Global skiwear brand chooses TXT for solution scalability, industry knowledge and implementation expertise

Global skiwear brand Spyder Active Sports has just gone-live with new demand planning technology, TXTDEMAND, from fashion and supply chain management experts TXT e-solutions.

"With Spyder's continuing rapid growth, we understand the importance of demand planning and the supply chain to scaling our business," said Spyder's CIO, Kevin Smith. "We looked at a number of solutions and decided that TXTDEMAND was best suited to handle our current needs and as a platform for future growth. Now that it's implemented, we believe we'll be seeing benefits almost immediately."

TXTDEMAND is a part of the TXTPERFORM Supply Chain Management suite which provides companies with demand planning solutions covering forecasting, sales budgeting, purchase planning and merchandise planning. Benefits anticipated from using the software include improved service levels and a better response to market with lower inventory levels, which often leads to a reduction in working capital.

"TXT really impressed us with their expertise in our market for active sports and outdoor wear," said Smith. "Their in-depth understanding around demand planning and procurement sourcing was immediately evident. TXT showed an impressive grasp, not only of the technology, but also of our process and how to optimise it."

"We are delighted that an innovative organisation such as Spyder has selected us," said Stefano Lena, Vice President of Global Sales and Managing Director TXT US Inc. "It is great that Spyder recognises TXTDEMAND as the perfect solution to support Spyder's challenges in dealing with the complexity and dynamism of this specific market. Our know-how and experience has been acquired through working with more than 250 companies within the fashion sector and our expertise is now widely acknowledged."

G4 Analytics, a TXT partner, managed the implementation.