software for running a business ERP was coined as an extension of the concept of manufacturing resource-planning (MRP) software, which automated the process of keeping a manufacturing line supplied with materials to meet incoming orders ERP is a suite of applications including financials, manufacturing, human resources and other modules, that together automate the back-office business administration

functions of an enterprise Leading ERP vendors include SAP, Oracle, People soft and JD Edwards Enterprise Resource Planning refers to the integration and extension of a business's

operational IT systems, with the end goals of making information flow within (and beyond) a company more immediate and dynamic; increasing the usefulness and shelf life of information; eliminating redundancy and automating routine processes; and making information system components more flexible Departmental boundaries generally become softer, accessibility of data is increased for partner companies and customers, and the company's ability to respond to the marketplace is generally enhanced

Enterprise Resource Planning is the latest high-end solution information technology has lent to business application The ERP solutions seek to streamline and integrate operation processes and information flows in the company to synergies the resources of an organization namely men, material, money and machine through information Initially implementation of an ERP package was possible only for very large Multi-National Companies and Infrastructure Companies due to high cost involved

Today many companies in India have gone in for implementation of ERP and it is expected in

the near future that 60% of the companies will be implementing one or the other ERP packages

since this will become a must for gaining competitive advantage

Description :

ERP ( Enterprise resource planning ) can be defined as a software solution that addresses the enterprise needs taking the process view of the organization, to meet the organizational goals tightly integrating all functions of an enterprise It

is an industry term for the broad set of activities supported by multi-module application software that help a manufacturer or other business manage the all the parts of its business

ERP facilitates integration of company-wide information systems with the potential to go across companies.

Definition

ERP - Definition

“Software solution that addresses the Enterprise needs, taking a process view of the overall organization to meet the goals,

by tightly integrating all functions and under a common software platform”

ERP - Software

1 Do we know that our bottom lines profits are down but we do not know why?

2 Do we have clear visibility of all our orders through all stages of production and fulfillment process?

3 Can we keep optimum inventory level in warehouse?

4 Are we able to plan appropriate of all the orders through all the resource

available in the production floor(like sewing lines/dyeing machines/weaving looms)so that every production step completes on time & delivery dates can

be met?

Industries often face difficulties to find out answers of following

queries-

Why ERP?

For Management – to know what is happening in the company

One solution for better Management

For cycle time reduction

To achieve cost control & low working capital

To marry latest technologies

To shun the geographical gaps

To satisfy the customers with high expectations

To be Competitive & for survival

Traditionally the textile industry is highly concerned with the design or manufacture

of clothing as well as the distribution and use of textiles However, the industry has been changed extremely in the last few yearsFlexibility and rapid response has become essential qualities for any successful textile business Achieving them requires dynamic management of the entire organization

Eresource ERP system maintains the benefits of a standard package with a high

level of adaptability, ensuring that the solution can be tailored to almost any requirement Its modules could be configured to the needs of any textile business, whatever its size

Eresource ERP provides a framework within which textile industries can organize

their business and manufacturing know-how to create a vital management resource Of course industry decision makers have to have rapid access to company data, but the most pressing need is to have answers to critical questions such as

"What happens if ?", "How can we ?"

1 How important is ERP in textile industries?

2 Is resource ERP a suitable?

Support

Costs

5 Strategic Requirement Levels

1 Framing ERP Implementation Strategies

2 Formation of Apex & Steering committees

3 Functional & IT team formation

4 Training on ERP functions & features

1 Increase operational efficiencies, maximize cash flow & ROI

2 Reduce order-cycle times

3 Always maintain inventories at proper levels Reduce wastage of Materials

4 Make quick business decisions using real-time

5 Manage in-house and job work production React to changing business needs swiftly Built by experts in Fashion business

6 Low cost of ownership

Garment industry specific functionalities.

2 Project and monitor production/sourcing

3 Track raw materials availability automatically

4 Monitor production orders real time

5 Visual Dashboards for easy access

6 Reliable technology platform that supports a high volume of transactions

7 Modular functions for need based implementation

8 Smooth flow of information across the company and outside

Features of ERP

1 Easily monitoring of an industry:

2 Compiling report within a very short time

3 No chance for data manipulation

4 Saving time

5 Easy access anywhere from the world

Benefits of ERP in Textile?

Easily Monitoring of an Industry:

A large number of textile & garments are coming into operations every year in Bangladesh, and entrepreneurs are moving towards expansion of their business

Therefore,it is too tough for management to monitor closely since there are so many divisions-like for o knit composite knitting,dyeing,sewing,all are maintained in separate plant but in synchronized manner;again there are so many departments marketing,merchandising, production,commercial,

administrative-it is quite difficult to maintain MIS(management information system through manual operations and it is yet time consuming to prepare all reports manually for the management

Benefits of ERP in Textile?

Compiling Report Within a Very Short Time:

ERP enterprise resource planning can handle exclusive report both on daily basis and summary type to give operational visibility, and take a good second to find out any of reports from the system

When the reports are compiled manually(even through excel sheet), it often so tough to get the actual scenario of order wise production process, planned dates item availability in warehouse etc

since a concurrent date has been entered in the system on-time huge time will be saved and management will get a perfect picture online of what is happening

actually in the production flood and again optimum inventory level can be

maintained, therefore that allocation of money can be invested in order areas of concern

Benefits of ERP in Textile?

