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Simplify product development with Apparel PLM Software

Plan winning product mixes, design sustainable collections, digitize your workflow and get your products to market faster with WFX

Featured customers in the USA

We serve 600+ customers across North America, Europe, UK, Asia and Australia!

Aquarelle
Asmara
clut gaia
everlane
forever new
gorjana
indochine
ppj
Aquarelle
Asmara
clut gaia
everlane
forever new
gorjana
indochine
ppj
forever new
gorjana
indochine
ppj
Aquarelle
Asmara
clut gaia
everlane

One place to plan, design & create collections

Want to launch products more quickly? Zoom from prototype to production in a flash with WFX Apparel PLM!

Design Inspiration
Assortment Planning
Adobe Connector
Product & Material Library
Central Techpacks
Costing & Pricing
Sampling & Approvals
Vendor Collaboration
Quality Control
Time & Action
Costing

Plan Perfect Fashion Assortments

Enhance product development and market entry with strategic planning, real-time progress monitoring, and streamlined purchase orders.

  • Align design, merchandising, and sourcing
  • Establish clear merchandise goals
  • Customize planning with specified attributes
  • Track collection development in real-time
  • Assess financial performance impacts
  • Streamline purchase order process
  • Keep POs aligned with Buy Plan
Costing
Adobe-Connector

Save Time with Adobe Connector

Enjoy a one-click transfer of Adobe Illustrator files to PLM so your design team can focus on creating better designs instead of wasting time on manual data migration.

  • Drag & drop Adobe Illustrator files to PLM
  • Extract text directly from Adobe AI files
  • Share original artwork files with vendors securely
  • Use expandable storage to store your largest files
  • Increase focus on design and creativity
Adobe-Connector
Product-Material-Library

Build A Centralized Creative Library

Simplify teamwork and organization with a centralized library for products, materials, and collections, streamlining collaboration and efficiency.

    • Create a visual product library for all collections
    • Maintain supplier trim and fabric catalogs
    • Display collections visually or as data grids
    • Customize views per role and export data
    • Update attributes and bulk create products
    • Analyze collection progress and monitor updates
    • Assign views by role so users see only what they need
Product-Material-Library
Centra-Techpacks

Create Tech Packs In A Few Clicks

Simplify teamwork and organization with a centralized library for products, materials, and collections, streamlining collaboration and efficiency.

  • Design accurate and visually appealing Tech Packs
  • Outline technical construction & components clearly
  • List care label instructions in multiple languages
  • Record measurements & use auto-grading
  • Facilitate real-time communication & feedback
  • Showcase 3D images & assets for better visualization
  • Manage versions & track changes with audit trail
Centra-Techpacks
Centralize-All-Design-Inspiration

Centralize All Design Inspiration

Boost collaboration and inspire creativity by sharing design ideas, centralizing resources, and accelerating concept to product development.

  • Easily upload images with WFX Click mobile app
  • Capture & store design ideas on one fashion software
  • Search your design library for new & old images
  • Get feedback, like and vote up on design ideas
  • Compile all your artwork into a visual database
  • Streamline mood and trend board creation
  • Link artworks to all the products that use it
Centralize-All-Design-Inspiration
Costing-Pricing

Optimize Costing & Product Margins

Customize, analyze and compare costs across channels and markets with custom templates and flexible views. Make fast decisions and collaborate with vendors for accurate product margins.

  • Get Excel-style grid costing for all cost types
  • Manage wholesale and retail margin visibility
  • Use customizable costing templates and views
  • Analyze costs/margins by vendor, origin or quantities
  • Set custom formulas & highlight low margin products
  • Keep all cost-related vendors convos in one place
  • Request & compare quotations from multiple vendors
Costing-Pricing
Sampling-Approvals

Give Sample Feedback & Manage Approvals

Improve sample management, feedback, and collaboration with vendors to reduce errors and shorten lead times.

  • Request and track all types of product samples online
  • Approve, reject, or give feedback with annotations
  • Use WFX Click app to upload and share sample photos
  • Collaborate with vendors on a centralized system
  • Analyze approval rates & generate vendor scorecards
  • Set auto alerts to keep sample timelines on track
Sampling-Approvals
Vendor-Collaboration

Streamline Vendor Collaboration

Centralize vendor communication and transactions on Vendor Portal, reducing errors, costs, and lead times while improving supplier relations and compliance management.

