NYC Alliance Holdings Selects CGS BlueCherry(R) PLM to Provide Full Visibility into Product Development

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jun 15, 2017) - CGS, a global provider of business applications, enterprise learning and outsourcing services, today announced that NYC Alliance Holdings, Inc., a multi-platform apparel company, selected BlueCherry® Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), an essential module within the BlueCherry Enterprise Suite of solutions, providing end-to-end capabilities for apparel and consumer lifestyle brands.

NYC Alliance Holdings sought to advance its visibility into product development data and remove manual processes to improve workflow speed and gain insight into product design adoption. The company also wanted a solution that provided triggers and alerts that would enable the team to address production issues. With the CGS team's extensive expertise and resources in the consumer lifestyle products market, the implementation of BlueCherry PLM will help support NYC Alliance Holdings' growth, bring end-to-end visibility to its product lifecycle and improve its timeline to bring goods to market.

"Having been a BlueCherry ERP customer for five years now, we wanted to add a solution to improve our product lifecycle visibility and remove manual processes," said Kevin Lowney, supply chain and logistics manager, NYC Alliance Holdings. "We felt that CGS's BlueCherry PLM would be the perfect fit to enable full integration across our other BlueCherry implementations. We're excited that BlueCherry PLM will offer better visibility into product development, improving our processes, eliminating silos and enabling us to bring goods to market faster."

"With over 30 years of experience in the fashion, footwear and consumer product market, CGS understands the value of having the right solutions in place to efficiently and effectively run business operations," said Paul Magel, president, Business Applications and Technology Outsourcing division, CGS. "NYC Alliance Holdings has been a valued customer for several years. We're excited that they chose to continue to implement BlueCherry solutions to support their growing operations."

CGS's BlueCherry® PLM is a best-in-class product lifecycle management solution for fashion and consumer lifestyle products companies, providing a comprehensive set of tools to manage the entire product lifecycle. In addition to core product data management (PDM), bill of materials (BOM), technical specifications and other commonly available PLM tools, BlueCherry PLM draws from its enterprise solution heritage to deliver a broader set of integrated line planning, design, product development, sourcing and production capabilities to meet the demands of today's rapidly changing marketplace. 

About NYC Alliance Holdings
Founded in 2009, NYC Alliance is a privately owned woman's multi-platform apparel company. We are design centric, with superior quality and competitively priced. Our focus is on diversified product classifications catering to the needs of a woman's lifestyle in sweaters, knits, wovens and active.

Our reputation for being trend-right is built on seven in-house design teams creating original designs for Missy, Petite and Plus. Our cross-functional teams are innovative and agile from sourcing raw materials to our manufacturing and distribution capabilities.

Our end-to-end supply chain allows us to impact the market place with the highest quality and flexibility to produce over 40 Million Units annually.

Our corporate philosophy has enabled us to continuously diversify our portfolio and adapt our business profile and product offerings in vertical manufacturing seasonally.

We are committed to strong visual identity, quality assurance, and value delivering products that inspire loyalty.

About CGS
For nearly 35 years, CGS has enabled global enterprises, regional companies and government agencies to drive breakthrough performance through business applications, enterprise learning and outsourcing services. CGS is wholly focused on creating comprehensive solutions that meet clients' complex, multi-dimensional needs and support clients' most fundamental business activities. Headquartered in New York City, CGS has offices across North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. For more information, please visit www.cgsinc.com and follow us on Twitter at @CGSinc and @BlueCherryCGS and on Facebook.