FastReactPlan was chosen to realise a seamless exchange of information between a number of systems; significantly increase efficiencies; reduce overtime and optimise OTDP to enable Top Textiles to respond effectively to rapidly changing consumer demands

Established in 2010, Top Textiles has enjoyed steady growth over the past 12 years, and is headquartered in Zhangjiagang. The company has over 300 staff and specialises in womenswear and coats. It is a key supplier to leading US brands. Top Textiles’ headquarters, located on the Yangze River delta, is home to apparel production floors, technology rooms, fabric colour services, product testing and inspection areas; whilst production is carried out through 50 expert sub-contractors all over China. Its orders are realised through carefully tailored methods that maximise efficiency for seamless production and superb quality. Top Textiles is deeply committed to meeting its corporate social responsibility objectives, and the well-being, job satisfaction, safety and provision of fair compensation and benefits for all staff is of paramount importance for the company.

General Manager, Zhangjiagang Top Textile Import and Export Co. Ltd., Ms. Alles Yang said: "Coats Digital’s FastReactPlan has become the core solution for our digital transformation. We quickly needed to improve management visibility to all siloed information across different departments to realize a single version of the truth that would help us to optimise all planning and manufactiring processess. The solution was expertly integrated into our ERP and MES systems to ensure information seamlessly connects between all key systems and lays a solid foundation for our future digital journey.”

Following continuous company growth and development, Top Textiles wanted to respond quickly and effectively to industry demands for a more flexible and responsive, digitally-advanced supply chain that could quickly react to changing consumer trends and ensure a timely delivery of services at the same time.

IT Director, Zhangjiagang Top Textile Import and Export Co. Ltd., Ms. Yan Fang comments: "The rapid change in consumer preferences and demand makes it increasingly more difficult to grasp what will be the next trend to storm the market. At the same time, this leads to fragmented orders and more flexible delivery requirements, meaning that planning becomes more complex. These scenarios demand more stringent requirements for information management and we hope that FastReactPlan will greatly improve our ability to deal with complex problems quickly, whilst ensuring the communication between our factories and business departments runs more efficiently and smoothly.”

Prior to the FastReactPlan implementation, Top Textile’s capacity planning was incoherrant and lacked accuracy, since information was stored in different places, within in-situ filing cabinets, across emails and telephone records. Unnecessary and time consuming duplication of records meant management were too busy trying to collate data across a myriad of sources, to have time to properly analyse the data to understand potential challenges and find workable solutions.

Operation Director, Zhangjiagang Top Textile Import and Export Co. Ltd., Mr. Waily Zhang, said: "Through communication with the FastReactPlan team, the most direct benefit of FastReactPlan is to concentrate all key information in one system and replace many Excel files, which can effectively reduce the workload of the planning team. This means that staff can use more time to maximise production capacity and foresee potential problems in advance, rather than just dealing with many troubleshooting problems such as materials handling. The superior visualisation interface of FastReactPlan makes this a reality.”