DATATEX

Datatex is the world's leading supplier of IT software solutions to the global textile and apparel
industry with the largest installed base of textile software with customers in 42 countries and
5 continents.
continents.

Datatex textile ERP platforms represent over 20 years of continuous software development and
refinement in close collaboration with users in the textile and apparel sector.

Drawbacks in Existing Systems

For most companies in the textile and apparel sector there are two alternatives to a Datatex system
and both of them have serious drawbacks.

 One is to use a system that has been built for you by a software house or recycled from a similar
system they developed for another textile customer. Many textile and apparel companies have
gone down that road. If the software house is any good, you certainly get a system which meets
your needs pretty closely - at first.

 The problems come when you want to update the software as your business grows or conditions
change - not to mention if you want to move to a new platform to take advantage of new
technology. Over time the cost of maintaining and upgrading the system can get seriously out of 
hand.

With a Datatex solution all those costs are shared across the entire customer base - making it much
better value for each individual user. In addition, our product development skills ensure that each new
release is optimized and integrated in a way that no recycled solution can be - even if it claims to be a
complete software 'package'.

Possible Alternatives

The other way is to use a standard ERP application  – either customizing it for the textile and apparel
sector or using the add-ons that are available. Both approaches have their problems.

The textile and apparel industry has a number of unique features that set it apart from other
manufacturing sectors. Customizing a general ERP solution for textile use is therefore an extremely
demanding and difficult task. Often the people doing the customization don't have specific expertise for
the textile sector and this limits the usefulness of the solution.

Using add-ons can give you a solution with a better fit to the needs of your business. The problems arise
when you want to upgrade the basic ERP package - the add-ons have to be rewritten too. You basically
have to manage two software packages  – with the same kind of inflated maintenance costs we
mentioned earlier.
Advantages with Datatex

 A Datatex solution brings the best of both worlds -a dedicated platform whose functions have grown up
over 20 years purely as a result of feedback from people in the industry using it, day after day. Every
significant step in the textile and apparel supply chain is fully catered for in a Datatex solution.

 At the same time, datatex take care that the solutions remain in step with the latest developments in
technology. Their current software uses advanced Web standards like Java 2 EE and XML to let users
take advantages of the latest advances in supply- chain integration and IT technology.

 And the costs of all that development are shared out across the whole user base. This means that the
total cost of ownership of a Datatex solution in the medium to long term is well below that of an ad hoc
system or a general ERP package.

Aims and Methods of DATATEX

When Datatex came into being in 1987 it brought together two sets of expertise: the first was
that of a group of textile management consultants, highly familiar with the sector's working practices; the
second was that of an established software house, specializing in ERP - enterprise resource planning -
solutions. Their aim was to build an ERP application for the textile and apparel sector that would adapt
itself to the working practice of each company - rather than forcing users to adapt their processes to the
application. Their second aim was to develop a service model going well beyond the simple delivery of a
software package - a long-term commitment to creating software solutions for the textile and apparel
sector with extended life-cycles that grow and support the user's changing business operations through
the years.

Building the solution

Fundamental to the excellence of a Datatex software solution is a rigorous approach to the

design and implementation of each customer installation. The process begins with careful analysis of the
customer's organizational structure. For customers who want to use the adoption of a new ERP system as
an opportunity to optimize their business processes, Datatex works with specialist textile
consultants Rovetex and other partners to provide specific expertise on business process re-engineering.
Once the analysis is complete and the functional specification has been drawn up, installation begins.
Depending on the customer‟s IT resources, the project management approach
app roach may range from turnkey
software solutions, with minimal involvement of customer personnel, to installations carried out largely
in-house under the guidance of Datatex technical staff and partners.

On-time and within budget

Delivering solutions within the cost and timeframe agreed with the customer is an absolute
priority. Datatex has an excellent track record in this respect.
 A solution that grows
grows

 As business expands and new IT technology

technology becomes available, a Datatex software solution
grows with the customer, smoothly anda nd reliably. Substantial resources are invested in product
development and testing to ensure that the additions of a new function or the transition to a new
platform are quick and trouble-free.

