As social development and market economy progress, competition in the clothing industry is intensifying. To keep pace with market changes, clothing enterprises increasingly adopt production methods such as multi-variety, small-batch production, and kanban-style production. Especially in the current era of slim profits in the clothing industry, extracting benefits from management has become a common goal for manufacturers. Traditional extensive management methods are no longer suitable for the development of enterprises, and systematic, scientific, and standardized management is imperative.
The clothing production process is complex, involving numerous processes and a variety of raw materials such as fabrics, accessories, buttons, etc., in large quantities. Without scientific management, this complexity can lead to significant losses and waste, reducing production efficiency and increasing costs. Scientific and systematic management is crucial to avoid or minimize such losses.
Next, Shuntong Software will explain the basic functional modules of the ERP system for clothing enterprises, covering seven main parts. Due to the length of the content, please read patiently.
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Sales Module: The sales module serves as the starting point for the entire clothing enterprise ERP system. It includes customer management, chain store management, and order management. Customer management records detailed information about all customers, order management collects product demands from customers and chain stores, and chain store management offers remote monitoring of sales.
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Product Design Module: After receiving orders, clothing enterprises begin the first preparatory activity for clothing production: clothing design. The product design module manages integrated clothing design documents and design data, including technical document management and product data management.
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Production Module: The production module is the core of the clothing enterprise ERP system. It connects sales and inventory procurement modules, integrating the entire business process. It includes master production planning, material requirements planning, capacity requirements planning, and production process management.
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Inventory Procurement Module: Efficient inventory management, covering raw materials and finished goods, optimizes capital utilization and reduces costs. It includes warehouse management and shipping planning management.
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Financial Module: The financial module, unlike general financial software, is part of the clothing ERP system, integrating with other modules. It includes general ledger, accounts receivable management, accounts payable management, cash management, fixed asset management, and cost management.
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Human Resources Module: As the integration scope of ERP systems expands, human resources management is also included. It forms an efficient and highly integrated enterprise resource system with the financial and production modules. It includes personnel management and salary management.
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Decision Analysis Module: The decision analysis module collects data from other modules for management decision analysis, covering sales and customer statistics, product cost statistics, inventory analysis, procurement supply statistics, and profit analysis.
Modern clothing production is still a labor-intensive production method, resembling a complex system. Collaboration is extensive not only within the enterprise but also extending to raw materials, accessories, and collaborating units related to production. Shuntong Software provides an ERP management system that is more suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, empowering brands in the fashion industry with innovative breakthroughs and digital solutions.
