The Nat Nast Co. Inc. — a South Norwalk, Conn.-based designer of luxury menswear — has
implemented Lyndhurst, N.J.-based end-to-end business software solutions designer RLM Apparel
Software Systems Inc.’s FashionManager™ Web-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) software at
its headquarters and New York City-based showroom and offices. Nat Nast soon will use RLM’s FM
On-Demand™ hosted software-as-a-service solution for financial management and reporting, product
lifecycle management, ERP, retail collaboration through electronic data exchange, sales force
automation and integration with third-party logistics providers. RLM reports that Nat Nast expects
approximately 30 users will begin to employ the system in January 2010.
“Being a small company with big ambitions, RLM was our optimal choice,” said Lawrence C.
DeParis, CEO, Nat Nast. “FashionManager is an affordable, scalable, comprehensive end-to-end
solution with an efficient implementation schedule that made a lot of sense for us. An important
factor in our decision was RLM’s extensive array of relevant implementations and the fact that
their shared software is regularly updated with best practices from this like-minded group, which
includes some of the top brands in our industry.”
In addition to using FM On-Demand to manage its business processes, Nat Nast will utilize the
costing and integrated bill of materials tools to produce raw materials requirements; upload
inventories from a third-party distribution center in New Jersey; and provide the national sales
team with remote access for inventory, reporting and integration with an upcoming e-commerce
solution.
October 20, 2009
