SupplyCompass

You either hate PLMs...or you're trying to figure out what PLM stands for. (It's Product Lifecycle Management software. You're welcome. Wait, you knew this, didn't you?) And we get it. PLMs have been treating fashion brands badly for too long. They’re old enough to be your dad, try too hard to please and seriously lack any style. In just 2 weeks, our resident PLM love doctors Ben Read and Oliver Rhodes will be hitting the roads in their campervan visiting the coolest fashion brands in the UK, in their offices. Their mission? Spread the love around PLMs again! #thevalentinesroadshow

12 years spent advising 500+ disruptive DTC brands across 23 countries (Gymshark , Lounge, Showpo, Princess Polly, Pomelo Fashion) and Oliver Rhodes’ knows a thing or two about SaaS software investments. “The difference between brands that make great tech choices and absolutely terrible ones - How they buy.” In this free, 45-minute workshop, you will get insights into what makes a good tech-business fit + his proven template so you can do your own process and software audit and learn how to use it confidently. Yep, like a BOSS. This workshop is for Founders and really anyone who wants to own their tech decisions within a DTC / E-Commerce brand. Too short a notice for you? If you can't attend at this time, sign-up anyway and we will send you the recording highlights (We promise). Sign up via the link in our bio! #ecommercebusiness #ecommerce #d2c #fashionbrands

At SupplyCompass, we ship new features EVERY 2 weeks. That's right — fortnightly. Our latest 🏔️ Mount Fuji release has just launched. Our top pick...the launch of brand new Colour Libraries 🎨 - Bulk add your most used colours - All colours are saved to your library as you go - Quickly search and add from libraries within tech packs #fashionplm #fashionsoftware #fashiontech

See why British brand @rixo loves SupplyCompass 👇⁠ ⁠”I think the communication piece around it is one of the best parts. You give something to your factory in a really concise way, that's easy to digest. It's the visualization of what is usually quite a hard thing to navigate around your head. It just simplifies the creative process.”⁠ ⁠ #fashionplm #fashioncollaboration #fashionsoftware

📢📢📢 Our Manufacturer Voices survey has been featured in the latest @voguebusiness article spotlighting fashion's buying practices. Garment manufacturers, particularly those in developing countries where a majority of the world's garments are produced, are an underrepresented voice in the mainstream conversations about fashion production and sustainability. This survey was created to get a greater understanding of manufacturer’s relationships with brands and retail buyers, how this has evolved over the past decade, and the impact certain behaviours and changes have had on them and their business. The survey was sent out to more than 1000 manufacturers across China, India, Bangladesh, Turkey, Hong Kong, Portugal and Los Angeles. Want to access the survey? It only takes 3 minutes to fill out. The link is in our bio

Tech's gotta be 2-sided and collaborative. The fashion industry can be quite one-sided focusing on providing value to brands solely. However, manufacturers and suppliers down the value chain often get forgotten or dismissed when new innovations come in along with taking on more responsibility and increased pressure to deliver products quickly and accurately. Flora and Gus, Co-founders of SupplyCompass spent 2 years visiting and speaking to hundreds of factories across the world, understanding their process including the tech they used, and recognizing where the existing system was failing them—hundreds of emails and WhatsApp groups for many different brands and scores of different versions of tech packs are common. Systems can’t change if value isn’t equally shared. That’s why SupplyCompass was built with features for both brands and manufacturers, with both of them having their own version of the platform, along with their own onboarding experience. Watch/Listen to Co-Founder + Head of Product, Flora Davidson, explain why tech needs to be built for both parties with collaborative principles embedded that help make the lives of brands and their manufacturers easier. #sustainablefashion #sustainability #manufacturing

In this month's Right Thing, written by our Co-Founder Flora Davidson, the focus is on #Agility.⁠ ⁠ Agility is basically an iterative and collaborative philosophy of rapid product development, creation and distribution. There’s a real emphasis on co-creation, on a cycle of continuous improvement, production and distribution with regular reflections on how to be better by constant fine-tuning and adjusting.⁠ ⁠ Brands and supply chains being agile will, no doubt, be the most successful — and sustainable — organisations of the future.⁠ ⁠ Read more about how fashion can embrace agility and the resources Flora recommends, via the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ #therightthing⁠

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of sustainability? Is it using organic cotton? Recyclable packaging? Fair wages? Data is rarely the answer. But having all your information in a structured manner, all in one place is the first step to understanding the areas that need improvement and how to implement the next steps. Understanding how you communicate with your manufacturers and whether you are being fair with them and taking equal share of accountability and risk is also important. Watch/Listen to Co-Founder and Head of Product Flora Davidson explain how technology can enable brands to embed sustainability principles into their business. #sustainability #sustainablefashion

See why Aussie surf brand @eatyourwater loves SupplyCompass 👇⁠ ⁠ “Signing up to TikTok takes 10 years off your life and SupplyCompass does the same to your lead times.” ⁠ ⁠ #fashionplm #fashion collaboration #fashionsoftware

Why are designers forced to work from the cells of an Excel spreadsheet? Flora explains why the fashion industry deserves software that is backed by good design and is enjoyable to use. #fashionecommerce #fashiontechnology #fashionbrands #uxui

Last week, our Head of Sales, Ben, and Head of Growth, Oliver, were up in Birmingham for the Internet Retailing Expo 2021 @ire_events , meeting some great ecom partners and brands! #fashionecommerce

PSA 📢: @noissueco has launched a podcast! It's called Conscious Commerce, and its aim is to show you that sustainability doesn't have to be a scary word in business, featuring their global community of founders, executives and experts from around the world.⁠ ⁠ Flora's been featured on the 2nd episode, where she talks about the history of SupplyCompass and how we're helping fashion brands embed sustainable principles through digitization.⁠ ⁠ Conscious Commerce can be found on Spotify and Apple Music + the link in our bio!⁠ ⁠ #consciouscommerce #sustainablebrands⁠ ⁠