TAL Signs On With Intentia
Showing that the B2B market still has some legs, Intentia International has inked a deal with mega-sized clothing maker TAL Apparel Limited of Hong Kong, which will use Intentia’s Movex fashion collaboration software package to help manage its vast production network in Asia.
Movex will provide TAL and parent company TAP Group with complete support for customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, business performance measurement, value-chain collaboration and supply-chain management. The software package handles everything from forecasting to financials advanced planning and scheduling to e-business.
The deal is significant because it comes at a time when manufacturers have been reevaluating their investment in technology. TAL is one of the key manufacturing sources for Brooks Brothers, Calvin Klein, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Liz Claiborne, Nautica, Ralph Lauren, Talbots and Tommy Hilfiger, among others, and is said to produce one in every eight men’s dress shirts purchased in the United States.
The $4.5 million deal, which includes $2 million in software licenses, will also form a strategic partnership between Intentia and TAP aimed at streamlining business processes and increasing efficiency levels. TAP managing director Harry Lee said the company had been seeking a solution to help in capacity planning, production scheduling and inventory management, and he liked the fact that Intentia has a total Java solution. Intentia’s regional director, David Hope, said the deal illustrates the company’s and others’ expansion into Asia.
“With Intentia, we are confident that TAP will be able to take these technological advancements to a whole new level to expand market reach, reduce operational costs and improve customer satisfaction,” Hope said. —Robert McAllister