Service and support

Datatex provides three levels of support for customer installations. A round -the-clock Help desk 
and remote intervention facility enables most issues to be dealt with immediately. On-site support is
provided by the Datatex network of system partners, present in 14 countries, and staff from Datatex
regional offices.

 Planning and Scheduling

Planning has become a critical success factor in the textile and apparel business. Shorter delivery times,
on-time delivery, smaller lot sizes and on-line order
acceptance, are only some of today‟s
to day‟s market expectations.
These needs must be balanced with the desire to minimize
stock financing and maximize profit margins.

Planning Methods and Types

 Production for customer orders at all or a partial levels

(Make to Order –
Order – MTO)

 Make to stock based on forecast (Make to Stock  –

Stock   –
MTS)

 Certain products make to stock and others to order

 Beginning to stock and completing/finishing to order

 Purchasing of all or part of raw materials based on forecast

 Job lots allocation to specific customers a order acceptance or before shipping

Forecasting

 Forecast calculation using “arima” (season based) algorithm

 Trend management

 Forecast by customer, agent, market, season / collection, period...

 Forecast per full or partial product code, product family

 Different levels of forecast (style and style color)

 Projections
  Combination of forecasts, projections and customer orders

 Available to Promise

 On line or batch (implementing order priority rules) ATP capability

 Immediate updating of all related entities so that planning a nd (ATP) dates are maintained

 Scheduling of customer orders on specific resources

Master Planning - Textile Requirements Planning (TRP)

 Planning support for both single or multiple company, site, facilities, divisions • Multi -level
explosion of material and capacity (from finished product to raw material)

 Capability to create a rules –based

 –based demand plan based on a combination of: firm customer orders,
sales forecasts, projections, previously reserved work center capacity, and minimum inventory
levels- based on fully or partially defined product structure

 Rules-based configuration to include: netting, full / partial BOM, material rules (same / different
lots, alternatives allowed, grouping...), purchased or produced, grouping / splitting, optimal lot
sizes, different
different UM‟s, multiple yarn count systems...

  All time-phased activities

activities (lead-times, setup / changeover times, queue times...)
times...) considered

  Analysis of the impact of the demand plan against factors such as sales revenues, profits and
inventory

 Recommended replenishment orders (both externally purchased and internally produced), based
on the explosion of the demand plan (purchasing and production plans)

 Immediate identification of material shortages and “at risk” customer orders (which allows
planners to be proactive in expediting of production or providing customers with alternative ship
dates)

 Work center scheduling around „bottleneck‟ processes

 Constant monitoring of revisions to the schedule with appropriate notifications

 User defined bucketing formats allowed in days, weeks and months

Work Centers Level Scheduling (Capacity Balance)

  Automatic scheduling and balancing

balancing of demands

 Configurable to consider either infinite or finite capacity using a graphical tool to visualize or
modify the calculated results

  Visible distinction with reserved capacity by type of order

o rder (forecast,
( forecast, projection, confirmed, non -
confirmed)

 Bottleneck detection in case of infinite capacity scheduling

Machine Scheduling

 Scheduling system provides an on-line graphical review and update

 Scheduling of all types of departments

d epartments and operations

  Algorithms to maximize on-time delivery, minimize setup / change-over times while minimizing
Work In Process (WIP) inventory

 Immediate highlight of production steps that will be delayed

 Optimize resource selection

 Support for “what if” / simulation scenarios

 Finite scheduling calculations consider also additional resource requirements such as labor or
tooling as well as material / component availability

 Possibility for time-based machine split into sub-resources (yarn production frames)

 Management of compatibility rules of products to machines, product to product for sequencing

(one after the other),or for grouping (produced together at the same time) and for capacity
reservation and product (reserve capacity for a certain customer or production type such as
sampling)

 Sales and Customer service

The solution follows the complete sales and order fulfillment processes step by step, avoiding or resolving
problems at each stage, while keeping order status
information constantly updated.

