Leading footwear manufacturer Rocky Brands (NASDAQ: RCKY) believes that
technology can drive growth and innovation – and with the latest
implementations of NGC’s fashion
PLM and Supply Chain Management software, the popular outdoor
footwear manufacturer has pushed PLM capabilities into new and exciting
directions.
Rocky Brands designs, develops, manufactures and markets outdoor, work,
western, lifestyle and military footwear as well as outdoor and work
apparel and accessories under the Rocky®, Georgia Boot®, Durango® and
Creative Recreation® brands. Rocky Brands is headquartered in
Nelsonville, OH, with two company-owned manufacturing facilities in the
Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, and an office in China.
As a long-time NGC customer, Rocky Brands relies on NGC’s PLM and SCM
systems to continually improve productivity and efficiency. The company
recently tapped the power of NGC’s software to bring major new
improvements in three key areas.
“Step It Up” Project Extends PLM to Marketing, e-Commerce and Line
Planning. Rocky Brands has recently extended NGC’s PLM to its
Marketing and e-Commerce departments, providing “one-stop shopping” for
all data related to a product. All product data—including detailed
product descriptions, SEO data elements, e-commerce web copy and
marketing bullet points— is now maintained once in NGC’s PLM and made
available to the company’s B2C websites.
As a result, product data is no longer maintained in multiple locations,
which has eliminated repetitive work and improved the accuracy of
product descriptions and data. “Project Step-It-Up has been a tremendous
boost for the productivity of our e-commerce and marketing departments,
while also increasing the efficiency of our line planning, by making
product information readily available for our line plans,” said Mary
Lorenz, Vice President of Strategy Execution and Process Improvement,
Rocky Brands.
ERP Item Master Integration Eliminates Data Errors and Improves
Speed to Market. Rocky Brands has also tapped the power and
integration capabilities of NGC’s PLM to create an automated, real-time
and fully integrated process for item setup and updates, which ensures
immediate data availability and integrity across all systems. This
replaces previously manual and inefficient processes in the company’s
third-party ERP system, which had resulted in data errors and
inconsistencies as well as delays in P.O. placement – and ultimately,
late product deliveries.
“As a result of the integration between NGC’s PLM and our ERP, our
reporting is always in synch,” said Tawre Dellavalle, Commercialization
Manager, Rocky Brands. “We’re now able to get P.O.’s to our vendors much
faster and speed up the entire production process. You can’t put any
limits on NGC’s software; this has literally taken several days out of
the process.”
Streamlining Shipping Processes with NGC’s EZ-Ship. Rocky
Brands has also implemented NGC’s new EZ-Ship software, a factory
scan/pack system that integrates with NGC's web-based Supply Chain
Management (SCM) system, ensuring carton compliance and inventory
accuracy. With EZ-Ship, Rocky Brands has improved the flow of products
through the scanning, packing and shipping process, while ensuring the
use of standard carton labeling and ASN formats. The system has also
enabled the company to improve its finished goods inventory management.
“NGC has enjoyed a very close, collaborative working relationship with
Rocky Brands, and they continue to exploit new features and
functionality in our software to drive dramatic improvements in
productivity and profitability,” said Mark Burstein, President of Sales,
Marketing and R&D, NGC. “Rocky Brands relies on NGC’s solutions as
strategic enablers for business growth, and we’re proud to work with
such a forward-thinking, innovative company.”
About NGC
NGC Software is a leading provider of PLM, Supply Chain Management, fashion
ERP and Shop Floor Control software and services for brands,
retailers and consumer products companies. NGC solutions help increase
profitability, reduce costs, improve speed to market and product
quality, and manage compliance and testing. NGC earned more than a dozen
top-10 rankings in the 2013 RIS News Software
Leaderboard and has received top rankings by leading industry analysts.
In addition, NGC has been recognized as a top 100 supply chain and
logistics company by Inbound Logistics, SupplyChainBrain and Supply
& Demand Chain Executive.
NGC customers include A|X Armani Exchange, Aeropostale, Billabong,
Carter’s, Destination XL, Hugo Boss, Jos. A. Bank, Marchon Eyewear,
Spanx, Swatfame, VF Corporation, and many others. NGC has offices in
Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Canada, China, India, Mexico, and El
Salvador and is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software Inc.
(NASDAQ: AMSWA). For more information, visit http://www.ngcsoftware.com/.
About Rocky Brands, Inc.
Rocky Brands, Inc. is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of
premium quality footwear and apparel marketed under a portfolio of well
recognized brand names including Rocky®, Georgia Boot®,
Durango®, Lehigh®, Creative Recreation® and
the licensed brand Michelin®. Rocky Brands is proud to supply
footwear to the United States military. For more information, visit www.RockyBrands.com.
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