AIC Apparel and Textile Site Survey


(Rev 3.0 06/99)
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Mike Mann
Centennial International, LLC
Suite 100
105 Noble Court
Alpharetta, GA 30005
FAX: (770) 255-2288
Phone: (770) 255-2281

Thank you for your response!


A.Business
name(s):
B.Address &
telephone number
of business:

C.Please indicate who holds the following positions within your company:
President:
VP Finance:
VP Manufacturing/ Distribution:
D.Are you a Contract/Knitter/Dyer only?
Is your interest in:
Real-Time:
Modular:
UPC:
E.
Are you an importer only?
Please list below the location(s) of Your Manufacturing Plants & Number of Office and Plant Employees at each location:
1. City, St: # Office Emp: #Plant Emp:
2. City, St: # Office Emp: #Plant Emp:
3. City, St: # Office Emp: #Plant Emp:
F.What is your Company's projected growth in the coming year? %
G.
If your business is seasonal, please name the seasons and approximate shipping dates for each season:
1. Season:Shipping Dates:
2. Season:Shipping Dates:
3. Season:Shipping Dates:
H.Describe your product line(s):
Products:
Size Ranges:
I. If you work with majors, such as Penny's, Sears, etc. Please indicate which:
J.Please indicate the name of your Factor if any:
K. Describe your current procedure for purchasing and receiving raw materials:
L. Describe your current procedure for issuing, tracking and receiving cuts and production orders:
M. List some of your common style numbers and color codes. Do you have a significant number? Explain:
N.List some of your common customer numbers. Show bill to and ship to numbering scheme.
O.Current computer system:
P.Please provide Centennial with samples of completed copies of the following forms: (The information on these forms is very important for us to understand the information flow in your business.)

1. Customer Master Information;
2. Sales Order Form with Styles;
3. Bill of Material/Cost Sheet;
4. Raw Material Purchase Order/Invoice;
5. Pick Ticket and/or Packing Slip;
6. Cutting/Production/Knit/Dye Tickets
AIC/MAGNAL TRANSACTIONS VOLUMES
TRANSACTION/
VOLUME TYPE		PER DAY
AVERAGE		PEAK
AVERAGE		TOTAL
NUMBER		ESTIMATE
OR ACTUAL?
Sold-To addresses (active):
Ship-To addresses (active):
Seasons per year:
Active styles:
Colors per style:
Raw material items (active):
Raw material venders (active):
Customer orders per day:
Lines per order:
Invoices per day:
Lines per invoice:
Cuts per month:
Colors per Cut/Work Order:
Knitted/dyed production lbs:
OFF-SHORE IMPORTS
(If applicable)
Off-shore suppliers:
Foreign P.O.'s per month:
Colors per foreign P.O.:
Receipts per foreign P.O.:
Fabric P.O.'s per month:
Lines per fabric P.O.:
Receipts per fabric P.O.:
SHOP FLOOR VOLUMES
(If applicable)
- Total number of piece rates or standards:
- Number of colors per style:
- Average no. operations per style:
- Average no. of bundles/cut:
- Average quantity/bundle:
- Number of active styles by season. Include all styles active on the computer at the same time:
SeasonNumber
TOTAL:
 AverageMaximum
- Planned cuts:
- W.I.P cust in cut/sew/finish:
- TOTAL ACTIVE CUTS:
 DirectIndirect
- No. active employees:
- No. skills (operations) per employee:
 AveragePeak
- Production/day:
- Coupons turned in per day:
- Current system for printing bundle tickets:
- No. persons and hrs/day required to print bundle tickets: No.:Hrs/Day:
 AveragePeak
- Calculation of the gross payroll:Persons:
 Hrs/Day:
- Preparation of efficiency reports, W.I.P tracking, excess costs reports, etc:Persons:
 Hrs/Day:
Number of plants:
This information will be input into a computer-driven volume estimator program that will determine the storage size of the computer that will be proposed to you. Please make your estimates as accurately as possible since CI's determination will be based on these estimates.
PROBLEM AREAS
Please list the specific problems that are of major importance to your business today. Briefly explain the problem ares that you perceive a new software system can resolve for your business:
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CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
Software:
Current vendor - Order entry, Invoicing, Shipping, Receiving Production, BOM:
Current vendor - Accounting modules:
Current ventor - Incentive Payroll:
Monthly software support cost internal/outside:
Hardware:
Number of current workstations:
Number of initial new system workstations:
What growth is planned for the system?
Number and speed of current printers:
Number of remote plants/offices:
Number of devices at each remote plant/office:
If a network is installed will it be attached to the new system?
If there is a PC network installed, what type is it?
What make/model modems/multiplexers are in use?
Are analog or digital communications line in use?
What make/model data collection equipment is used?
Monthly hardware maintenance cost:
Number of people (full/part time) in data processing:
What do you like or not like about your current data processing systems approach? Please describe some of the software/hardware limitations you would like to overcome by implementing a new system:

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