Sales and Customer Service allows the user to accept an

order with a calculated, confirmed delivery date at the
correct price, after approving credit, and then smoothly
and efficiently enter, track, allocate, ship and invoice the
transaction.

The following functionalities are covered:

Blanket Sales Agreement (BSA)

 Negotiate long-term agreements with customers, defining: selected (or exclusive) products,
pricing / discounts, forecasts, agreement volumes, effective dates...

 Default or enforce negotiated terms on all "call off" orders / releases against the BSA 

 Capability to support call off orders with only partial product code (style, for example) entry in
BSA and product code completion (color or size, for example) to be provided in later
"accommodation"
Order Entry and Processing (Order Fulfil lment)

 Order templates for order types: normal, assortments, samples, new products, exclusive items...

 Capture one-time sales beginning with quote or order entry

 Fast order entry (full screen-multiple lines)

 Matrix order entry (color-size or inseam-waist, for example)

 User-definable header and lines user interface (screen and contents)

 Multiple delivery lines (different delivery dates and / or different delivery points) • Tailor order
processing for specialized business work flow (order life cycle)

 Batch EDI and web portal order entry; import from external applications

 Customer‟s SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) number to internal SKU number cross-reference
cross-reference

 Kits, assortments, packaging put up‟s, sets

 Capable to support multiple / simultaneous UM‟s length, weight and packaging (roll, case,
pallet…)

 On-line production order status inquiry from sales order line

 Notes, comments, multi-media,

multi-media, language descriptions…

 User-defined inquiries and reports; export to business analytical toolbox capsules

 Customer self service facilities

 Availability Check, Scheduling and Reservations

Reservations

 Provide customers with accurate order promise dates using Available-to-Promise (ATP)

 Fulfi ll demand with alternative items if ne cessary

 Real-time product availability from sales order line

 On-line allocations and reservations

Pricing, Discounts, Commissions and Charges

  Automatic order pricing,

pricing, discounting and charging through use of NOW definitions
definitions

 Dynamic and static price lists

li sts in different currencies, validity dates, and UM‟s

 Sales agents, commissions, selling groups…

 Price by quality, range and compounding (for example, effective price plus transportation
charges)

Release, Picking, Packing and Shipping

 Create user-defined picking criteria including release sequence rules which control inventory
allocations
   Alter source, quantity or location at
at pick release

 Customer-specific restrictions (max number of pieces per roll, allowable number of defects per
roll, percentage over / under ordered quantities…) at allocation, release, picking and shipping
stages

 Different packing methods with or without scanning UPC (Universal Product Code) or different
barcode types

 User-defined templates for sales documents: picking, packing lists, bills

bi lls of lading…

  Allow partial, over or leftover

leftover release and shipment

Customer Credit Management - Credit Check,Tax, Payment and Invoicing

  Automatically check customer‟s credit when capturing order and before fulfilling product through
integration to any accounting / financials software package

 User-definable
User-definable order fulfillment / order block policies (don‟t accept order; accept but don‟t release
into production, produce but do not ship…)

  Automatic default tax codes

codes through use of NOW definitions

 Different payments methods and invoicing addresses

Order Hold

  Apply hold to items, customer , sites,

sites, or warehouses, or combinations (consignment)

 Pack and hold, bill and hold…

 Distribution center management

Claims, Credits and Returns

 Handling "charge-backs"

 Claim issue, Return Goods Authorization (RGA) and credit note flow

 Enter expected lot and element number (roll # or carton #) for returned goods

 Replacement shipping and management of re-stocking fees

Customer Relationship Management

 Business Partner (customers, suppliers, external sub-contractors, and internal providers)