  • Improve vendor management with centralized comms
  • Manage all vendor transactions from a single platform
  • Send instant alerts to speed up response times
  • Build compliance standards & manage audits digitally
  • Create visibility across multiple levels of supply chain
  • Review compliance metrics by region/country/product
Vendor-Collaboration
Purchase

Paperless Inspections for Quality Control

Centralize vendor communication and transactions on Vendor Portal, reducing errors, costs, and lead times while improving supplier relations and compliance management.

  • Set quality standards & levels for evaluation
  • Use QC app to capture defects & conduct inspections
  • Allocate inspections to field quality control team
  • Speed up inspections with digital signatures & reports
  • Gain insights into performance & improve production
  • Get transparency of product quality before shipment
Sampling-Approvals
Time-Action

Monitor Production Status With Time & Action

Keep track of project progress, identify bottlenecks, and allocate resources efficiently with an all-in-one task tracking system.

  • Get a visual board to see product status
  • Identify bottlenecks and assess delivery impacts
  • See one screen to find all late activities
  • Use in-built notes and commenting
  • Track user workload and task execution
  • Catch delays early and improve coordination
  • Allocate resources effectively with workload tracking
Time-Action
Shipment-Management

Effectively manage both inbound and outbound shipment processes.

  • Coordinate pre-shipment and customs bookings.
  • Accurately track inbound and outbound shipment expenses.
Shipment-Management
Finance

Achieve comprehensive financial oversight and reporting.

  • Consolidate financial data for a clear overview of fiscal health.
  • Efficiently manage payables and receivables for balanced cash flows.
  • Generate detailed financial reports for strategic decision-making.
  • Continuously monitor revenue growth and profitability for long-term financial success.
Finance
Sales

Capture orders, track shipments, and monitor sales performance to forge stronger customer relationships and drive profitability.

  • Efficiently capture and manage orders through integrated sales tools.
  • Track shipments in real-time for improved customer service and efficiency.
  • Monitor and analyze sales performance for revenue optimization.
  • Implement measures to prevent stock discrepancies and minimize carrying costs.
  • Understand market trends and customer buying patterns to drive sales revenue.
Sales

Plan Perfect Fashion Assortments

Enhance product development and market entry with strategic planning, real-time progress monitoring, and streamlined purchase orders.

  • Align design, merchandising, and sourcing
  • Establish clear merchandise goals
  • Customize planning with specified attributes
  • Track collection development in real-time
  • Assess financial performance impacts
  • Streamline purchase order process
  • Keep POs aligned with Buy Plan

Save Time with Adobe Connector

Enjoy a one-click transfer of Adobe Illustrator files to PLM so your design team can focus on creating better designs instead of wasting time on manual data migration.

  • Drag & drop Adobe Illustrator files to PLM
  • Extract text directly from Adobe AI files
  • Share original artwork files with vendors securely
  • Use expandable storage to store your largest files
  • Increase focus on design and creativity

Build A Centralized Creative Library

Simplify teamwork and organization with a centralized library for products, materials, and collections, streamlining collaboration and efficiency.

  • Create a visual product library for all collections
  • Maintain supplier trim and fabric catalogs
  • Display collections visually or as data grids
  • Customize views per role and export data
  • Update attributes and bulk create products
  • Analyze collection progress and monitor updates
  • Assign views by role so users see only what they need

Centralize All Design Inspiration

Boost collaboration and inspire creativity by sharing design ideas, centralizing resources, and accelerating concept to product development.

  • Easily upload images with WFX Click mobile app
  • Capture & store design ideas on one fashion software
  • Search your design library for new & old images
  • Get feedback, like and vote up on design ideas
  • Compile all your artwork into a visual database
  • Streamline mood and trend board creation
  • Link artworks to all the products that use it

Optimize Costing & Product Margins

Customize, analyze and compare costs across channels and markets with custom templates and flexible views. Make fast decisions and collaborate with vendors for accurate product margins.

  • Get Excel-style grid costing for all cost types
  • Manage wholesale and retail margin visibility
  • Use customizable costing templates and views
  • Analyze costs/margins by vendor, origin or quantities
  • Set custom formulas & highlight low margin products
  • Keep all cost-related vendors convos in one place
  • Request & compare quotations from multiple vendors

Give Sample Feedback & Manage Approvals

Improve sample management, feedback, and collaboration with vendors to reduce errors and shorten lead times.

  • Request and track all types of product samples online
  • Approve, reject, or give feedback with annotations
  • Use WFX Click app to upload and share sample photos
  • Collaborate with vendors on a centralized system
  • Analyze approval rates & generate vendor scorecards
  • Set auto alerts to keep sample timelines on track

Create Tech Packs In A Few Clicks

Simplify teamwork and organization with a centralized library for products, materials, and collections, streamlining collaboration and efficiency.

