Clothing and Apparel

Industry Expertise

In today's competitive retail environment customers demand choices. No matter what you sell – whether it’s clothing, accessories, footwear or sporting goods - the complexity of managing inventory with a variety of features like colour, size and style can overload standard order entry and inventory systems.

In the areas of manufacturing and distribution, demands for managing many different varieties of each design – including a number of sizes and a variety of colours and finishes – will place big demands on your accounting and business management solution.

With a solution from Sapphire, we can help you overcome these challenges with:

	Strong stock management fully integrated with sales and finance.
	Multiple price lists functionality for full gross profit calculations on garments and stock lines.
	MRP which is fully integrated to Purchasing (and finance) and Stock control for intelligent and responsive re-ordering of stock and forecasting what to buy and when.
	Ability to integrate with point of sale and bar code scanning technology.
	Colour size matrix functionality for viewing stock in warehouse/on shop floor at any time.
	Fully integrated production module linked to MRP module for responsive production of garments.  Advanced manufacturing options available also.
	Inherent landed costs functionality for import of goods and all relevant costing attached.
	Intrastat reporting as standard for imported goods.

In addition, and in partnership with CitiXsys, we can also offer a fully integrated Item Matrix which helps you make the process of tracking and controlling inventory fast and easy. It seamlessly integrates with Order Entry, Purchasing and Inventory modules. With its intuitive user interface sales staff can quickly and easily find and choose SKUs during sales and purchasing transactions, increasing the speed of service and the customer's satisfaction.

Item Matrix comprises following features that simplify the overall process of tracking and controlling inventory:

	Every matrix shows all sub-items for an item
	Each SKU is represented as an Inventory Item
	Master in SAP Business One
	Independent inventory replenishment parameters can be defined for each SKU
	Access item matrices while transacting sales, purchase orders, inventory receipts and stock transfers
	Maintain serial and batch numbers and warranty information for each SKU

Inventory planning and business performance analysis is easier with the detailed item visibility available from the Item Matrix for SAP Business One.  With Item Matrix you can easily:

	Define multiple item attributes
	SKU for each sub-item
	Use grid windows to enter multiple SKUs
	View SKUs by warehouse or store

With Item Matrix you get a complete 360 degree view of your business, and the accurate retail inventory planning and business performance analysis you need for success!

For more information on the solutions that can fulfil these requirements please visit our products and solutions section. 

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