 Order Partner • Multiple contacts

 Multiple addresses (bill to; ship to; return from…)

 Sales campaigns • "Selling SKU‟s" (Stock Keeping Unit) vs. "Internal SKU‟s"

 Business analytics / intelligence

Third Party Manufacturing (Commission Work / Sub-Contractors)

 Invoicing directly from job lists

 Inventory management of customer-owned materials

 Full price list capabilities based on processes

 Quantity price breaks and discounts

 Provisional and definitive invoices

 Printed reports and statistics

 Production Order Management

Datatex Production Order Management caters to the

manufacturing needs of each individual business,
providing a personalized and comprehensive solution
capable of understanding and effectively managing each
company‟s particular production facility.

Main Benefits

 Precise and thorough control of all production

processes to maximize volume and profits for
each item - by department and by the whole
enterprise

 Production tracking and exception reporting

 Reduction of production lead-times

 Quality improvement by better managing

material usage and parameter settings for
production

 Reduction of waste with accurate process standards and monitoring activities

  Accurate management of external processes, including in-transit shipping, sub contracted

processes, and price lists for commissioned activities

o Tracking the inventory

o Tracking the external processing

o Job costing

o Invoicing

 Proactive communication between production and customer service so that potential delays and
problems can be identified and corrected.
Routing and BOM (Bill of Material)

 Multiple types of BOM‟s and routings are supported (per customer; with alternative materials and
 / or steps)

 BOM and routing for a specific production order / customer order

 Dynamic explosion of dye / print / finishing formulas based on production quantities

Production Entities

 Demand = customer orders, sales forecasts, sales projections, previously reserved work center
capacity, and minimum inventory levels

 Bulk order = group or split of demands derived directly from customer orders or calculated
automatically by MRP, containing one or more products

 Production demand = smallest entity to be tracked through production

 Production order = group of demands to be processed in one or more production steps

 Pre-created element = pallets, cartons, rolls... pre-defined to be entered from production

demands or production orders

Capacity Balance

 Configurable to consider either infinite or finite capacity using a graphical tool to visualize or
modify the calculated results

 Capacity analysis of demand plan based on a combination of: firm customer orders, sales
forecasts, previously reserved work center capacity, and minimum inventory levels

 Bottleneck detection

 Dynamic calculation of required work center capacity per routing step, considering defined
efficiencies, wastes, and standard batch sizes

Material Calculation

 Dynamic calculation of required materials per routing step, based on expected wastes (fixed and
variable), for all upstream and downstream processes

Production Transactions

  Accurate tracks of all issues

issues and receipts across all phases of production

 Support of inter-company transfers, to / from outside sub-contractors, with associated lead –times

 –times

 User-definable rules to allow / prohibit shipment of partial / over / remaining production order
quantities

  Automatic back-flash management by production progress or end product stock entries. Quantity
can be recalculated based on production quantity or as reserved
Dye-House Management

 Integrated module that guides the efficient scheduling of all dyeing, printing and finishing
activities

 Calculation for both batch or continuous dyeing / printing / coating

 Support of dye / print / finishing formulas and recipes, allowing for dynamic adjustments

 Different items using the same recipe can be included in one dye lot

  Accurate definition of component

component usage by percentage of weight
weight or by quantities per volume

  Ability to calculate based on bath volumes, liquor ratios, pickup percentages, residual volumes
and standard losses

  Accurate tracks of actual

actual dyeing and printing components consumptions

 Quality improvement with reports of variances for dye-house performance analysis and costing
recalculations

 Direct connection to scales to manage and control weights

Shop-Floor Data Collection (CAMS) and Fabric Inspection & Optimization (CATS)

