Intersport, Hummel, Ba&sh, and many others have understood this. They use e-SCM, a digital collaboration platform created for brands in the fashion and luxury sectors to optimize their supply chain management. This offers significant time and cost savings in data management.
Since the pandemic, fashion brands have been under pressure to maintain profitability. Various teams manage significant global purchasing and must work with hundreds of suppliers year-round. Brands must produce according to demand, avoid excess inventory, and reduce time to market.
The supply chain must therefore function flawlessly, but when it's managed using Excel spreadsheets and the information flow becomes overwhelming, it's difficult to gain a clear overview. The organization and reliability of supply chain processes become complicated, and, crucially, the planning and monitoring of all activities is done via email, phone, or even fax, which is extremely resource-intensive.
"The e-SCM solution is a collaboration platform specific to the fashion and luxury sector that allows you to control the upstream supply chain. We do not cover what happens after delivery in the warehouse," explains Caroline Anziutti, who specifies that the e-SCM solution facilitates coordination and relationships with suppliers and all actors in the chain by tracking activities and decisions made throughout the supply cycle.
In summary, the "e-SCM solution" enables real-time tracking of orders, production, shipping, and receiving, with complete control for all stakeholders. e-SCM begins as soon as the purchase order is confirmed (including finished products or raw materials) and creates the conditions for streamlining production tracking (not related to the actual industrial production) and delivery steps with the various stakeholders, right up to receipt in the warehouse.
Data is centralized and synchronized with key systems such as the ERP to ensure security, and supplier and transport documentation can be standardized to increase productivity. Furthermore, the standard configuration can be enhanced with optional modules focused on carbon footprint calculation, quality management, or CSR traceability.
– Such a digital tool makes it possible to collect and analyze data to create better decision support while bringing agility to the organization.
Caroline Anziutti concludes by emphasizing that Belharra SAS has over 15 years of experience with fashion and luxury brands:
– We therefore have a very good understanding of the processes and challenges faced by the various stakeholders. Our clients achieve significant savings such as over 20% productivity gains through process automation, a 12% reduction in excess inventory through more streamlined production, a 5% reduction in supplier disputes through order confirmation, and a 10% reduction in transportation costs.
Caroline Anziutti concludes by emphasizing that Belharra SAS has over 15 years of experience with fashion and luxury brands:
– We therefore have a very good understanding of the processes and challenges faced by the various stakeholders. Our clients achieve significant savings such as over 20% productivity gains through process automation, a 12% reduction in excess inventory through more streamlined production, a 5% reduction in supplier disputes through order confirmation, and a 10% reduction in transportation costs.
