N41 Apparel ERP

Fashion wholesalers deal with sizes, colors, seasons and buyers who place orders on a show floor, and general-purpose ERP software tends to treat all of that as an afterthought. N41 Apparel ERP, made by Nouvolution Incorporated, is built around it. Its site says the company has roughly twenty years in the fashion industry, and that the platform is designed for apparel, footwear and accessories while remaining open enough to suit other inventory-heavy wholesale businesses.

One suite for the whole wholesale cycle

The ERP core looks after stock levels, order entry, manufacturing runs, outbound shipping and sales reporting. Around it sit a tradeshow mobile app, a B2B e-commerce site, a showroom module, EDI links to retailers, PLM integration and product information management. The vendor says there is room for any kind of apparel business: a small start-up with five users, a multi-brand company with five hundred, importers and domestic producers, and firms that sell mainly at tradeshows or mainly over EDI.

Taking orders at the rack

At a tradeshow, a salesperson can walk the floor with a tablet, scan items and take orders while talking to buyers. Each order syncs with the main ERP, so inventory is updated across locations in real time and fulfillment can begin before the event ends. The site lists real-time sync, automated order processing, faster fulfillment and a freer sales floor, with samples and buyers where laptops and checkout lines used to be. It also says brands use the app at the Magic Show.

Beyond apparel

The same capabilities are offered to accessory, perfume and footwear wholesalers, with specialized solutions for each product category. The company also provides EDI integrations and e-commerce connectivity to tie together a global supply chain and several sales channels.

Support and licensing

Customers get a knowledge base, customer support and success management intended to keep teams proficient. The license agreement grants a non-exclusive license to run the software on a single computer for the licensee's internal operations, or from a server with a license dedicated to each client computer.