Indonesian apparel manufacturer Busana Apparel Group has invested in a new Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution to help streamline product development and costing for rapid response.

Established in 1975, Busana is one of the largest Indonesian garment manufacturers and exporters, with 30 manufacturing facilities in Indonesia and Ethiopia offering a one-stop-shop for woven apparel production, producing and exporting 50m pieces per annum.

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The firm’s vision is to be the leading integrated solutions provider in lifestyle and fashion apparel, excelling in design, development and sourcing to deliver the right products and services competitively with a quick response. Busana’s digital transformation drive identified PLM as the ideal tool to integrate and streamline product development and costing.

It has selected Centric Software‘s Centric Manufacturing PLM solution.

“With PLM, we expect to meet our expanding global customer demands with improved product development lead time, dynamic pricing scenarios and greater visibility in sample-making,” explains M Maniwanan, group chairman at Busana.

“Through Agile Deployment we expect a user-friendly system that can be configured to capture real-time information directly from the source, allowing us to significantly reduce non-value-added tasks and concentrate on the core functionality of developing a high-quality product for our customers at a more efficient pace.”

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