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International Dyer, May 2004

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PFG Uses Datafrex

Precision Fabrics Group Inc (PFG), of Greensboro, North Carolina, is a company focused on innovation. PFG was purchased by management from Burlington Industries in 1988 and has operated as a privately owned company since then.

Today PFG employs approximately 900 people and operates plants in North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. The company develops, manufactures and sells highly engineered fabrics.

For example, PFG fabrics help the electronic, communication and computer industries comply with US limitations on electro-magnetic interference. A gasket made with PFG fine-denier fabric can prevent the interference that occurs between different electronic devices, such as computers, testing equipment, printers, cellular telephones, radar equipment and medical devices.

The company's R&D efforts have provided its customers with highly engineered woven and nonwoven solutions for diverse markets and applications. Innovations such as Pristine®, a line of fabrics developed to provide an allergen barrier in bedding products.

In 2000 PFG began evaluating different management control solutions and vendors. PFG's high-tech environment demands a highly effective system to support their manufacturing and logistics operations. The selection process required careful evaluation:

• the information system had to support and not add to the workload
• the information system had to support the company's lean manufacturing philosophy
• the solution had to support the company's future growth initiatives The Datatex Textile Integrated

Manufacturing (TIM) solution was selected and Jeff Robson, project manager, explained: "TIM was PFG's choice because it was the best ERP solution we found that we believed could evolve with the technological changes of the textile industry. Its modular and table-driven approach allowed us to install it in different departments with minimal changes.

"PFG is extremely satisfied with its choice", commented Jeff Robson. "We look forward to growing our business with Datatex. The Web enhancements of this package will further improve the relationships with our customers, our agents and our suppliers."

Ronnie Hagin, CEO and president of Datatex North America, commented: " We are very proud to publicise this story of a large, totally vertical and integrated implementation in the USA, using all modules of TIM (yes, including VIP, TRP and MAIS costing), which was successfully implemented on time and within a fixed price budget."

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