South American sports apparel leader Supertex opts Coats Digital tech

As the next step in a business-wide digitisation journey, Supertex Group will deploy FastReactPlan, which leads the market in production planning, across its factories in Colombia and El Salvador – which together employ more than 5,000 people and produce 1.7 million units per month.

Founded 37 years ago and recognised for continually investing in technology and a highly qualified team, Supertex Group specialises in sports apparel, for brands like Adidas, Under Armour, Patagonia, and North Face.

To keep pace with the demands of its high-profile, international client base, Supertex has long recognised the importance of digitisation. To improve its cost accuracy and standardise the sewing operation, Supertex implemented GSDCost in 2016. When the time came to take the next step on its digitisation journey, Supertex again turned to Coats Digital to help improve on-time delivery and provide greater visibility into the group’s supply chain.

“In a very short time, digitisation went from being a competitive advantage to being an indispensable requirement,” said Eduardo Herrera, CEO of Supertex Group. “The implementation of an ambitious strategy of process modernisation will separate the winners from the losers in our industry.”

The FastReactPlan project includes detailed planning of the 4 factories as well as the management of product and material development, which will allow Supertex to have global visibility of the full supply chain, identify potential problems in a timely manner and improve the performance in all its facilities.

“The highly intuitive nature of FastReactPlan, coupled with the ability to integrate different elements of the supply chain in a single solution, will enable us to make intelligent, informed decisions,” says Daniel Herrera, projects director for Supertex. “This partnership will also allow us to tap into the experience of the Coats Digital team, as well as its proven solutions, to help standardise our processes and to implement industry best practices.”

This partnership also serves as a strong foothold in the Latin American market, where Coats Digital is already working with other leading manufacturers to support their digitisation journeys and to reinforce their competitive status on the world stage.

“After being GSDCost users for some time, we are excited that Supertex continues to see Coats Digital as a strategic technology partner for the future,” concludes Oscar Gonzalez, Coats Digital’s agent in Latin America. “With the implementation of FastReactPlan, and the continued engagement of our experts in the region, we are proud that Coats Digital can support the continued growth of Supertex Group through market-leading technology solutions and process excellence.”

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (RKS)