SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SERVICES

TEXTILE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

I N T E X : i n t e g r a t e d t e x t i l e s o l u t i o n

Fabrics

Upholstery

Home textiles

Technical textiles

Carpets & Rugs

Tufting

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I N T E X

Shopfloor

CRMWatchdog

WMS

BI

Scheduling

B2B

Mobile

Back Office

Financial

WEAVING

GARMENT

YARNS

INTEGRATED SYSTEM

O U R S O F T WA R E , YO U R P R O G R E S S

Our software: Intex ERP textile solution

The textile industry has changed tremendously in the last few years.

Companies must fine-tune their business processes to deliver high

quality products. Therefore, an integrated ERP system has become

indispensable: Intex.

Intex is a unique integrated ERP textile software solution, developed

together with and for textile manufacturers. It is the all-in solution for the

textile industry, covering and integrating all aspects of the corporate

functions such as Financial, Commercial, and Production Management

functions. Our software is designed for companies of all sizes and for each

textile trade.

Your progress: the powerful benefits of our software

• Increased customer satisfaction due to

• quicker response times

• on time deliveries

• Optimized

• profit margins

• stock inventory

• planning and production

• capacity and manufacturing resources

• invoicing and payment processing

• Availability of real-time accurate information

• Integrated shopfloor with RF

• Quicker response to changes in market and business operations

• Streamlined business processes leading to a competitive advantage

• Paperwork reduction

• Improved decision making processes

Our software solution allows you to work smarter, not harder.

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The Intex solution consists of modules that can be combined and adapted according to the

particular needs of the customer. The textile features are integrated into the basic structure

of the software, while the open architecture allows easy communication with applications

such as CAD-CAM systems, WMS software, size label software, management tools, report

generators, … adding extra value to the textile software.

Finance module

This module allows you to control all financial data and processes. It covers

the general ledger, accounts receivable and accounts payable, providing

real-time access to outstanding invoices and bills.

Simple menu structure

Customer paymentanalysis (Qlikview)

Customer invoicing information

Account results

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Product configurator

The specific article structure is the cornerstone of Intex. Articles can be configured according to a specific type: yarn,

warp, woven, tufted,… The material master is the data source for sales order processing throughout the full order cycle.

Customer order management

Customer order management allows to efficiently monitor the order status by customer.

Our software ensures real time accurate information.

Bill of Material

Intex software is a complete solution for textile companies. The Commercial and Production modules integrate all

functionalities to manage your business, e.g. Material management, Sales, Purchasing, Stock, Inventory and Planning

in order to optimize production, save costs and increase customer satisfaction. The following highlights are only a

selection of the extended range of features included in the Intex solution.

Order entry and follow-up

Detailed information per article

Order Status

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Planning

• Material Requirement Planning

MRP is a production planning and inventory control system in order to manage manufactu-

ring processes. It ensures the availability of materials and products for production and

delivery to customers, it optimizes the level of inventory and plans manufacturing activities,

delivery schedules and purchasing activities.

• Graphical planning board, Scheduling on machines

Scheduling

Reservation table per article

Grouping productions(e.g. per warp)

Availability in time

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Production management

This feature tracks production until the units are released into finished goods inventory. It is

linked with sales and inventory orders, offering a maximum flexibility to follow-up production.

Inventory & stock management

Real time stock information via RF.

Stock and transport order information

Fully integrated shopfloor control

Loom monitoring

Stock label with barcodesand product information

Scannerdisplay

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Picking - Shipping - Invoicing

Intex integrates all logistic processes from picking

to invoicing.

Profit margins

Profit margin management increases gross profits and customer satisfaction.

Intex allows to control the profit margins thanks to advanced cost price calculation.

Advanced cost price calculation

Invoice

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Purchasing and supplier management

This function manages the entire procurement cycle and streamlines the requisition process.

Raw material to order or to produce

Container planning: overview details per container

Purchaseproposals

Accuratedateinformation

Bundle label with received goods

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QlikView: Improved decision making, Business Intelligence

QlikView is a Business Intelligence tool structuring all critical business data. It allows the user to easily analyze

and visualize the Intex data according to his personal needs and preferences. QlikView can generate a broad range

of graphs, dashboards and analyses and is extremely user friendly.

Sales and margins per customer

Analysis of profit margins

Dashboard

Control panel to see dataimmediately represented in acolorful and graphical form

Graphs

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Integrated system

- Financial, Commercial, Production Management & Shopfloor

- Building know-how into the system

- Steering & controlling processes

- Optimising efficiency & communication

Specific system

- Specific data structures

- All info entered at the right level

- Specific processes

- System "talks" the industry’s language

- Specific functionalities, e.g. pricing (m2, pc …), agents & commissions,

customer’s references, labeling …

- Specific configuration

Specialization

- Strategic choice made by Inside Communications: know-how & experience in textile

- No-nonsense approach by specialists

Modern ICT Technology

- Progress Relational Database (Windows, Unix, Linux server)

- Progress 4GL Development

- Client-server, Thin client, Terminal server, Internet

- Hardware & Systems Support Department

- Engineering Department

- Printing & labelling, Barcode & scanning, Fax & e-mail,

RF, Pocket PC, interfacing…

Connections & Interfaces

- Van De Wiele, Schönherr-Staubli, CSS, Evilo, Matthijs,

Handsaeme, Tanghe

- Barco, Testa, NedGraphics

- Gerber, Lectra, Durkopf …

Partnerships

- Progress Software

- Hewlett Packard (preferred partner)

- Microsoft (Gold Certified partner)

- Belgacom, Telecom operator

- OKI Printing Solutions

- Vasco, security through aXsGUARD

- QlikView Business Intelligence

- Nomadvance Mobile Solutions

Software for textile control and monitoring

Inside Communications BVBA

Vichtseweg 109 bus 2 • B-8790 Waregem • www.insidecomm.comTel. +32 (0)56 78 28 28 • Fax +32 (0)56 78 28 38 • Email: info@insidecomm.com • BTW BE 0429.288.445

C O M PA N Y P R O F I L E

Inside Communications was founded in 1986 as a local hardware and

software distributor in Belgium. The company has a subsidiary in Turkey

since 2006. With about 40 employees and more than 20 years of

experience in the textile industry, we deliver reliable software solutions for

the textile and distribution sector. As a renowned and established

ICT-service provider, we advise enterprises on their information techno-

logy and guide them through the whole process. The complete

product offer consists of a range of services in the informatics, software

development, hardware systems and engineering. The unique combination

of IT-knowhow and sector knowledge makes Inside Communications a

reliable partner.

The strengths of Inside Communications

• Team of knowledgeable problem solvers, specialists in each textile domain

• Turnkey solutions: a customized mix of hardware, software and technical services

• Quality and reliability through more than 20 years of experience and over 100 satisfied

customers in the textile industry

• Combining strengths with our customers, machinery builders, research organizations and

selected partners.

• Continuous evolution and maintenance in a highly evolving business environment and

new markets

• ISO 9001 certified