Coats Digital is thrilled to announce that leading sports apparel manufacturer Supertex Group will implement its FastReactPlan solution – deepening a strategic technology partnership that began in 2016 with the group’s adoption of Coats Digital’s GSDCost, the international standard for garment cost optimisation and sustainable manufacturing.

As the next step in a business-wide digitization journey, Supertex Group will deploy FastReactPlan, which leads the market in production planning, across its factories in Colombia and El Salvador – which together employ more than 5,000 people and produce 1.7 million units per month.

Founded 37 years ago and recognized for continually investing in technology and a highly qualified team, Supertex Group specialises in sports apparel, for brands like Adidas, Under Armour, Patagonia, and North Face.

To keep pace with the demands of its high-profile, international client base, Supertex has long recognised the importance of digitization. To improve its cost accuracy and standardise the sewing operation, Supertex implemented GSDCost in 2016.

When the time came to take the next step on its digitization journey, Supertex again turned to Coats Digital to help improve on-time delivery and provide greater visibility into the group’s supply chain.

“In a very short time, digitization went from being a competitive advantage to being an indispensable requirement,” said Eduardo Herrera, CEO of Supertex Group. “The implementation of an ambitious strategy of process modernisation will separate the winners from the losers in our industry.”

“The highly intuitive nature of FastReactPlan, coupled with the ability to integrate different elements of the supply chain in a single solution, will enable us to make intelligent, informed decisions. This partnership will also allow us to tap into the experience of the Coats Digital team, as well as its proven solutions, to help standardise our processes and to implement industry best practices.”