2. Introduction When it comes to export oriented buying houses that outsource their production works, they need to maintain transparency across their stake holders. As merchandisers, they will need to be in constant touch with Buyers and Suppliers. So everyone in the business kept informed about the progress of their requirement. Few factors act as obstacle to this…

3. Needs & Challenges ۩ Geographical Constraint ۩ Communication Gap ۩ Time Delay ۩ Cost Factor ۩ Integration Issues ۩ Overall Efficiency

4. Solution - Going online The solution is to connect everyone involved in the business and automating the external activities to reduce time and cost involved.

5. Simply Fit Online Buyer Supplier Merchandiser Simplyfit Application System

6. Visuals Order Scheduling Examples

7. Buyer Main Page

8. Buyer Order Status Summary

9. Buyer Order Status

10. Supplier Main Page

11. Supplier Order Scheduler Restricted Content

12. Supplier Order Status

13. Supplier Update Selected

14. Merchandiser Main Page

15. Merchandiser Order Scheduler

16. Merchandiser Order Status

17. Visuals Fabric Examples

18. Buyer Main Page

19. Buyer Received Enquiry

20. Buyer Approval

21. Buyer Approve Selected

22. Supplier Main Page

23. Supplier Received Enquiry Restricted Content

24. Supplier Sent Selected

25. Supplier Approval

26. Merchandiser Main Page

27. Merchandiser Received Enquiry Restricted Content

28. Merchandiser Request Restricted Content

29. Merchandiser Request Selected

30. Merchandiser Receipt Restricted Content

31. Merchandiser Sent For Approval

32. Merchandiser Buyer Approval Restricted Content

33. Merchandiser Show to Supplier

34. Success factors Core execution planning (Order Scheduling) is automated. The planned execution and the real time happenings are monitored by the system. The system will send reminders and warnings mails to the responsible people based on the activity-planned date. Calculations are automated, so that human errors are minimized.

35. Success factors By achieving data centralization, search for the information is much easier now. Everyday progress is updated to the web, so buyers can watch the progress of their order. Fabric database is maintained for season wise collection.

36. Success factors Due to the action-based screens, the follow-up becomes much simpler. The Merchandising activity is well systemized, so that a new comer can be trained easily and deputed in a short duration. Simply Fit also produces final extract of MIS reports, so that it can be taken at any moment.

37. Answering Challenges Interactions are geared up. Decision-making becomes much faster. Communication gap reduced. Need not to fully depend on the traditional mailing system. Status of the execution is updated every minute. All the three (Buyer, Merchandiser and Supplier) people can watch the progress online.

38. Answering Challenges Administrators will have the control, wherever they are. Productivity of the merchandiser gets increased. With the same merchandising capacity the business can be increased to a significant level. By doing this naturally the administrative cost becomes less. Data integrity will be more due to direct input by the relevant users. Buyers (Customers) will be happy to see the everyday progress. So the business will also increase.

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