Manufacturing
Dynamics AX

“We found AlfaPeople to be the provider we could trust. Their consultants attended various meetings to properly understand Permoda’s daily activities and provide us with the greatest scope for us to gain full control over our global operations.”

Josué Serpa – Engineer at Permoda

Business Needs

Permoda has established itself as an international company that specializes in creating unique garments inspired by the personality and lifestyle of a large group of people from the most active and dynamic cities in the world. In this intense quest to make fashion a culture, Permoda has created a powerful brand, with more than 250 stores, that today dress people from various countries of the world: KOAJ one of the most desired brands by thousands of people who have understood that dressing well is a true attitude of life.

Permoda is a company that knows exactly where fashion is born, and this is interpreted in an original way, developing products of international quality with an excellent look and a fair price. KOAJ offers all its customers an integral offer, fulfilling the promise of dressing them well and from head to toe, which has allowed them to impose themselves in the market as an excellent alternative, through innovative marketing channels, cutting-edge technology in all their processes and a committed and highly qualified human team at the level of the best fashion chains in the world.

With the great growth of the KOAJ brand at an international level, the need to implement an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, capable of supporting large volumes of data, efficiently managing operations through the value chain in time, was raised. Real, comply with the legal and fiscal regulations of the countries and integrate other business solutions.

Regarding the obstacles due to the lack of resources and tools that made the company’s integral processes difficult, Josué Serpa, IT Director of Permoda Ltda, states: “Updating our technology is a response to the need to fully control the operation. The ERP with which we had been working was implemented 10 years ago. With time the programming language and file storage system became obsolete, did not allow handling large volumes of data or easy connection to database engines to get information to implement business intelligence solutions. The growth in our operations led us to make the decision, and we had to have a more robust platform that would allow us to serve our business efficiently and guarantee the profitability of the firm”.

For this reason, Permoda Ltda. recently carried out a constant search for technological tools that could satisfy their needs and guarantee a more efficient operation, in order to have total control of the information. At first, they made a list of requirements and start searching on how to get a solution for specific issues such as information extraction, among other integral processes required to optimize data management, and those new technologies required to respond with quality standards and strictly resolve the company delays and difficulties in being able to comply with its processes.

Solution

Microsoft Dynamics AX with the support of AlfaPeople

“When we started our search for effective tools, after reviewing several market options, we decided to acquire Microsoft Dynamics AX, as it is a solution recognized worldwide and supported by the largest software manufacturer in the world. We contacted several suppliers and we gave them a questionnaire related to our needs. AlfaPeople was the provider that gave us the highest confidence, they were interested in knowing the core of our business, they attended various meetings to get into the daily life of Permoda in order to be able to provide us with the greater scope solution to allow us a global control over our operations, they showed us the specialized vertical solution for the fashion and textile sector,” says Josué Serpa, IT Director of Permoda.

Microsoft Dynamics AX is the only software application for integrated business management, focused on companies which seek for quick access to their business information. This is a solution that eliminates the need for separate installations and the complicated integration of several modules. With Porini and its vertical solution based on Microsoft Dynamics AX, with the integration with Microsoft, Fashion & Textiles for Microsoft, Dynamics AX achieved a complete vision of the business, streamlined response times, and obtained optimal results, good growth level, and excellent interaction with customers.

Benefits

Specialized vertical fashion and textile

Microsoft Dynamics AX supports all the business processes in a broad and efficient way, in this case by covering the specific processes of the textile and clothing industry (specialized vertical fashion and textile with Porini) through specialized solutions that optimize and facilitate the interaction of users with the system.

Self-management

Microsoft Dynamics AX provides the client with the source code, which makes it easier to carry out customizations and integrations with other systems, through the different layers provided for that purpose, without affecting the internal layer or core of the application pertaining to the Microsoft platform.

Satisfied implementation

Thanks to Microsoft Dynamics AX and its vertical specialized in the textile sector Porini, and AlfaPeople’s implementation, Permoda fulfills its expectations, since the solution positively supports all areas of the company in processes that strengthen their response capacity related to the business requirements.