Manufacturing

Michael Kors powers growth with DS

8 May 2008

Michael Kors, a leading American fashion designer, has selected Dassault Systèmes’ Enovia MatrixOne Apparel Accelerator for Design and Development.

The SQL Server-based solution, which is scheduled for full implementation by the end of Q1, 2008, is designed to support innovation and product quality as the company continues to grow.

“Over the last four years we have experienced explosive growth; we expect this trend to continue as we expand our retail presence and introduce new product lines,” said Gia Castrogiovanni, a president at Michael Kors. “From a business perspective it was strategically important for us to find a PLM solution that could be implemented quickly, provide an open platform that could interact with other applications and ultimately scale to meet future demands.”

The fashion company needed a solution that could manage interactions with suppliers as well as harness the complexity of product development in an environment of rapid growth. The Enovia solution met this challenge by enabling Michael Kors to rapidly deploy a common infrastructure that automates and integrates product data, business processes, and development workflows throughout the life of the product.

“In addition to its technology meeting all of our key criteria, Enovia was selected because of its demonstrated ability to address similar challenges with world class brands and its record of success in retail and manufacturing,” added Joseph Desantis, CIO at Michael Kors.