The Reference Architecture of eBusiness in Textile Clothing and Footwear sector [RSS Feed ]
Reference transactions in eBIZ/TC Upstream (2013-1)
release 10/10/2013
Process 1 - Fabric supply
Process
Fabric supply
Description
Process that describes the procurement of fabric by Clothing companies or Brand Retailers or other kind of Users (Home textile or automotive).
Process activities
Activity 1 - Selection of fabrics
Activity
Selection of fabrics
Description
Activity of selection of the fabrics that the Clothing Producer (or any other User) insert in its Collection (includes the exchange of the products codes, the technical sheets, the anticipation or the forecast about articles to be purcased)
Preconditions
The Clothing Producer must select and reserve the fabric articles to employ in its apparel collection
Activity transactions
Document
Action description
Sender, Receiver
Resources
1 - Textile Catalogue
This document is usable both as a sales catalogue and to exchange in advance the product data between the Supplier and the Customer, in order to synchronize their product data-bases. It lists the articles composing the Fabric Producer's offer (codes, descriptions, prices and sales conditions) and can include some of the technical data (composition, weight and width, construction specifications, …).
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This document is used to provide the Customer (Buyer) with the technical data relevant to describe and characterize the fabric article; i.e.: general data, costruction details, measurements of color fastness, dimensional stability and mechanical properties.
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This document is used to notify to the Fabric Producer the articles of his Offer that are considered for future acquisition or use in the Apparel Season Collection. The same document can also be used by the Client to request the Fabric Technical Sheet and/or notify the buyer’s article code to the Producer.
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The Apparel Producer sends to the Fabric Producer an Order Change any time he must modify some conditions of his previous Order (eg. to cancel items not delivered in time) or amend errors (eg. invalid prices). Request of 'Textile Order Response' + [Full record]
The message is issued by the Fabric Producer to report to his Client the status of his Orders and the updated delivery dates, with the possibility of splitting an order line into several consignements.
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Activity 3 - Fabric delivery with quality reporting by Producer
Activity
Fabric delivery with quality reporting by Producer
Description
Activity of delivering the fabrics to the Clients or their SubContractors without the intervention of a Controller
Preconditions
The Clothing Producer agrees to accept the fabric pieces with self-certification of the Fabric Producer
Activity transactions
Document
Action description
Sender, Receiver
Resources
1 - Textile Despatch Request
The message is issued to plan the delivery of the fabric pieces that are in the "ready for despatch" status (see the document "Textile Order Status").This document enables the Buyer to modify some date of its Order (delivery dates and places). Request of 'Textile Despatch Advice' + [Full record]
The message is issued by the Fabric Producer as "quality certificate" of the fabric piece, mainly to anticipate the details on the existence, position and classification of faults in order to accelerate and improve the following apparel manufacturing.
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In this scenario, the Fabric Producers agree to send fabrics and accessories ordered by the Apparel Producer to a Logistics Company or directly to the Apparel Subcontractor specified by the Apparel Producer.
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Preconditions
The Clothing producer has contracted the Fabric Producer or a Logistics company for the "groupage" service (fabric pieces and accessories grouped together in the apparel kit)
Activity transactions
Document
Action description
Sender, Receiver
Resources
1 - Textile Despatch Request
The message is issued to plan the delivery of the fabric pieces that are in the "ready for despatch" status (see the document "Textile Order Status").This document enables the Buyer to modify some date of its Order (delivery dates and places).
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The message is issued by the Fabric Quality Controller as "quality certificate" of the fabric piece, mainly to anticipate the details on the existence, position and classification of faults in order to accelerate and improve the following apparel manufacturing.
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The message is issued by the Fabric Quality Controller as "quality certificate" to inform the Fabric Producer about the result of its quality inspection.
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The Apparel Producer send the Despatch Request of the "kit" to the Fabric Producer (ALTERNATIVE: to the Logistics company) so that it can make the "groupage (fabric, buttons, fastners…) and send it to the specified Subcontractor. Request of 'Garment Kit Despatch Advice' + [Full record]
The Fabric Producer (ALTERNATIVE: the Logistics company) sends the Despatch Advise to the Apparel Producer to confirm the shipping of the “kit” to the SubContractor.
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The Fabric Producer (ALTERNATIVE: the Logistics company) sends the Despatch Advise to the Subcontractor to anticipate the information about the material it will receive.
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Activity 5 - Fabric delivery with quality reporting by Controller
Activity
Fabric delivery with quality reporting by Controller
Description
Activity of delivering the fabrics to the Clients or their SubContractors after the intervention of a Controller (inspection of the pieces)
Preconditions
The Clothing producer has contracted, for the inspection of the pieces, a Controller which receives the pieces from the Textile manufacturer
Activity transactions
Document
Action description
Sender, Receiver
Resources
1 - Textile Collection Forecast
In this business scenarios the message is used to notify the Fabric Controller about the fabric articles he will inspect in the season.
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The message is issued to plan the delivery of the fabric pieces that are in the "ready for despatch" status (see the document "Textile Order Status").This document enables the Buyer to modify some date of its Order (delivery dates and places).
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The message here is used to notify the Apparel Producer about the upload of the pieces for quality control. Request of 'Piece Control Order' + [Full record]
The document Piece Control Order is used by the Apparel Producer to specify the type of inspection and accessory treatments requested for each fabric piece and the final destination of the fabric piece.
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The message is issued by the Fabric Controller as "quality certificate" of the fabric piece, mainly to anticipate the details on the existence, position and classification of faults in order to accelerate and improve the following apparel manufacturing.
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The message is issued to anticipate the details the fabric pieces that are to be dispatched after quality control. The physical dispatch can be either to the Client (Apparel Producer) or to a Subcontractor; in the second instance, this is for information only.
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The message is issued to anticipate the details the fabric pieces that are to be dispatched after quality control when the physical dispatch is to a Subcontractor.
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The Receiving Advise can be used by the Subcontractor either to confirm the regular receipt of the fabric pieces or to notify discrepancies between what was declared by the Sender and what was received.
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Activity that brings to completion the trading between the Fabric Producer and the Apparel Producer, enabling the Fabric Producer to debit the product supplied and any additional service performed.
Preconditions
The Fabric Producer has satisfied the Apparel Producer’s order under any quantitative/qualitative condition.
Activity transactions
Document
Action description
Sender, Receiver
Resources
1 - Textile Invoice (Updated)
The message can be used by the Fabric Producer to debit its Client for any kind of supply or service. This document can be used to debit standard fabric supply using the option "texItem", and additional goods or services (stocks, batch rests, ..) using the option "prodServItem", even in the same invoice.
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