01/10/2009

By Scott Thompson

George Davies has chosen the Buyerplan merchandise planning and product development solution from Decision Systems for his GIVe venture.

Melanie Davies, George Davies' eldest daughter and former business unit director for Per Una, who was involved in the system selection and implementation at GIVe, says: "We have worked closely with Decision Systems so that they could provide us with a solution which reflects how we want to work from pre-season planning, range building, costing, fabric management, range selection, critical path management, delivery scheduling and stock building."

Buyerplan follows the WSSI (Weekly Sales, Stock and Intake) model. Melanie Davies explains: "Because we can focus on individual products, we can take quick action on reordering, reallocation or promotion of any lines." Through the Supplier Interaction module, the solution enables GIVe to collaborate with its suppliers all over the world to share designs, costings, images and critical path information ensuring that the end result meets expectations in terms of quality and avoids delays in meeting deadlines.