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Press Release
Topson Downs Selects NGC’s
e-PLM® and e-SPS®
Software for Integrated PLM and
Global Sourcing
NGC’s software will streamline
processes, improve efficiency
and speed to market for private label
apparel manufacturer
MIAMI – Feb. 11, 2009 – NGC® (New Generation
Computing®) today announced that
Topson Downs, a private label manufacturer of women’s and
children’s apparel for the industry’s leading retailers, has
selected NGC’s e-PLM and e-SPS software as an integrated,
end-to-end solution for PLM and global sourcing.
e-PLM
and e-SPS will provide a strategic platform for Topson Downs’
continued growth, while centralizing communications,
streamlining operations, eliminating redundancies and
transforming overall efficiency. While Topson Downs has
experienced exponential growth in recent years, the company
faced challenges in managing the communications and production
flow of its high-volume, rapid response apparel business. Topson
Downs began searching for a solution that could help it better
manage the product lifecycle across multiple divisions and
product lines – and the search led directly to NGC.
Together, e-PLM and e-SPS form the industry’s first, most widely
installed and most comprehensive solution encompassing the
entire product lifecycle for apparel, footwear and accessories.
e-PLM and e-SPS cover every step of the complex
design/production process – from design concept through sourcing
and product quality, to receipt at the DC – with a web-based
solution that centralizes information, enhances collaboration,
and streamlines workflows to transform the product lifecycle.
NGC’s software will enable Topson Downs to provide fast
turnaround, become a more agile company, and maintain the
highest design and production quality standards for its
customers, without adding additional staff. “In today’s economy,
it’s critical for apparel companies to do more with less, and to
streamline operations and improve efficiency wherever possible,”
said Jill Spielman, CFO, Topson Downs. “NGC’s software enables
us to do that, while also improving gross margins and lowering
costs.”
With e-PLM and e-SPS, Topson Downs can:
- Gain speed to
market. NGC’s web-based, centralized
information management will eliminate islands of
information and redundant data, ensuring that
everyone involved in design, production and
manufacturing has the latest information. “With
NGC’s software, everyone can go to one place and get
all the information they need,” Spielman said. As a
result, Topson Downs can shorten the product
lifecycle, allowing the company to postpone style
decisions until the last minute. With real-time
visibility and collaboration, Topson Downs can also
respond quickly to customer changes, communicate
information to the factories and make adjustments as
needed at the factory level.
- Streamline
operations, improve efficiency across all divisions.
With e-PLM and e-SPS, Topson Downs can standardize
its procedures across every division and eliminate
any inefficiencies in the decision/production
processes. By replacing inefficient supply chain
management tools such as spreadsheets and emails
with NGC’s web-based solution, Topson Downs will
improve productivity at every level, from design to
production.
- Drive future growth.
e-PLM and e-SPS will easily scale to meet
Topson Downs’s future needs, allowing the company to
expand its business to meet increased demand from
its customers.
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“Topson Downs has an impressive customer base of leading
retailers, and e-PLM and e-SPS are the ideal tools for helping
the company thrive even in the midst of a difficult economy,”
said Alan Brooks, president, NGC. “NGC is excited to be working
with Topson Downs, and we look forward to a successful
partnership.”
About Topson Downs
Topson Downs specializes in high-volume, rapid response apparel
manufacturing, with customers that include some of the
industry’s best-known retailers as well as its own private-
label brands. Founded in 1971, Topson Downs offers complete
merchandising packages for knits, wovens and all fabric types,
with lines ranging from girls and juniors to womens and
maternity. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Topson Downs has a
showroom in New York City. For more information, visit
www.topsondowns.com.
About New Generation
Computing
NGC delivers fast, proven ROI. Every day,
the industry’s best brands and retailers increase gross margins,
reduce the cost of goods sold, and improve speed to market and
product quality with NGC software.
NGC's SQL Series is a
comprehensive suite of integrated, end-to-end solutions for PLM
(e-PLM®), Global Sourcing (e-SPS®)
and ERP (RedHorse®). NGC received
the highest possible ranking in a leading analyst firm’s 2008
report on PLM for apparel and footwear and was recognized as a
top 100 supply chain and logistics company in 2008 by both
Inbound Logistics and Global Logistics & Supply Chain
Strategies. It’s no wonder that VF Corporation®,
A|X Armani Exchange®, Carter’s®,
Casual Male Retail Group®, Maggy
London, R.G. Barry, Hugo Boss®,
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Isda & Co., Tristan & America®,
Parigi Group and many other leading companies rely on NGC.
NGC has offices in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, China,
India, Mexico and El Salvador and is a wholly owned subsidiary
of American Software Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSWA). For more information,
visit www.ngcsoftware.com.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This press release contains
forward-looking statements that are subject to substantial risks
and uncertainties. There are a number of factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated
by statements made herein. These factors include, but are not
limited to, changes in general economic conditions, technology
and the market for the Company's products and services,
including economic conditions within the e-commerce markets; the
timely availability and market acceptance of these products and
services; the Company’s ability to satisfy in a timely manner
all SEC required filings and the requirements of Section 404 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations
adopted under that Section; the challenges and risks associated
with integration of acquired product lines and companies; the
effect of competitive products and pricing; the uncertainty of
the viability and effectiveness of strategic alliances; and the
irregular pattern of the Company's revenues. For further
information about risks the Company could experience as well as
other information, please refer to the Company's Form 10-K for
the year ended April 30, 2008 and other reports and documents
subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For more information, contact: Vincent C. Klinges, Chief
Financial Officer, American Software, Inc., (404) 264-5477 or
fax: (404) 237-8868.
Media Contacts:
TRADEMARKS: NGC, New Generation Computing, e-SPS,
e-PLM and RedHorse are registered trademarks of New Generation
Computing, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks
are properties of their respective companies.
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