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Polygon’s New PolyPM Handles Business Processes for Apparel Manufacturers

PolyPM Enables Small to Mid-sized Sewn-Goods Manufacturers to Tap into Today’s Information Technology and Integrate its Business Processes

Baltimore, MD -- September 15, 2003 -- Polygon Software, a leader in open CAD/CAM and information management systems for apparel manufacturers, today announced PolyPM, an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that integrates the entire sewn-goods manufacturing process. PolyPM provides the right information to the right people at the right time anywhere in the world, enabling manufacturers to improve productivity, enhance decision making and promote communication between coworkers, customers and vendors. 

Web-enabled, using Microsoft SQL 2000 database engine, PolyPM enables small to mid-sized sewn-goods manufacturers to tap into enterprise level technology that previously was only available to larger manufacturers. Now all sewn-goods manufacturers can take advantage of today’s technology to establish an infrastructure that integrates and optimizes performance across the entire supply chain, from vendors to customers and ultimately consumers.

PolyPM integrates all aspects of the manufacturing process: style development, manufacturing, financial, sales and distribution. By integrating business processes and people anywhere in the world, businesses use PolyPM to realize more efficient work flow, improved productivity and cost reductions. PolyPM creates an environment that lets management get decision making information when and how it needs it, to ensure faster time-to-market and exploit new business opportunities. Plus, PolyPM is flexible enough to change with business conditions, so management won’t need a cadre of programmers to customize and restructure the system as business conditions change.

“We’re not talking about incremental change to a manufacturer’s frequently overlapping home-grown solutions. PolyPM is an entirely new way for small to mid-sized manufacturers to obtain the same enterprise level processes that the big-guys benefit from,” said Howard Wohlmuth, Polygon’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “We’ve eliminated the need for special people to come in and customize these systems. We’ve improved customer service. We’ve shortened production cycles. And most importantly, we enable organizations to deploy a flexible system that can be easily modified as business conditions change.”

“PolyPM links people, processes and computing resources for nearly every business function, including style definition, manufacturing, distribution, inventory control, reporting, planning, sales, and customer service. Information management systems, like PolyPM, are becoming essential as sewn goods manufacturers fight for survival in the Internet economy.”

About Polygon Software

Polygon Software has a long and prestigious history of developing advanced software applications for apparel manufacturers. Starting in the 1970’s, the founders of Polygon developed the first CAD/CAM system for apparel manufacturers, the AM-1. Today this system is the worlds leading apparel CAD/CAM system marketed by Gerber Technology. In the 1980’s Polygon introduced PolyNest, the first open apparel CAD/CAM software running under Microsoft Windows. PolyNest revolutionized the way apparel CAD was distributed by enabling end-users to acquire their software and hardware from multiple sources. 

The introduction of PolyPM transforms the way small to mid-sized manufacturers operate, by providing information technology that previously was only available to the “big-guys”, in a system that let’s users independently customize their system to reflect their business practices. For more information call Polygon Software at (410) 653-8004 or visit the PolyPM website at www.polypm.com.