 CAMS: (Computer Aided Manufacturing System)

o Records machine settings and monitors production „events‟ in real-time

real-time

o Meets regulatory reporting needs for many industries

o Controls job progression status and job queues

o Details productivity analysis and variance alerts

 CATS: (Computer Assisted Textile Supervisor)

o Reporting and mapping of defects in fabric inspection activities

o User-defined quality definitions / rules per customer and / or style

o Cut optimization rules to maximize first quality rolls

o Capability to tie inventory and production to fabric inspection activities

Production Progress, Tracking and Work in Process (WIP) Visibility

 Complete visibility across all areas of production, from issuing raw materials to putting away the
finished product

 Support of both forward and backward scheduling, or a combination of both (priority to the
 „bottleneck‟)

 Calculation of expected completion times based on order quantities, setup / change- over times,
machine efficiency, average run lengths, waste, elongation / contraction, and reprocessing

 Negative availability analysis for each production step per defined period (day, week...)
  Work center load analysis

 Compatible with many popular monitoring and control systems (spinning, loom, knit, dye-
house...)

 Fixed or rate-based outputs

 Operations: in parallel or in series

 Optional / mandatory shop-floor data collection

 User –defined
 –defined technical data definable for each production step ( standard operating procedures...)
procedures...)

 Multiple UM‟s with automatic conversions

convers ions

 Net, gross, or conditioned weights

 Partial step quantities can be progressed, allowing overlapping of operations

 Production steps can be stopped, taken off the machine, inventoried, and re-issued into
production at a later time

  Allocation of completed job steps to

to next production step or to customer orders

 Supports internal, external, multi-item, multi-batch production

 Creation and handling of all required documentation: pick lists, piece tags, processing
instructions...

 Exports to Excel for easy reporting

Quality Management

 The same product can be defined

d efined with multiple quality levels

 Inventory views are seen by these different quality levels

 Support of re-work to improve quality levels

 Configurable rules allow a „second‟ quality measurement for o ne customer to be classified as „first
quality‟ for another customer

Waste Control

 Support of dynamic calculation of material issues based on expected wastes

  Accurate handling of fixed

fixed or variable wastes per production
production order

 Waste products to be re-processed

 Support of elongation / contraction and actual vs. expected wastes per production step

External Operations

  Visibility into outside sub-contractors

sub-contractors with routing steps and warehouse
warehouse transactions to / from

  Accurate calculation of surcharges

surcharges and discounts, based on price lists
  Tracks of production by batch, piece, location...

Commission Work / Sub-Contracting for Others

 Management of price lists and invoicing directly from job lots

 Special inventory management rules for customer-owned materials

 Full price list capabilities based on processes, surcharges, and discounts

 Quantity price breaks and discounts

 Provisional and definitive invoices generated from production orders

 Printed reports and statistics

 Inventory

 An accurate and detailed view of inventory across all levels and
facilities is a critical business tool. Knowing the location, status,
value, and lead-times of inventory is essential to making the
most effective business decisions.

Datatex Inventory accurately handles all levels of inventory and

warehousing - from raw materials to finished goods, as well as
all levels in between.

Warehouse Management System

 Physical Warehouse

 Logical Warehouse

 Warehouse Group

 Consignment Warehouse

 Transit Warehouse

 Bill & Hold Warehouse

 Internal, Customer, Supplier Warehouse

  Accounting Warehouse

Warehouse Management System (Physical Warehouse)

 Warehouse/zone/bin location level

 Weight, volume, length, height, width plus 5 user-definable measurements/constrains (for

example roll type, box type)

 Bin nature (picking, transfer, dock, quality control and other)

  Bin priority and status (active/blocked)

 Different products, lots, containers, partial entries/issues allowed per location

 Improved warehouse organization for better response times and increased customer service
levels

 Optimized warehouse efficiencies with engineered location control for quicker response times
Warehouse Management System (Logical Warehouse)

 Possibility to stock any type of products like fiber, yarn, raw materials in general (chemical,
dyestuffs, spare parts) greige products and finished products like finished fabric or apparel

 Management by quantity, lot, container type, container #, element, # of elements (roll, carton, #
of cones per carton) level

