Author: axind

Relationship between WebTnA and ERPs

ERP stands for “Enterprise Resource Planning” and refers to an integrated set of applications to manage a business. Currently it is used to refer to any legacy system used by an organization which covers more than a single functional area.

WebTnA has been carefully designed to work with existing ERP systems and add value to them. You can use WebTnA to enhance your current fashion ERP system or replace your current TnA system with the rich functionality that WebTnA has on offer.

At the simplest level, you can export your orders from your current Fashion ERP system and import it into WebTnA, thereby automatically creating TnAs. You can also email the list to ImportTnA@axind.com, whereby the TnAs will automatically be uploaded in the system. Of course, you do need to match the list of fields in your export document with the fields created by you in WebTnA.

For more advanced integrations please contact support@axind.com . We can integrate WebTnA with your ERP in more sophisticated ways (using the WebTnA API) including:

Automatic creation of users, activities and TnAs
Automatic closing of activities in WebTnA as work is completed in your ERP
Present data-input forms to WebTnA users and sending the acquired data back to your ERP

Of course, your IT team can directly use the WebTnA API for integration with your ERP systems.

Sanjoy Sahgal (www.linkedin.com/in/sanjoy-sahgal) is the CEO of AXIND Software Private Limited (www.axind.com), a provider of Technology for Fashion. Contact him directly at sanjoy.sahgal@axind.com.

Your TnAs (Time and Action calendars) on the web

Axind is a software company which develops its products for the worldwide fashion industry since 2004. We have been recognized twice by Gartner for the workflow/TnA component of our PLM (Product Lifecycle Management).

Worldwide, Fashion is a multi-trillion-dollar industry, and pretty much everyone uses TnAs (Time and Action calendars) for managing their processes and sourcing business. And Excel® TnAs are by far the most commonly used.Over the years, we have seen companies completely transform themselves with the successful implementation of our TnAs.

Excel® is a brilliant package and extremely useful, but when it comes to TnAs, it is a mess! How do you share the information? How can each user see what they have to do and when? How do you get warnings when things are running late? How do you do an analysis of where you went wrong and how do you improve? Year-in and year-out there is same panic, extreme stress and unforeseen situations. There is no “learning”, no “improvement”, the same crisis situations happen every year.

We decided that we have to fight a crusade against the use of Excel® and convince people that there is a better way. We decided to create a separate product just for managing TnAs, WebTnA. The emphasis was on quick setup, ease of use and an open API for integration with any other system. Finally, there is an alternative to Excel®; WebTnA®.

Sanjoy Sahgal (www.linkedin.com/in/sanjoy-sahgal) is the CEO of AXIND Software Private Limited (www.axind.com), a provider of Technology for Fashion. Contact him directly at sanjoy.sahgal@axind.com.