Wilkies adopts Futura's EDI module for seamless trading

Expanding Scottish fashion chain Wilkies, which recently opened its eleventh store in Castle Douglas, is stealing a march on the competition. After implementing Futura’s Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) module, Wilkies now has seamless computerised communications to and from leading European brands and trading partners. This includes the German premium fashion label Olsen, where EDI is a mandatory requirement.

 

Expanding Scottish fashion chain Wilkies, which recently opened its eleventh store in Castle Douglas, is stealing a march on the competition. After #

By using EDI to automate the exchange of business information to and from trading partners including sales, Wilkies will maximise speed of response in the highly competitive fashion sector, deepen relationships with suppliers and at the same time extend the choices available to customers across its store network.

 

Expanding Scottish fashion chain Wilkies, which recently opened its eleventh store in Castle Douglas, is stealing a march on the competition. After #

Clare Beck, Financial Director, Wilkies, says: “We are passionate about working with the best brands and providing customers with unrivalled choices. Retail moves very fast and one of the things which singles us out and which has enabled us to attract the best concession partners is our ability to give them the critical information which they need to drive sales in our stores.”

 

Expanding Scottish fashion chain Wilkies, which recently opened its eleventh store in Castle Douglas, is stealing a march on the competition. After #

“Without doubt our MIS has been a major factor in our continued success. However as we expand and look at some premium international brands we recognise that different suppliers have different requirements especially in Germany.  For Olsen an upmarket European label having EDI was non-negotiable.  They needed it and we sorted it with help from our friends at Futura.”

 

Expanding Scottish fashion chain Wilkies, which recently opened its eleventh store in Castle Douglas, is stealing a march on the competition. After #

Futura’s EDI module provides a completely standardised and rigorous solution, with instant computerised interaction between trading partners, which reduces order cycle times, streamlines inventory and limits stock-outs. It is fully compliant with EDIFACT, the international standard.

 

Expanding Scottish fashion chain Wilkies, which recently opened its eleventh store in Castle Douglas, is stealing a march on the competition. After #

“Implementation has been the biggest challenge, mostly because it is completely different from anything we have done before,” explained Clare Beck. “Futura went beyond the call of duty to support us through the process of integrating the EDI Module (based on the eBiss package from Pranke) within our existing IT infrastructure. As well as completely satisfying Olsen’s automatic trading requirements, EDI opens access to even more fantastic brands —  we simply create new partner accounts as we extend our brand offerings without costly or time consuming set up, putting us ahead of our competitors.” 

 

Expanding Scottish fashion chain Wilkies, which recently opened its eleventh store in Castle Douglas, is stealing a march on the competition. After #