{"id":10130,"date":"2020-11-16T16:57:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T15:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adoneconseil.fr\/en\/?p=10130"},"modified":"2026-01-16T10:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:02:45","slug":"how-to-optimize-exchanges-with-your-partners-during-collection-development","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.adoneconseil.fr\/en\/news\/how-to-optimize-exchanges-with-your-partners-during-collection-development\/","title":{"rendered":"How to optimize exchanges with your partners during collection development?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Rationalizing the product development and industrialization process is a major challenge in the Fashion, Watches<\/span> & <\/span>Jewelry, and Perfumes <\/span>& <\/span>Cosmetics sectors. At a time when design seems to know no limits, the Luxury Companies must remain competitive by adopting solutions that encourage collaboration between the different stakeholders<\/strong>. By increasing the efficiency and reliability of the business processes, the availability of products to the markets is guaranteed within a controlled time.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> In this article, you will discover how Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) helps address this issue by linking all the company’s departments and its suppliers and using a dedicated tool.<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> During collection development, suppliers of raw materials and manufacturers of finished products work in collaboration with the Artistic Direction to create original creations for the <\/span>Maison<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> When there is no PLM, all information from product development is centralized and codified in an ERP or Excel by the <\/span>Maison<\/span>‘s development teams. If a raw material or a finished product undergoes modifications, such as a change in composition, these are communicated via exchanges of e-mails or documents such as Excel, PowerPoint, etc. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> PLM allows the owner <\/strong>of the information to initialize it directly in the tool<\/strong>. Thus, raw materials, shapes, colors, products are gradually created and enriched directly by interaction with partners via the tool. The dynamic creation of BOMs by suppliers<\/strong> enables the calculation of final material requirements and costs for the collection. Purchase prices are negotiated and validated in the tool. Internal teams <\/span>have <\/span>access <\/span>to <\/span>the creation <\/strong>of the collection in real time<\/strong> and <\/span>can <\/span>enrich the data with their own information, such as referencing, regulatory, <\/span>commercial,<\/span> or merchandising data. T<\/span>hen t<\/strong><\/span>he information is exported to the ERP<\/strong>, which remains the ma<\/span>in<\/span> tool in the production phase.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> PLM also supports the industrialization and qualification phase<\/strong>. Based on a<\/span>n<\/span> already established reference system, partners and internal teams enrich products and materials technically and qualitatively. The different qualification phases<\/strong> (prototypes, <\/span>physio<\/span>-mechanical tests, chemical tests, test pieces, etc.) are easily monitored by internal coordination thanks to validation milestones<\/strong>. Production hazards that may have an impact on the initial definition of products are also recorded in the tool.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> PLM is<\/span> a <\/span>single repository<\/span> <\/span>and a <\/span>genuine <\/strong>history<\/strong> that is built up over the course of the product life cycle. It is <\/span>organized <\/span>thanks to a precise classification<\/strong> based on the definition of a data model. It is possible to carry out controls, set up input rules or lists of choices <\/span>to<\/span> guarantee the most reliable information.<\/strong> The search is <\/strong><\/span>way simpler<\/strong>, thanks to several entry keys, regardless of the creation date of the object sought.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Even though <\/span>PLM is a<\/span> <\/span>shared<\/span> tool,<\/span> <\/span>it is also able to manage a key stake for the Brands<\/strong>: confidentiality<\/strong>. Thus, thanks to personalized access management by profile, an external person only sees the creations of his or her entity and has no visibility over confidential internal data. <\/span>Besides<\/span>, thanks to precise parameters, <\/span>some<\/strong> actions will be authorized for some and not for others<\/strong>. For example, external users will have submission rights (price, nomenclature, etc.) and internal users will have validation rights. In this way, there is real control over sensitive data<\/strong>, more advanced than in a classic document exchange.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> PLM <\/span>give<\/span>s<\/span> access<\/strong><\/span> to updated information to everyone and <\/strong>in real time<\/strong>. In fact, as soon as a user makes any modification to the definition of a product, all other users immediately see it.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Communication and <\/span>interactions <\/span>are <\/span>simplif<\/span>ied<\/span>, because all the parties involved refer to a shared and up-to-date<\/strong><\/span> reference system<\/strong>. This is a major advantage because the di<\/span>fference<\/span> that arise following numerous file exchanges <\/span>often <\/span>lead to inconsistencies that take time to resolve.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Some PLM can also track changes on product data. <\/span>With the implementation of a notification system<\/strong>, users will have <\/span>access <\/span>to<\/span> information<\/span> <\/span>modification<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span>M<\/span>ost solutions on the market<\/span> <\/span>are <\/span>now <\/span>able to <\/span>
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