Features
The Datatex NOW Production module offers complete control, scheduling, and traceability functionality across textile and garment manufacturing supply chain. Designed to support processes such as spinning, weaving, dyeing, processing, garmenting, lamination, texturizing, printing, trading, and more, our apparel software empowers the entire textile supply chain with industry-specific functionality.
Our production model is built on two main entities:
• Production Demand – Generated automatically by NOW planning module and allows for detailed machine scheduling, material an capacity reservation.
• Production Order – Manages the grouping of jobs based on the needs of specific departments and process levels, allows for tracking, quality management and accurate material and capacity booking.
Key features:
Manual or automatic generation of production demands (via planning run)
Production order creation with grouped steps or demands
Real-time production progress and stoppage recording
Material issue, return, and warehouse receipt
External order handling and subcontractor tracking
Import of standard production data
Full production analysis and reporting
Integration with the CAMS system for shop-floor data collection
Quality and Waste Control
Detailed actual cost calculation and variance control
Advanced Capabilities:
- Dynamic BOM and Routing: Supports multiple BOMs for cost, production, or planning — including per customer or alternative components.
- Smart Material Requirements: Calculates required inputs, adjusting for expected waste, shrinkage, or yield variations.
- Work in Progress (WIP) Visibility: Forward and backward scheduling, load analysis, and negative availability checks.
- Multi-step Operations: Handle parallel/serial operations, overlapping steps, or partial progressions.
- External and Subcontracting Support: Seamlessly manage outside processing, pricing, and customer-owned materials.
- Management and consideration of specific entities like cones, beams , rolls, bundles and more.
- Full traceability functionality with forward and backwards analysis.
Benefits
Full traceability from raw material to finished goods
Real-time production progress monitoring and data collection
Streamlined internal and external job handling
Reduced lead times and improved on-time delivery
Better material usage and quality control
Full detailed cost and cost variance control per production order/ customer order
Accurate subcontractor cost and process management
Seamless integration with Planning, Quality, and CAMS modules
Enhanced communication between production and customer service
