(ST. PAUL, January 17, 2012) – Lawson Software, an Infor affiliate, today announced that ASICS America Corp., an athletic shoe and sports apparel manufacturer, has selected the full Lawson Fashion Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) suite. Lawson Fashion PLM will help ASICS America reduce the time-to-market for new products, improve quality and reduce overall production costs.
Following last week’s editorial analysis of GGC Software Holdings and Infor’s acquisition of Lawson Software, both companies have responded to WhichPLM. Our Editor takes a deeper look at the long-term consequences of the acquisition.
WhichPLM has today learnt that GGC Software Holdings, Inc., an affiliate of Golden Gate Capital, and Infor, suppliers of the Runtime PLM solution, have completed their acquisition of Lawson Software, Inc. (suppliers of Fashion PLM) effective as of July 5, 2011. Our Editor examines what this means for our industry and, more importantly, for customers of both existing solutions.
Following on from the latest run of WhichPLM articles on end-to-end solutions, WhichPLM opens the floor to some of the vendors who offer both ERP and PLM systems for their view on how the two systems can function together.
In the next instalment in this series, Rob Smith meets with Andrew Dalziel, Marketing Director, Fashion and Food Industries at Lawson Software. Founded in 1975 Lawson Software has been developing and providing industry focused end-to-end solutions for the apparel industry and they are one of the top ten ERP vendors. Its solution portfolio includes ERP, SCM, PLM, CRM and Business Intelligence to mention just a few.
(ST PAUL, MINN., APRIL 26, 2011) Lawson Software, Inc. today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by GGC Software Holdings, Inc., an affiliate of Golden Gate Capital and Infor, in a transaction valued at approximately $2 billion.
(ST. PAUL, MINN, MARCH 25, 2011) Lawson Software Inc., maker of enterprise solutions, received an unsolicited proposal from private equity firm Golden Gate Capital and software provider Infor.
Product Lifecycle Management in the Fashion Industry is all about collaboration. To become more efficient the industry requires new and innovative solutions that help improve that communication. Cloud computing is one such innovative – an idea that is being talked about as the future.
As our 2011 Customer Survey enters its third week, our Editor, Ben Hanson, looks at the enabling capabilities of PLM and the roll that end users play in ensuring its success. Far from just allowing them to work more efficiently, modern PLM allows end users at every stage of the product development process to influence its future.
