RNF expands use of Progress OpenEdge to create integrated back office
and front office systems, built from the ground up, for Mexx
International B.V.
BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2018--
Progress
(NASDAQ: PRGS), the leading provider of application development and
digital experience technologies, today announced that the owners of RNF,
a Dutch holding company for footwear, fashion accessories and apparel,
have expanded their use of Progress® OpenEdge® platform with the recent
relaunch of acquired global fashion brand, Mexx.
With Progress OpenEdge, RNF has replatformed Mexx’s mission-critical
business applications in order to launch a new fashion line to retailers
in less than a year.
Acquired in August 2017, Mexx is a fashion house that at its prime
reached $1 billion in revenue. Purchased by the owners of RNF and
rebranded Mexx International B.V., Mexx International wanted to rebuild
the company from the ground up with the mission of being a global brand,
inspired by product design, outstanding store/online experiences and
superb marketing. The owners of the project wanted the relaunch to take
place in less than a year.
As part of the RNF’s initiative to relaunch the Mexx business, the new
owners had to rebuild the mission-critical applications supporting their
retail sites as well as their online presence, to provide the technology
foundation necessary to meet their business goals. Having previous
success with Progress OpenEdge, RNF and Dutch Progress partner Reflecta,
a supplier and implementation partner of XL-ENZ Fashion ERP, leveraged
the application development platform to rebuild and integrate the
systems necessary for launch – including order management, wholesale
purchasing, logistics, and more. These applications were able to
integrate with all aspects of the business, both frontend and backend,
to enable Mexx to compete with the big players in the market.
“The first milestone of the rollout of our new strategy was the launch
of our Spring/Summer 2018 fashion collection,” said Ferry Helmer, CEO,
Mexx International. “Within a very short period, we had to build and
implement the platforms necessary to help launch our new collection.
Thanks to Progress OpenEdge, not only were we up and running on launch
day, but the platform integrates with all of our systems – both
homegrown and third-party technology – to provide our customers with a
seamless shopping experience.”
The new complete back office system, powered by Progress OpenEdge,
encompasses warehousing, finance and logistics, and is fully integrated
with the front office through the OpenEdge WebClient, an ABL GUI client
that enables the deployment of OpenEdge applications remotely. In
addition, through integration with external business tools, the platform
supports sales, BI and reporting functionality. It enables easy access
to inventory data and can sort and filter products based on a multitude
of criteria. Employees can also check the availability of products and
generate tailored reports.
“We are excited that RNF chose to expand its use of OpenEdge to drive
the success of the Mexx brand,” said John Ainsworth, SVP, Core Products,
Progress. “The right application platform is key for enabling the
success of digitally driven businesses like Mexx. Organizations need
technology that offers complete reliability, helps them stay flexible,
and will grow with their business. That’s what Progress offers.”
Additional Resources
About Reflecta
Reflecta provides and implements solutions specifically tailored to the
needs of the fashion industry. With its products and services, Reflecta
aims to help domestic and international companies.
Reflecta is investing a lot in building solid expertise in this market,
which is of a strategic importance. Reflecta is a supplier and
implementation partner of XL-ENZ ERP software.
About Progress
Progress
(NASDAQ: PRGS) offers the leading platform for developing and deploying
strategic business applications. We enable customers and partners to
deliver modern, high-impact digital experiences with a fraction of the
effort, time and cost. Progress offers powerful tools for easily
building adaptive user experiences across any type of device or
touchpoint, award-winning machine learning that enables cognitive
capabilities to be a part of any application, the flexibility of a
serverless cloud to deploy modern apps, business rules, web content
management, plus leading data connectivity technology. Over 1,700
independent software vendors, 100,000 enterprise customers, and two
million developers rely on Progress to power their applications. Learn
about Progress at www.progress.com or
+1-800-477-6473.
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