 Multiple types of UM‟s: Kg/lb, meter/yards, each/unit,

each/unit, lots, bales, pieces, packages, cones, cases,
pallets, rolls, colors, sizes, put-up‟s
put-up‟s

  Visibility by quality level for the same item number / SKU (Stock Keeping Unit)

 Simultaneous balance by 3 UM‟s (length, weight and packaging)

  Allocation to other warehouses, customers,

customers, or production orders

 Balance for a product in the same logical warehouse can be stored, by company and/ or
customer

Warehouse Availability

 User-definable stock type (availability status like for example stock on hand, reserved for
customer
customer order, allocated…)

 Multiple user-defined availability formulae

 Negative stock concept

 Multi company / warehouse analysis

 Drill down facilities from company to element/location detail

  “Wild card” searches

searches by article codes

 Searches by element, container, location or movement status

 Inquiry per period evidencing negative availability

 Possibility to reserve the goods for customer / project

 Inquiry by matrix (color-size) for the apparel section

Stocktaking

 By warehouse / location or product

 Simultaneous stock take by item on different or same logical warehouse

 System authorization management

  Label scanning and barcode capturing

 Accounting / Valuation

 Inventory valuation reports by standard cost, last cost, average estimated cost or average period
cost

 Cost at product, lot, element and quality detail

 LIFO inventory evaluation

Warehouse Transaction

 Internal order and internal document (bill of lading) management for warehouse transfer

 Warehouse and / or bin location

l ocation transfer

 User-defined warehouse transaction codes

 Single entry, issue, transfer by quantity, lot,container, element

 Multiple entry, issue, transfer by quantity, lot, container , element

 Product name, lot #, roll # and container # change

  Ability to split or join elements

elements with full traceability

 Quality level downsize

 Printed labels (bar-coded), documents and reports

 Purchasing

Purchasing of any service, product, asset, raw material, and maintenance is managed within the same
application.

Datatex Purchasing manages all activities: requisition /

approvals, purchase orders, receiving of goods, three-way
match, vendor analysis. Material replenishment, policies
that govern economic order quantities, lead-times,
minimum / maximum stock levels can be defined and
customized.

Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)

 Negotiation of long-term agreements with

suppliers, defining: selected (or exclusive)
products, pricing / discounts, forecasts, agreed volumes and effective dates

 Default or enforce negotiated terms on all “call off” orders against the BPA 

 Capability to support BPA with only partial product code (style, for example) entry and product
code completion (color or size,for example) to be provided in call offs
  Collections and / or assortments

Order Entry and Processing (Order Fulfillment)

 Capability to purchase every type of material, services and coded and non coded items included

 Order templates for different user-defined order types

 Capture one-time purchases beginning with quote or o rder entry

 Fast order entry (full screen-multiple lines)

 Matrix order entry (color-size or inseam-waist, for example)

 User-definable header and lines user interface (screen and contents)

 Multiple delivery lines (different delivery dates and / or different delivery points)

 Order processing tailoring for specialized business work flow (order life c ycle)

 Batch EDI and web portal order entry; import from external applications, (Advanced Shipping
Notes - ASN)

 Supplier‟s SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) number to internal SKU number cross-
cross - reference

 Capable to support multiple / simultaneous UM‟s length, weight and packaging (roll, case,
pallet...)

 Notes, comments, multi-media, language description

 User-defined inquiries and reports; export to business analytical toolbox capsules, or Excel work 
sheets

Pricing, Discounts, Lead-Times and Charges

  Automatic order pricing,

pricing, discounting and charging through use of NOW definitions
definitions

 Price lists per supplier in different currencies, effective dates, and UM‟s

 Price by quality

 Price by quantity ranges

 Minimum order quantity and delivery lead- time per product/supplier

Tax, Payment and Invoicing

 Integration to Accounts Payable (A/P) for processing and payment

 Three-way match capability

  Automatic default tax and VAT codes through use of NOW definitions
Receiving from Suppliers and Returns to Supplier

