Reference Collaborative Processes in eBIZ/TC Upstream (2018-1)

release 5/11/2018

		Process 1 - Fabric supply
Process		Fabric supply
Description		Process that describes the procurement of fabric by Clothing companies or Brand Retailers or other kind of Users (Home textile or automotive).
Process activities		Process activities Activity transactions Diagrams 1 - Selection of fabrics Activity of selection of the fabrics that the Clothing Producer (or any other User) insert in its Collection (includes the exchange of the products codes, the technical sheets, the anticipation or the forecast about articles to be purcased)  + [Full record]   release 5/11/2018 Textile Catalogue Fabric Technical Sheet Textile Collection Forecast   +       2 - Purchase of fabrics Activity of purchase of fabrics, includes monitoring of the advancements of the order.  + [Full record]   release 5/11/2018 Textile Purchase Order Textile Order Response Textile Order Change Textile Order Status Report   +       3 - Fabric delivery with quality reporting by controller Activity of delivering the fabrics to the Clients or their SubContractors after the intervention of a Controller (inspection of the pieces)  + [Full record]   release 5/11/2018 Textile Collection Forecast Textile Despatch Request Textile Despatch Advice Piece Control Order Textile Quality Report Fashion Receiving Advice   +       4 - Despatch of fabrics with groupage In this scenario, the Fabric Producers agree to send fabrics and accessories ordered by the Apparel Producer to a Logistics Company or directly to the Apparel Subcontractor specified by the Apparel Producer. The Apparel Producer send a Despatch Request of the "kit" to the Fabric Producer or to the Logistics company so that it can make the "groupage (fabric, buttons, fastners…) and send it to the specified Subcontractor. At this point, the Logistics company (or the Fabric Producer) sends the Despatch Advise to the Apparel Producer to confirm the shipping; the same document is sent to the Subcontractor to anticipate the information about the material it will receive.  + [Full record]   release 5/11/2018 Textile Despatch Request Textile Despatch Advice Textile Quality Report Garment Kit Despatch Request Garment Kit Despatch Advice   +       5 - Fabric delivery with quality reporting by producer Activity of delivering the fabrics to the Clients or their SubContractors without the intervention of a Controller  + [Full record]   release 5/11/2018 Textile Despatch Request Textile Despatch Advice Textile Quality Report   +       6 - Invoicing of fabrics Activity that brings to completion the trading between the Fabric Producer and the Apparel Producer, enabling the Fabric Producer to debit the product supplied and any additional service performed.  + [Full record]   release 5/11/2018 Textile Invoice   +
Functions/Actors involved		Apparel Producer Company or company function that organises manufacturing and material supplying in order to obtain a finished garments from fabrics. It is the Client of the Fabric Producer and partially of the Yarn Producer. Apparel Subcontractor Sub-contracting company (or company function) that hires job to the Apparel Producer (for example cutting/sewing operations, but also dying). Fabric Controller Company or company function that checks the quality of the fabrics on behalf of the producer (of fabric or of garment). Fabric Producer Company or company function that organises manufacturing and material supplying in order to obtain a finished fabric used for the production of garments or home textile. The actual manufacturing may be done by own factories or by sub-contractors. Its productive process has in input yarns and in output fabrics. It is the Supplier of the Apparel Producer and the customer of the Yarn Producer.