Our Features:
Platform Features
By Impact, Process & Flow.
Farewell Excel.
You and your many, many versions of the same spreadsheets did your best!
The Fashion & Apparel industry has invested approximately $3.5 Billion is ERP & PLM platforms to streamline fast paced, product development at scale. The weak link in most organizations....Excel. A myriad of un-versioned, error laden spreadsheets negating the very efficiencies hoped to be gained with ERP & PLM investment. Sweft mitigates the need for spreadsheets furnishing all systems with one version of the truth, process accumulated, accurate & complete data.
Assortment
Planning
Enables Buyers to build and visualize their assortments from both Product Development and market-available products.
- Replaces Excel spreadsheet reliance and automates current manual data entry effort, mitigating the risk of human error.
- Automates repetitive tasks, improving efficiency while reducing non-value-add workload.
- Enables Buyers’ to inject product inspiration at every stage of process with creative and visual teams.
- Enables buyers to auto generate visual assortments via folio presentation for distribution & approval.
- Enforces pertinent data points (e.g. product attributes) are acquired prior to release to downstream processes and analysis.
Automated Item Setup
Ensures that all pertinent data points are acquired and accurate, to complete setup in financial systems such as the ERP or Merchandise Planning.
- Minimizes data entry effort by process automation and pulling data from ancillary systems.
- Supports key processes such as approvals, attribution and compliance.
- Perpetual rules-based data validation & verification ensures 100% data accuracy.
- Perpetual prioritization/reassignment of SKU workloads based on data driven triggers. (e.g. P.O. Dates, Events etc.)
- Comprehensive dashboards simplify data entry, SKU process/progress visibility and departmental daily operations.
- Syndicates essential data to downstream systems.
Manufacturer Vendor Portals
Secure, SaaS driven Vendor Portal delegates required data input & compliance details to Vendor(s).
- Automates P.O. approval process with required (complete) data entry specified.
- Enforces data set requirements (e.g. product specifications, compliance data|documentation, image specifications etc.)
- Easily managed/updated permissions-based product data views and data entry requirements.
- Vendor Portal data received is full integrated with overall SKU development product workflow management.
- Automates the sample approval process and subsequent sample tracking in a single source platform.
- Option to integrate with Vendor specific logistics platforms.
Item Enrichment
Multi-threaded parallel processes used to create digital content for publishing products online in one single source platform.
- Sample Management enables privileged users to request, receive and track physical samples throughout the organization via auto generated QR code based comprehensive sample cards which include internal sample tracking, annotations and approval processes.
- Studio & Copy Management optimizes resources by scheduling upcoming workload in data driven, contextual priority. Algorithmically calculating optimal use of resources based on item priority relative to GTM deadlines. Providing validated & approved creative briefs prior to scheduling while affording optimal time for the creative process.
Consolidated Product View
Single source platform delivering 100% accurate data for customer-facing teams: Stores, Digital, Marketing, Visual, CSR’s.
- Replaces need for multi-system login’s to provide the same required data sets for desired function.
- Single source permissions-based user access at employee grade/departmental or function level.
- Eliminates PIM requirement with advanced function.
- Syndicates consistent data sets in real-time to internal/external/third party retail platforms.
- Affords multiple redundancies in data validation accuracy prior to publishing. (i.e. 100% Accurate Outbound Data)
- Product information repository perpetually updated in real-time providing a single source of truth.
Unified Product Workflow
Connects product-related processes across the organization to expedite the flow of new products and improve sales and customer satisfaction.
- Tracks product workflow end-to-end, across teams, processes and systems to ensure there are no gaps or delays.
- Prioritizes tasks based on delivery and marketing deadlines, so that the most urgent products are completed fastest.
- Provides best-practice workflows that follow industry standards.
- Easily and highly customizable workflow modules.
- Comprehensive progress completion reports indexed to item stakeholders &/or organizational dashboard views.
- Comprehensive dashboard views custom to departmental needs complete with prioritized, actionable alerts.
Product Workflow Management
Enables Buyers to build and visualize their assortments from both Product Development and market-available products.
- Replaces Excel spreadsheet reliance and automates current manual data entry effort, mitigating the risk of human error.
- Automates repetitive tasks, improving efficiency while reducing non-value-add workload.
- Enables Buyers’ to inject product inspiration at every stage of process with creative and visual teams.
- Enables buyers to auto generate visual assortments via folio presentation for distribution & approval.
- Enforces pertinent data points (e.g. product attributes) are acquired prior to release to downstream processes and analysis.
Ensures that all pertinent data points are acquired and accurate, to complete setup in financial systems such as the ERP or Merchandise Planning. Minimizes data entry effort by process automation and pulling data from ancillary systems.
- Supports key processes such as approvals, attribution and compliance.
- Perpetual rules-based data validation & verification ensures 100% data accuracy.
- Perpetual prioritization/reassignment of SKU workloads based on data driven triggers. (e.g. P.O. Dates, Events etc.)
- Comprehensive dashboards simplify data entry, SKU process/progress visibility and departmental daily operations.
- Syndicates essential data to downstream systems.
Secure, SaaS driven Vendor Portal delegates required data input & compliance details to Vendor(s).
- Automates P.O. approval process with required (complete) data entry specified.
- Enforces data set requirements (e.g. product specifications, compliance data|documentation, image specifications etc.)