 User-definable receiving function at element level (lot, roll, carton)

 Partial or over receiving

 Quality assurance control with possibility to accept or reject the goods

 Quarantine items until inspected

 Return of the goods from order or from stock at lot and/or element level (lot, roll, carton),
managing reason and return documents

Supplier Relationship Management

 Business Partner (customers, suppliers, external sub-contractors and internal providers)

 Order partner

 Multiple contacts

 Multiple addresses (return to)

 Business analytics / intelligence

External Operations

 Sub-contract of external operations (for example dyeing or printing) without managing the
production details

 Possibility to link the BOM (Bill of Material) to the purchase order

 Components (raw material) transfer from internal to sub-contract warehouse

  Accurate calculation of surcharges

surcharges and discounts, based on price lists

 Management of external inventories of components or finished goods

Requisition

 Rules-based, with defined authority levels (request, approve, buy)

  Automatic purchase requisitions are created by the planning module, with simple approval
process to convert into purchase orders

  Automatic transformation
transformation from requisition to purchase order

Report and Analysis

 User-defined inquiries and reports; export to business analytical toolbox capsules

 User-defined vendor selection criteria: by price, delivery, lead-time, quality and past performance

 Complete status tracking capability

  Costing
 Accurate product costing is a must for survival and
a nd success.
Datatex offers the capability to dynamically calculate
standard and actual costs for an unlimited range of 
production alternatives.

Datatex supports all costing methodologies include simple or

complex ABC, (Activity Based Costing). The goal is to
accurately highlight contribution margins for all products,
services, and production mixes. In addition, the solution will
track actual costs, allowing comparison of actual with
standard.

Cost Element/Product Components

 Cost elements are user-defined through tables based on parameter settings.They can be set for
cost (e.g. interest) or consumption (e.g. labor)

 Each cost element and product can use infinite different, user-defined values simultaneously

 Cost elements and components can be applied to various levels, such as routing steps, work 
centers, and external operations. Moreover, cost elements and components can be linked to
complete or partial product codes managed as ordinary secondary keys (for example, product
costs detailed by color, or by color groups which are often defined on a product code‟s secondary
key)

 Cost elements can be dynamically divided as direct or indirect costs without a rigid distinction and
grouped by type

Cost Calculation

 Costs are calculated based on common cost/production structures

 Standard costs can be calculated by product, by BOM and by product routing

 Calculate the contribution margin of a unit of measurement and/or machine hour by Standard
Cost product (average alternative routing) or by single routing

 Make production plans for a period to determine contribution margins

 Calculate product costs using the complete or partial product key

 Explode cost calculation to lower levels of t he bill of material

  All calculations are date sensitive

sensitive considering validity dates of components

 Costs and components may have multiple user-definable versions and simulation groups

 Costs can be differentiated for the same product by manufacturing site

Cost Inquiry

 Query standard costs using unlimited cost category (for example: frozen standard, actual
standard, future)

 Query costs by cost center, work center and cost element type

 Query costs of: materials, internal production, external production, interest and below standard
quality

 Query direct and indirect costs dynamically defining the distinction each time

 Costs by user defined unit of measurement and currency

Cost Simulation

 Unlimited simulation groups

 Simulate optimum production mixes that maximize company profits

Sales Cost

 Different cost per:

o customer

o delivery point

o shipping and delivery mode

o country code

o order and order line type

o carrier

o payment terms

o zone/market

o agent

 Actual Cost

 Roll-up comparisons between standard and actual costs by level o r group or combination

 Evaluate entry movements coming from internal operations

 Interface with the general ledger

 The ability to close orders and rationalize earnings based on goods actually produced from a
production order
  Core manufacturing data

The Datatex database has been designed to support the inherent complexities of all kinds of textile
business. The module is highly configurable and may be
tailored to fit the working practices of any textile
organisation.

