Istanbul based textile and ready-made garment manufacturer Aster Textiles, has selected Coats Digital’s FastReactPlan solution to digitally transform its manual planning processes by connecting more accurate planning and forecasting data across departments. Aster aims to improve efficiencies, optimise its On-Time Delivery Performance (OTDP) and significantly reduce lead times.

Aster Textiles was founded as a family business in 1993, in Istanbul, Turkey and has grown rapidly to become one of Turkey’s top 10 exporters of textile and ready-made garments. Aster operates four large, state-of-the-art production facilities in Turkey and Serbia which manufacture a wide range of knitted and woven clothing for women, men and children, in addition to a leading line of sportswear - to nearly 30 global customer brands across ten countries around the globe.  Aster boasts an annual turnover in excess of US$100 million and employs over 2000 staff. All its factories hold Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), Recycled Claim Standard (RCS), and Organic 100 Content Standard (OCS) production certificates.

Zumrut Gungor, Process Development Director, Aster Textiles, commented: “Aster Textiles utilises a LEAN production system in every phase of production to maximise productivity. We place great importance on automation across all our factory operations and aim to continuously improve our production system infrastructure in line with the best technological advancements available.”

“On top of Coats Digitals renowned expertise, FastReactPlan simply offered the most optimum scheduling management tool on the market and we expect that this proven technology will ultimately enable us to balance production processes more efficiently and significantly improve our delivery performance so that we have much more time available to focus on other areas of our business growth.”

Fast React Plan is a dynamic, visual production planning and control tool that optimizes delivery, efficiency and lead times. Designed and developed specifically for apparel and footwear manufacturers, it helps companies integrate capacity, critical path and materials into an integrated planning system.

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