mes (DS) (NASDAQ:DASTY) (Paris:DSY), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, recently announced that Michael Kors, the leading American fashion designer for luxury accessories and sportswear, has selected its ENOVIA MatrixOne Apparel Accelerator
for Design and Development to support its aggressive growth plans. The solution, which is scheduled to be implemented by the end of Q1, 2008, will ensure that Michael Kors has the processes in place to support innovation and product quality as the company continues to grow.
Over
the last four years we have
experienced explosive
growth; we expect this trend
to continue as we expand our
retail presence and
introduce new product lines.
From a business perspective
it was strategically
important for us to find a
PLM solution that could be
implemented quickly, provide
an open platform that could
interact with other
applications and ultimately
scale to meet future
demands,
said Gia Castrogiovanni,
president, Women
s,
Michael Kors.
With a diverse product portfolio, incorporating everything from ready to wear and accessories to fragrance and bedding, it was important for Michael Kors to be able to implement a solution that could manage their interactions with suppliers as well as harness the complexity of product development in an environment of rapid growth. The ENOVIA approach is ideally suited to meet this challenge and will enable Michael Kors to rapidly deploy a common infrastructure that automates and integrates product data, business processes, and development workflows throughout the life of the product.
In
addition to its technology
meeting all of our key
criteria, ENOVIA was
selected because of its
demonstrated ability to
address similar challenges
with world class brands and
its record of success in
retail and manufacturing,
added Joseph Desantis, CIO,
Michael Kors.
As
a globally recognizable
brand with an impressive
track record of success, we
are pleased that Michael
Kors has selected our PLM
solution as the foundation
for its future growth,
said Mike Segal, senior vice
president, global sales
operations for ENOVIA,
Dassault Syst
mes.
The ENOVIA MatrixOne
Apparel Accelerator for
Design & Development
enables companies to rapidly
deploy a state of the art,
scalable enterprise solution
for apparel design and
development that can help
them take products from
trend to design to sourcing
to manufacturing to the
customer within a single,
collaborative environment.
About
Dassault Syst
mes:
As a world leader in 3D
and Product Lifecycle
Management (PLM) solutions,
Dassault Syst
mes
brings value to more than
100,000 customers in 80
countries. A pioneer in the
3D software market since
1981, Dassault Syst
mes
develops and markets PLM
application software and
services that support
industrial processes and
provide a 3D vision of the
entire lifecycle of products
from conception to
maintenance to recycling.
The Dassault Syst
mes
portfolio consists of CATIA
for designing the virtual
product - SolidWorks for 3D
mechanical design - DELMIA
for virtual production -
SIMULIA for virtual testing
- ENOVIA for global
collaborative lifecycle
management, and 3DVIA for
online 3D lifelike
experiences. Dassault Syst
mes
is listed on the Nasdaq (DASTY)
and Euronext Paris (#13065,
DSY.PA) stock exchanges. For
more information, visit
http://www.3ds.com.
CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA,
SIMULIA, SolidWorks and 3D
VIA are registered
trademarks of Dassault Syst
mes
or its subsidiaries in the
US and/or other countries.
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