The Database module offers:

General Organization Entities

 Multi-companies / site / facilities / divisions

 Calendars

 Business partners

 Currencies, countries and languages

Templates, Policies, Groups, Types and Counters

 Personalization-role and user-specific menus with no coding required

 Customization without programming

 Technical data (user-definable database field)

 Multimedia and notes management

Items

 Different item natures like: product, container, tool, no -inventory product, service, charge, recipe,
weaving pattern, print design, cost elements

 Unlimited item types (product families like: yarn, greige fabric, finished fabric, trims, garment)

 Definition of up to ten attributes / keys for every item type, with SKU‟s (Stock Keeping Unit) up to
110 characters in length

 Use of secondary attributes (color for example) allows for the handling of items without pre-
defined item masters

 Product structures: sizes, size groups, ranges

 Support of matrix order entry (for example: size / color or waist / inseam)

 Unlimited units of measure (UM‟s)

 Support for multi-language / descriptions

 Unlimited quality levels without changing product name

  Unlimited commercial codes for the same produced product (aliases).

Warehouses

 Physical, logical, accounting, in-transit,

in-transit, temporary…

 Definition of zones locations and specific bins

Costing and Production Database

  Automatic dynamic construction of BOM (Bill of Material) and routing steps through pre -defined
rules (for example component color = parent color for the BOM and work center/time operation
selection depending on the shade of the product during a dyeing routing)

 Definition of operational technical data (work centers, resources, processes, recipes, print
designs, weaving patterns...)

 Definition and management of: product costs, raw material requirements, labor , overhead
consumption, and production capacity needs

 Loading of each work center step, including: processing times, setup / change-over times,
resource yields, expected waste, elongation / contraction percentages, standard batch sizes, and
operations

 Operation types supported: continuous, batch, printing, and external

 Management of engineering changes

  Alternative BOM, routing,

routing, work center

  Validity dates for each of the above elements

Security

 Driven by user-profiles allowing intranet, extranet, and Internet access to defined products,
plants, warehouses for update or for inquiry only

 Customer portal friendly architecture

 Field level security-view

security- view and edit, view only, hidden…

Other Features

 Full integration across all modules and functions

 Instant and accessible visibility to all users a nd departments

 Definition of system structures and how data is handled by the solution

NOW by DATATEX 
Modules:

1. Payroll
2. BOM
3. Time & Action Calendar
4. Something (?)
5. Something (?)

Our Topic-Payroll
1. System runtime-
2. Society
3. Masters-
3.1. Rules and masters-
3.1.1.District
3.1.1.District :
3.1.2. PF rule : one time definition – to define the PF rule.
3.1.2.1. Company code
3.1.2.2. Categories
3.1.2.3. Pfrule attract allowance ( 1for 100 % attendance, if PF is deducted from it or not
)
3.1.2.4. Age limit
3.1.2.5. Min % contribution of employee to EPF
3.1.3.ESI
3.1.3.ESI calendar
3.1.4.ESI
3.1.4.ESI rule
3.1.5.Variable
3.1.5.Variable DA rule (when an employee goes out – staying allowance..)
3.1.6.Incentive
3.1.6.Incentive rule
3.1.7.Full
3.1.7.Full and final rule
3.1.8.Authorization
3.1.8.Authorization definition
3.1.9.FMG
3.1.9.FMG master
3.1.10.
3.2. Transaction and processing
3.2.1.Ics
3.2.1.Ics entity parameter
3.2.2.Full
3.2.2.Full and final processing
4. Employee database
4.1. employee address
4.2. employee family
4.3. employee skill
4.4. employee training
 4.5. employee education
4.6. employee nomination
5. Attendance
5.1. rules and masters
6. Job allocation
7. Income tax
8. Leave management
9. Payroll processing
10. Reimbursements
10.1. Rules and masters
10.2. Transaction and processing
11. Loans
12. Labour welfare
13. Insurance
14. Superannuation

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