GES Global Enterprise Suite Integrate all Applications Into One Global Enterprise Solution
WHY NGC Unmatched Industry Focus. For over 30 years, NGC has been providing a variety of solutions to the fashion industry. No other software company has a greater product breadth and more experienced resources than NGC. NGC s executive leadership, product development teams, and implementation experts all have extensive experience in retail, fashion, and consumer products, combined with a commitment to technical excellence. Experienced Global Support. NGC maintains offices throughout North America, Latin America, and Asia to implement and support our customers throughout the world. NGC consultants use well established tools, methodologies and industry knowledge to help streamline your business processes. Exceptional Financial Strength. NGC is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software, Inc., (NASDAQ: AMSWA), which has delivered 53 consecutive quarters of profitability, has zero long term debt, and has cash and investments of approximately $79.6 million as of 4/30/14. Active Member of Industry Associations. NGC is a longstanding member of American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), American Apparel Producers Network (AAPN), California Fashion Association (CFA) and Fashion Industries Guild (FIG). OUR CUSTOMERS
GES NGC s GES is comprised of over 60 modules that can be configured to meet every company s specific requirements. All parts of the system work in unison, with no need for integration, a single hardware platform, and the advantages of working with a single vendor with deep domain expertise. You can configure the suite to your exact requirements now, with the ability to add additional features and modules as your needs change. With all the advanced features of GES, it s a solution you won t outgrow. Realize productivity improvements at every step of the development process. NGC s web-based PLM system is the top-rated solution receiving the highest possible ranking by Industry Analysts. Manage the entire product lifecycle from design concept to adoption with NGC s web-based PLM software. Ensure true sourcing and supply chain visibility with all global vendors and suppliers. Seamlessly collaborate with global vendors any time of day, every day. NGC s web-based SCM software is a powerful application for companies that source and produce products around the world, and empowers you. Manage the flow of essential business information throughout the entire enterprise. NGC s ERP system is designed with the flexibility to fit every unique company. Apparel, footwear, accessories and fashion companies experience better workflow, higher profitability, superior customer service and exceptional visibility into the entire enterprise. HIGHLIGHTS Line Planning Tech Pack Creation Digital Asset Library Material Development Sample Management Product Costing Product Sourcing Testing & Compliance Workflow Calendars Collaboration & Alerts Purchase Order Management WIP Tracking Quality Auditing Packing & Carton Labeling Shipment Documentation Import Management Logistics Control Vendor Payment Automation Exception Dashboard Custom Reporting EDI Customer Order Processing Purchasing Raw Material Inventory Production Orders Import Management Allocation Distribution Accounting Custom Report Writer
Our Solutions Throughout our solutions, workflow calendars, collaboration tools, exception management, and automated alerts ensure that design and production schedules stay on track. As a result, companies can understand the real-time status of each product in their line at every step of design and production enabling users to instantly understand every detail at all times. NGC s Extended PLM SCM Line Planning: NGC takes line planning far beyond its traditional role to also encompass financial line planning and line reporting, enabling companies to understand sales trends, see the impact of line changes on overall performance, and instantly see the status of products. Sampling: NGC allows users to request samples, track their status, enter the evaluation results, and approve/reject with comments and images. Whether users are requesting samples for prototypes, fit approval, preproduction, TOPs, or salesmen, NGC can manage them all. Tech Pack Creation: NGC simplifies this process and allows many different users to contribute to the formation of tech packs. Styles can be created or updated faster than ever before by utilizing libraries of sketches, images, colors, materials, costsheets, grade rules, construction details, and packing instructions. Digital Asset Management: Adobe Illustrator files are seamlessly managed within NGC s PLM, allowing designers to utilize their current toolset. Every image can hold metadata such as category, notes, and keywords, making it easy to catalog and store the file within the library. Materials Management: NGC s Material Library allows users to request materials from a variety of suppliers, proceed with sampling and approvals, and utilize pricing details at the color level. Labdip and strikeoff approvals are automatically linked to the styles using them, and users can easily see the approval status by material or finished product. Costing: Accurate costing can be the difference between profit and loss, and NGC allows users to create multiple costing options for each style, determine which items must be negotiated in order to hit a target, capture the actual costs by PO or shipment to determine variances from the original estimates, and much more. Sourcing: NGC allows companies to easily create RFQs, select the participating vendors based upon various criteria (such as capacity or special machinery), compare landing costs by vendor, and release the RFQ. Sourcing plans can be managed at the macro level (percentage of business by region and country) and the micro level (each vendor s production load by week). Testing and Compliance: NGC tracks and manages the entire testing process for both finished products and components including initiating test results, integrating to third-party labs, testing of styles and materials, tracking and approving test results, and automatically creating the COC/GCC with all required information.
Purchase Order Management: Vendors are automatically notified of new or revised PO s that need acknowledgment and can easily update Work-In- Process so users can track production schedules. Users can create go/no-go calendars to maximize assortment flexibility with Just-In-Time decisions and instantly check global progress for specific products, categories and deliveries. Quality Control: Users can request quality audits throughout the production process, and if an audit fails, a QC manager will be notified and corrective action will be taken. More importantly, NGC can analyze the trends over a period of time, providing guidance when making sourcing decisions and identifying which factories need improvements. Logistics Management: NGC enables users to create bar code labels, inbound paperwork and ASNs for every shipment. NGC s PLM also creates the Importer Security Filing required by Customs and Border Patrol s 10+2 law. Users can track shipments as they reach each location and in the event of delay, notifications are sent to make sure that shipments are expedited. Vendor Payment Automation: NGC brings unparalleled efficiency to the authorization and payment of vendor invoices. Flexible, built-in rules for automatic matching allow companies to sort through invoices and other required documents to quickly compare the essential metrics such as price, quantity, quality, testing and more. Upon receipt of vendor invoices, the system automatically validates the information. Mobile Selling: NGC s PLM and ERP solutions seamlessly integrate with NuOrder fashion selling software, to help sales reps interact more effectively with buyers online and with mobile devices. Fashion sales reps can instantly get product information from NGC s PLM system including digital assets, color swatches, size ranges, and product descriptions. In a matter of minutes, they can then create beautiful catalogs, visual emails, look books and line sheets with the Threadvine sales tool, and access information from any location using ipads or smartphones. Sales reps can also view real-time inventory and delivery information and place orders directly from their ipad or other mobile device, through NGC s fashion ERP system. NGC s ERP Also Offered as SaaS NGC s ERP is fully integrated with PLM and Global Sourcing and offers the flexibility to run all types of companies whether the company manufactures or imports, produces private label or branded merchandise, or sells to big box retailers or specialty stores. NGC s ERP builds on more than 28 years of ERP experience and delivers many significant benefits, including better work flow, higher profitability, superior customer service and exceptional visibility into the entire enterprise. NGC s ERP is equipped with hundreds of configurable reports, a powerful writing tool, an executive dashboard and many other business management functions that include EDI, flexible customer order processing, purchasing, import management and allocation. NGC s Global Enterprise Suite NGC s Global Enterprise Suite combines the in-depth features of best-of-breed solutions in a fully integrated, seamless suite combining the best of two worlds for PLM, Supply Chain Management and ERP. With its flexibility, ease of implementation, and fast time to benefit, GES is the cost-effective solution for reducing lead times, driving down cost and improving supply chain productivity. ngcsoftware.com 800.690.0642 info@ngcsoftware.com