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Case Study - Leading Apparel Manufacturer
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Overview
With 100 years of growth fueled by offering consumers high-quality, high-value branded apparel, this client has become one of the world's largest producers of occupational apparel.
Challenge
The client acquired multiple companies in a short period of time. The acquired companies had a variety of different computer systems (Legacy, AS400, client/server) which made inventory management, order entry, and financial/tax applications difficult and confusing for both customers and internal staff. Also, the current systems were not scalable or robust enough to handle increased volume and/or future growth. It was decided that many of the systems needed to be merged, quickly and efficiently, and that outside help would be retained to ensure that the proper technical expertise was on hand during the migration process and released shortly after project completion.
Approach
PSI Group was selected as the client's preferred vendor. We designated a recruiting and placement team with experience managing large companies and project staffing needs. PSI Group gained a full understanding of how the client operated in order to supply IT consultants who best fit the client needs. A team of PSI Group's high-level Developers, DBA’s and Systems Integrators were assembled to merge the systems of the acquired companies into a common system.
Result
The result was significant cost savings through improved inventory management, including decreased order to process time, and more efficient order entry and financial systems. The scalability of the system facilitates adding new customers, increase in orders, and future growth. In addition, the system will continue to operate efficiently when future business groups are added. It also has resulted in increased satisfaction among customer service personnel as well as lower employee turnover.
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