- Easily managed/updated permissions-based product data views and data entry requirements.
- Vendor Portal data received is full integrated with overall SKU development product workflow management.
- Automates the sample approval process and subsequent sample tracking in a single source platform.
- Option to integrate with Vendor specific logistics platforms.
Multi-threaded parallel processes used to create digital content for publishing products online in one single source platform.
- Sample Management enables privileged users to request, receive and track physical samples throughout the organization via auto generated QR code based comprehensive sample cards which include internal sample tracking, annotations and approval processes.
- Studio & Copy Management optimizes resources by scheduling upcoming workload in data driven, contextual priority. Algorithmically calculating optimal use of resources based on item priority relative to GTM deadlines. Providing validated & approved creative briefs prior to scheduling while affording optimal time for the creative process.
Single source platform delivering 100% accurate data for customer-facing teams: Stores, Digital, Marketing, Visual, CSR’s.
- Replaces need for multi-system login’s to provide the same required data sets for desired function.
- Single source permissions-based user access at employee grade/departmental or function level.
- Eliminates PIM requirement with advanced function.
- Syndicates consistent data sets in real-time to internal/external/third party retail platforms.
- Affords multiple redundancies in data validation accuracy prior to publishing. (i.e. 100% Accurate Outbound Data)
- Product information repository perpetually updated in real-time providing a single source of truth.
Single source platform delivering 100% accurate data for customer-facing teams: Stores, Digital, Marketing, Visual, CSR’s.
- Replaces need for multi-system login’s to provide the same required data sets for desired function.
- Single source permissions-based user access at employee grade/departmental or function level.
- Eliminates PIM requirement with advanced function.
- Syndicates consistent data sets in real-time to internal/external/third party retail platforms.
- Affords multiple redundancies in data validation accuracy prior to publishing. (i.e. 100% Accurate Outbound Data)
- Product information repository perpetually updated in real-time providing a single source of truth.
Workflow Features
By Organizational Structure.
Executive Management
Increase new SKU margins by a minimum of 14% on new SKU releases at scale. Reduce product timeline launches by a minimum of 40%.
I.T.
Bridge PLM, ERP & PIM gaps without needing to write a single line of code. Sweft is a non-invasive SaaS based middleware.
Merchandising
Know when upcoming products to merchansize are ready, delayed and their status in process...all in real-time.
Planning
The best laid plans complimented by flawless execution. Sweft provides complete visibility to all new SKU's stage in process.
Vendor Portals
Incorporate manufacturing vendors into your workflow process enforcing 100% accurate product, status and compliance data.
Sample Management
Sweft tracks product samples from manufacturing to alerting process stakeholders of arrival and every stage in between.
Studio
Management
Sweft schedules studio time only when every predefined step and data element required to ensure a successful shoot are collected.
Creative
Seeing is believing and see you shall. View algorithmically sorted SKU's pending GTM in order of availability.
Copywriting
View products &/or product lines ready for copy based GTM launch dates in order or urgency while affording maximum timelines for creative flow.
Marketing
Stage & position new products &/or product lines in order of priority based on line avilability, season, trend or any other predetermined variable.
Online Retail
Only fully populated SKU's from creative, studio and copywriting enter your online publishing workload queue in order of GTM priority.
Warehousing
From samples to inventory arrival. Your WMS will trigger all affiliated workflow steps to complete item distribution without needing a single input.
Workflow Features
By Organizational Structure.
Executive Management
Increase new SKU margins by a minimum of 14% on new SKU releases at scale. Reduce product timeline launches by a minimum of 40%.
I.T.
Bridge PLM, ERP & PIM gaps without needing to write a single line of code. Sweft is a non-invasive SaaS based middleware.
Merchandising
Know when upcoming products to merchansize are ready, delayed and their status in process...all in real-time.
Planning
The best laid plans complimented by flawless execution. Sweft provides complete visibility to all new SKU's stage in process.
Vendor Portals
Incorporate manufacturing vendors into your workflow process enforcing 100% accurate product, status and compliance data.
Sample Management
Sweft tracks product samples from manufacturing to alerting process stakeholders of arrival and every stage in between.
Studio
Management
Sweft schedules studio time only when every predefined step and data element required to ensure a successful shoot are collected.
Creative
Seeing is believing and see you shall. View algorithmically sorted SKU's pending GTM in order of availability.
Copywriting
View products &/or product lines ready for copy based GTM launch dates in order or urgency while affording maximum timelines for creative flow.
Marketing
Stage & position new products &/or product lines in order of priority based on line avilability, season, trend or any other predetermined variable.
Online Retail
Only fully populated SKU's from creative, studio and copywriting enter your online publishing workload queue in order of GTM priority.
Warehousing
From samples to inventory arrival. Your WMS will trigger all affiliated workflow steps to complete item distribution without needing a single input.
As a retailer, you need more than just another PIM system — Sweft’s PWM platform is the central source of truth for faster GTM, optimizing workflows across departments from merchandising to marketing. Increase your margins by eliminating the many spreadsheets and improving the efficiency of every step from product selection to sell-on-time, to deliver engaging product experiences across digital channels from one integrated platform to ensure highly profitable product launches, with Sweft’s easy-to-use Product Workflow Management system. Contact us and schedule your demo today!
