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Consumer Goods & Retail Case Study - Mammut Sports Group
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Product Lifecycle Management Systems (PLM)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries
- Consumer Goods
- Retail
Applicable Functions
- Product Research & Development
- Quality Assurance
Use Cases
- Inventory Management
Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
Mammut Sports Group, a Swiss mountain sports specialist and producer of alpine equipment and apparel, was facing challenges in accelerating their product innovation and managing their product information in compliance with norms and environmental regulations. The company was managing a highly diverse product portfolio and was using numerous Excel files to manage all their stock keeping units (SKU), which was time consuming and error-prone. The process of juggling between so many files eventually became complicated and information was hard to find. The company decided to consolidate all their product information in one unique system to improve coordination and to have better visibility within their product catalogue.
About The Customer
Mammut Sports Group is a Swiss mountain sports specialist and producer of alpine equipment and apparel. The company has been focusing on the well-being and safety of nature lovers for over 150 years. Their apparel, footwear, climbing, safety and sleeping equipment have accompanied the most daring exploits of some of the world’s top athletes. The company manages a highly diverse product portfolio and is known for its innovative and functional products. The company is also a member of two sustainability-oriented organizations: the Fair Wear Foundation, which audits and controls working conditions at its suppliers in Asia and Europe and Bluesign Technologies, which controls the chemicals and dyeing processes of their plants to ensure they are pollution-free.
The Solution
Mammut Sports Group chose Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform and the My Collection industry solution experience to manage all of its product data. The platform was chosen because it respects their business processes and is robust enough to manage multiple categories of products. Every employee now enjoys easy and secure access to all their libraries, as well as purchasing, development and production data thanks to this industry solution experience. The company's quality control office in Asia can also access the system to download the latest version of a product’s specification package to perform on-site factory inspections. The platform contains all the necessary information required to create a spec-pack that they send to their suppliers and which contains all their products’ specifications.
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