Coats felt the need for an ERP in order bring in an integrated enterprise management software system adequate for all business activities. The need for an integrated IT environment was triggered by the existing IT setup that was not able to handle the performance on peak load, along with inadequate user involvement. The legacy applications built into the existing system led to various problems such as redundant information management, soaring data maintenance costs, lack of coordination among various business functions and the like. Post the roll out of Ramco's ERP, Coats India accrued wide ranging benefits such as higher productivity, improved delivery performance, minimal IT maintenance, and an integrated IT environment.

Going in for an integrated solution is the need of the hour for high to mid-end textile companies. As per the enterprise IT spends, the vendors offer various custom solutions. As per the enterprise IT spend, the vendors offer various custom solutions. Jupiter Knitting Company (JKC) is one of the manufacturers and exporters of hosiery and knitted readymade garments located in Tirupur, popularly called the knit city. Having sketched ambitious growth plans, the Rs 40-crore company wanted to re-engineer its IT architecture for tighter controls and integration. It also wanted an integrated client-server system with a graphical user interface. After evaluating various options, the company chose the SAP All-in-One solution.

1.6.2 ERP Launched In Tirupur:

Textile manufacturers believe that there will be textile boom in India in the coming years, just like the technology boom that swept across cities like Bangalore in the last decade. IT major REACH Technologies have decided to extend its expertise in the textile industry to the apparel manufacturers and exporters in Tirupur. With the outstanding success in Apparel Industry REACH Technologies, a leader in Information Technology Solutions textile industry organized an event for textile industry titled Collaborative Partnerships between Retailers / Brands and Manufacturer Subcontractors in the Soft Goods industry through strategic use of IT" in textile valley TIRUPUR in association with Microsoft, Intel and Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA). REACH Technologies helps the Indian Textile industry to compete with the international markets. It is Microsofts certified partner and offers pre-packaged products, custom solutions, consulting services and offshore development facilities to its clients.

1.6.3 In Coimbatore:

Manufacturing units in particular textile mills, to achieve the overall improvement of their operations, require a solution provider and integrator who understands their business processes via the IT trend and its impact on the companys business in the short, medium and long term. Kalpatharu Software Limited, a Coimbatore based company, has developed an ERP software "Kalsofte Textile ERP", through years of implementation experience in Textile industry verticals like Spinning, Weaving, Processing, Apparel / Garment Manufacturing.

Kalsofte ERP is Packaged Business Software that allows Continuous manufacturing like Spinning, Weaving, Processing and Engineering & Discrete manufacturing units to:

• Automate and integrate most of its business processes
• Share common data captured at source
• Share practices across the entire enterprise
• Produce and access information in a real-time environment
• Enhance decision making
• Improve overall operational efficiency and returns from operations
  
  

Kalsofte Textile ERP is powerful and flexible ERP software that transforms textile units in particular Spinning, Weaving & Composite Mills with minimal customization / changes, implementation time and cost to get benefited the most.

Conclusion:

Textile Companies are looking for ERP solutions to fit their specific needs. Both generic and textile specific packages have to be utilized in the industry. The barriers to implementation in textile seem similar to those in the industries. Electronic commerce in the form of traditional EDI, but no electronic marketplaces, which have lot of changes, is used by the textile industry.

Textile companies are looking to integrate their ERP systems with supply chain management and business intelligence systems. The latest ERP software programs have overcome this menace. They offer need-based applications. The firms need not be worried even if these Software Programs were not available. They were given the liberty to purchase and install Software Programs pertaining to that particular function. This advantage has helped to increase the scope of ERP not only among large firms but also small and medium business as well.