  • Design accurate and visually appealing Tech Packs
  • Outline technical construction & components clearly
  • List care label instructions in multiple languages
  • Record measurements & use auto-grading
  • Facilitate real-time communication & feedback
  • Showcase 3D images & assets for better visualization
  • Manage versions & track changes with audit trail

Streamline Vendor Collaboration

Centralize vendor communication and transactions on Vendor Portal, reducing errors, costs, and lead times while improving supplier relations and compliance management.

  • Improve vendor management with centralized comms
  • Manage all vendor transactions from a single platform
  • Send instant alerts to speed up response times
  • Build compliance standards & manage audits digitally
  • Create visibility across multiple levels of supply chain
  • Review compliance metrics by region/country/product

Paperless Inspections for Quality Control

Centralize vendor communication and transactions on Vendor Portal, reducing errors, costs, and lead times while improving supplier relations and compliance management.

  • Set quality standards & levels for evaluation
  • Use QC app to capture defects & conduct inspections
  • Allocate inspections to field quality control team
  • Speed up inspections with digital signatures & reports
  • Gain insights into performance & improve production
  • Get transparency of product quality before shipment

Monitor Production Status With Time & Action

Keep track of project progress, identify bottlenecks, and allocate resources efficiently with an all-in-one task tracking system.

  • Get a visual board to see product status
  • Identify bottlenecks and assess delivery impacts
  • See one screen to find all late activities
  • Use in-built notes and commenting
  • Track user workload and task execution
  • Catch delays early and improve coordination
  • Allocate resources effectively with workload tracking

Real people, real results: customer stories

Hear from customers how WFX has gotten them more visibility, centralized processes and facilitated collaboration with suppliers!

The WFX advantage

Our mission? Help fashion businesses like you embrace digital transformation with ease

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With 20+ years of industry experience, WFX has empowered 600+ fashion businesses (across 50+ countries) to leverage modern technology with ease.

We have a dedicated Fashion Tech support and implementation team in the US, backed by a large R&D center in India.

  • We can help you:

  • Centralize techpacks, sampling, approvals & more
  • Get total visibility of all processes on one platform
  • Minimize the time needed to develop new products
  • Enable direct, real-time collaboration with vendors
  • Improve efficiency & scale product development
  • Leverage data analytics for smart decision making

Industries We Serve

Industries We Serve

Our blogs

Want the inside scoop on fashion technology? Read blogs written by industry experts!

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WFX Apparel PLM gives you:

WFX Apparel PLM gives you:
One platform for design, sourcing & approvals   Real-time vendor collaboration   Dashboards to track every milestone  

Insights & Updates

Explore articles, news updates and expert content from the WFX team!

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The Digital Transformation Blueprint for Fashion Businesses
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Business Outlook for the Apparel Industry 2024–2025
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Blockchain's Impact on Fashion: Transparency & Traceability

Buyer Guide for PLM Software

Confused about PLMs? Use our free guide for fashion teams to learn the ins and outs of Apparel PLM buying.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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Who uses PLM?
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Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is widely used by fashion brands, retailers, manufacturers, and suppliers to streamline the design, development, and production processes. It helps these stakeholders collaborate effectively and manage product information throughout its life cycle.

Recommended reading: How to Find The Best PLM For Your Business

PLM for the apparel industry is a software solution that manages and optimizes the entire product life cycle, from concept to consumer. It streamlines product design, development, and production processes, enabling better collaboration and decision-making among teams involved.

PLM software for the apparel industry brings together all aspects of product design, development, and production into a centralized system. It helps teams collaborate on concepts, materials, and technical specifications, ensuring consistency and accuracy across the supply chain. This results in reduced lead times, improved product quality, and increased efficiency.

PLM offers various benefits for the apparel industry, including improved collaboration, shorter time-to-market, reduced costs, and increased efficiency. It helps companies stay competitive by streamlining processes, minimizing errors, and ensuring consistency in design, development, and production.

PLM focuses on managing the entire product life cycle, from concept to consumer, while ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) manages business operations like finance, supply chain, and inventory. PLM deals with product design, development, and production, whereas ERP handles the management of resources, data, and processes in an organization.

A apparel-specific PLM is designed to address the unique challenges and requirements of the fashion industry. It ensures seamless integration of design, development, and production processes, while accommodating the fast-paced nature of fashion trends. This tailored solution helps companies stay ahead of the competition and respond quickly to changing consumer demands.

No, PDM (Product Data Management) and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) are not the same. While PDM primarily focuses on managing product data, PLM encompasses the entire product lifecycle from conception to end-of-life.