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Work Wear Supplier's Growth Drives IT Investment


Manchester, UK 25th September 2003

Leading work wear supplier Wessex Textiles based in Bridgewater, Somerset will replace their legacy IT systems with an integrated business management and information system - Xe-ERP - from specialist IT systems vendor XeBusiness.

The system will underpin the company's rapid rate of growth and will handle its CRM (Customer Relationship Management), Finished Inventory, Global Sourcing and Distribution requirements to streamline operations and reduce trading costs. A customised version of XeB's wearer pack management module will also be deployed

The contract was awarded following a successful pilot implementation of the system.


David Cullis, Chief Executive of XeBusiness, commenting on the contract award said:

"Our product, Xe-ERP, is strong in the B2B work wear segment and some 30% of our clients are work wear and career wear suppliers covering a wide variety of specialist clothing from uniforms to clean room garments. We welcome Wessex Textiles to our rapidly expanding client base in this specialist and competitive segment of the industry."


About XeBusiness

XeBusiness supplies computer based supply chain solutions for quick response and cost reduction - simply and economically. The company is a leading business to business provider of supply chain solutions to the textile and apparel sector that allow client companies to automate their in-house functional processes and to integrate these with systems in use at their customers, suppliers and business partners to improve service levels and reduce operating cost

About Xe-ERP

Xe-ERP is a world-class specialist management information and business management system for garment, footwear, soft goods and household textile suppliers operating in the retail and corporate supply chains.

The system is particularly suited to SME's (Small to Medium Sized Enterprises) given its low cost of ownership and ease and speed of implementation. All aspects of CRM, Distribution, Sourcing and Manufacturing operations are covered by the system taking account of the specialist requirements of companies operating in the Textile sector.

For further information, please contact:

David Cullis at XeBusiness Ltd

Tel: 0161 869 0430 or

email: david.cullis@xebusiness.com