No Chance for Data Manipulation:

With the use of ERP data manipulation can’t take place as authorized users will use the system and there will be a log file maintaining which person is dealing with what,

so in that way it would be easy to track And as all the departments are integrated under one crown, it should be an orchestrate process flow

Saving Time:

Any information once entered in the system, need not to re-enter again Among

many ERP solution vendors,datatex is one of the leading ERP solution providers

keeping in mind the necessities of textile & apparel industry.datatex ERP solution now network oriented world has been dedicated only towards textile & apparel

sector and has been able to build large customer base(400+customers in 42

countries worldwide)

Easy Access Anywhere from the World:

It is completely web based solution so can be accessed anywhere from the world crucial area that need more attention by management

Problems in Production Planning:

With many rushed production orders, it is difficult for a planner to plan the tasks to carry out in the production floor considering both the resources (machineries and equipment, raw material) and limitations at hand

Benefits of ERP in Textile?

Sales order entry:

considering color size combinations, creation of preformed invoice, shipping

document, salesinvoice, picking of finished goods, packing list generation, handling letter of credit facilities

Production:

production steps with consumption breakdown, starting and end dares, waste

calculation, and production progress tracking

Costing:

pre-costing by merchandisers and actual costing from raw materials in reality utilized

in production floor

Managing dye house :

a lot of wastage comes from dyeing industry that certainly increases the fabric price ERP software facilitates dye house management Providing chemical inventory, batch management system,daily production report with waste calculation, recipe creation, lab-management, actual cost calculation reprocess dyeing etc in their recognized ERP system

System Implementation

Respondents were asked what they thought were the main barriers to implementing an ERP system The most frequently cite barriers were:

• Resistance to change

• Lack of top management support

• User training & educationSome of the other issues that were mentioned included cost, having the right project team, lack

of a clear view of the function of ERP, and that textiles does not follow and ERP business flow Umble and Umble describe 10 categories of ERP implementation failures which area as follows:

1 Poor leadership from top management

2 Automating existing redundant or non-value-added processes

3 Unrealistic expectations,

4 Poor project management

5 In adequate education and training

6 Trying to maintain the status quo

7 Mismatch between the system capabilities and and the organizations processes and procedures

8 Inaccurate data

9 Implementation viewed as an IT project

10 Significant technical difficulties

Textile ERP projects appear to have the same difficulties as all other ERP

implementations As stated in Bobbin magazine both Pillowtex and Crown Crafts inc had problems implementing their ERP systems

As summarized in Figure the median time to implement an ERP system was 12-18

months Several of the respondents were still implementing their ERP system Fifty-six percent of the systems were identified as being fully integrated and another thirty-two percent were labeled as being integrated within a business unit

System Implementation

Components of ERP

ERP Software Solution for Textiles Industries

 Finance ERP,

 Spinning ERP,

 Yarn Dyeing ERP,

 Technical Textiles ERP,

Quality Management in eresource ERP is 100% configurable module This module allows a wide variety of characteristics and parameters to be specified in the stand inspection operation and maintain an extensive history to improve product quality and identify recurring problems

Eresource ERP Quality Management allows the quality department to define its own quality test cases required at different juncture of production, beginning from quality check required during the inward of raw materials Further Quality Characteristics, parameters and expected results, under each quality process check can be configured without any programming assistance

The material inspection sub system offers a wide range of capabilities for process supervision and control These capabilities are fully integrated with the other modules such as purchasing, inventory management and shop floor control function

to ensure that the right quality control procedures are followed Capabilities include on-line maintenance of product specifications by production method and customer, event driven sample requests, sample log-in, test results entry; quality performance analysis and equipment calibration support is available in eresource ERP

Quality Management by ERP in Apparel Industry

Use Of ERP in Apparel Industry :

• Production Planning & Control

• Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II)

• Material Requirement Planning(MRP)

• Master Production Schedule

• Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

• Bill of Material (BOM)

• Warehouse Management

• Inventory Management

• Purchasing Management

• Shop Floor Control (SFC)

• Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP)

Benefits of ERP in apparel industry

Reduction in cycle time:

As of now, allocation of material to specific customer order is not possible with the current system Such allocations are useful for making deliveries as planned, as there is no possibility

of the material, which is required by one order, getting consumed for different order In such cases earlier order would get delayed if material were not available in the stock while production time is spent on other order, which could have waited without causing any problem

Cost savings:

Company losses 2% of its sales value in discounts, which are the result of surplus production, implementing quality management system can help to bring down excess production, as management will be assured of the quality right from the raw material itself Supplier developer module would be useful in proper selection of suppliers, which can focus on quality, cost and delivery aspects of supplier

Reduction in machinery downtime:

5 % machinery downtime is attributed to non-availability of raw material in the stores This is due to absence of proper planning system and due to communication delays at every place because of information recompiling Prompt communication coupled with effective supplier selection module and planning system would be useful in bringing down the machinery

downtime