LDLA Clothing Gains Business Insight With NGC Software's Fashion ERP Solution

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NGC Software^TM today announced that LDLA Clothing LLC, a rapidly growing apparel company that supplies private-label and branded merchandise to major department stores and specialty retailers, is live on NGC's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.

“Our ERP will enable the company to continue its remarkable growth while maintaining the same high standards of excellence that its customers depend upon.”

LDLA Clothing, which ships under the label "Living Doll LA," manufactures over 65 percent of its merchandise in Los Angeles and is rapidly growing; the company more than doubled in business from last year. This “Made-in-America” company chose NGC's fashion ERP system to gain the business insight needed to efficiently manage the expanding business.

“With NGC’s ERP reporting capabilities, LDLA Clothing is able to run highly detailed reports that give the company fast access to information and significant insight into business performance,” said Richard Swartz, CFO, LDLA Clothing. “We are able to better understand customer profitability, inventory levels, product information, and many other aspects of our operations. We rely on NGC’s ERP and expertise to run our growing business.”

NGC’s highly versatile fashion ERP system provides the flexibility to manage all types of companies, whether they manufacture or import, produce private label or branded merchandise, or sell to big box retailers or specialty stores. NGC's ERP includes a configurable EDI system, sophisticated financial accounting, flexible reporting features, and handles key business functions including Customer Order Processing, Purchasing, Manufacturing/Contractor Management, Inventory Control, Allocation, Distribution and Warehouse Management.

"NGC's ERP solution will help drive a new level of productivity and operational efficiency at LDLA,” said Mark Burstein, president of sales, marketing and R&D, NGC. “Our ERP will enable the company to continue its remarkable growth while maintaining the same high standards of excellence that its customers depend upon."

About NGC

NGC Software^TM is a leading provider of PLM, Supply Chain Management, ERP and Product Testing software and services for brands, retailers and consumer products companies. NGC solutions help increase profitability, reduce costs, improve speed to market and product quality, and manage compliance and testing. NGC has received top rankings by many leading industry analysts and has been recognized as a top 100 supply chain and logistics company by Inbound Logistics, SupplyChainBrain and Supply & Demand Chain Executive.

NGC customers include A|X Armani Exchange, Aeropostale, Billabong, Carter’s, Casual Male, Hugo Boss, Jos. A. Bank, Lululemon Athletica, Marchon Eyewear, Spanx, Swatfame, VF Corporation, and many others. NGC has offices in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, China, India, Mexico, and El Salvador and is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSWA). For more information, visit www.ngcsoftware.com.

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