Island Pacific signs partnership with CGS to support best-in-class PIM & PLM capabilities

Many of today’s global retailers engage in supplying not only finished products but in developing their own products from concept to delivery. The solution helps organize and classify millions of pieces of data across multiple stakeholders. Collaboration and digitization of all the assets are key for ease of access across departments and channels. Ensuring all data is available and fed to the relevant, interested party whether that be suppliers, eCommerce, buying, merchandising, finance, wholesale and other channels. Allowing supply chain and their partners the opportunity to quickly share and update critical product information well before it becomes a finished article. Giving all parties greater transparency and improving communication.

Richard Gaetano, Island Pacific COO, elaborates: “In addition, the partnership with CGS provides Island Pacific with a best-in-class PLM solution which ensures retailers have the tools to manage their products as they move through from concept to finished good. Product development is such an integral part of our customers’ business process and this will enhance that experience and improve visibility of the product from planning, formalizing, ordering and all the way through allocating the products across various channels. Strategically, the benefits are extremely tangible; providing one version of the truth and integration of activity across all interested parties with an integral workflow.

“We are pleased to introduce a bidirectional integration that builds from our merchandise and financial planning systems, across to the PLM system for product development across the planned categories where the finished products can be formalized into our merchandising system. Once products are formalized, they can be further enriched and purchase orders can originate through BlueCherry Next PLM and/or our SmartRetail Merchandising system for management and invoicing.”