PLM for IT & Digital Transformation
PLM for fashion: A stable, integrated platform for IT teams
IT teams don’t want another isolated tool. They must keep systems stable, secure, and integrated while the business pushes for speed.
Delogue PLM for fashion provides a structured core for product development that fits the existing system landscape.
By running development on a shared platform, teams reduce duplication and handovers - supporting a more scalable, better governed way of working.
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Fashion product development on shadow IT is a long-term risk
When product development runs on spreadsheets and file-sharing tools, IT inherits long-term risk.
These setups often lack governance and ownership, so data fragments across systems and handovers drive errors, delays, and security risk.
Over time, this creates technical debt that gets harder and more expensive to fix as the organisation grows.
A modern PLM for fashion replaces fragile workarounds with a governed system IT can support with confidence - and the business can rely on.
What PLM fashion changes in your day as a designer
Delogue PLM for fashion changes how design work feels day to day. Instead of managing information across tools, designers work from one live style view where visuals, files, comments, and decisions stay connected.
Design work becomes clearer, calmer, and easier to share with the rest of the team and the suppliers. With Delogue, designers stay focused on design through simple style creation, connected design files and visualised collections.
Simple and easy style creation
Connect your design files
Visualise the entire collection
PLM integrations that fit into your existing stack
A modern fashion tech stack includes multiple systems and PLM must integrate cleanly into that environment. Delogue is built with PLM integrations at its core, designed to support reliable data flow rather than fragile one-off connections.
The platform follows an API-first approach with standardised data structures, making integrations easier to maintain and scale. Together, these PLM integrations allow PLM to function as a clean data hub in the fashion eco system landscape.
ERP + PLM fashion data flow
PLM - PIM integration
PLM - CAD integration
What PLM for fashion changes as an IT owner
For IT teams, Delogue PLM for fashion means fewer side tools, and clearer ownership of product data. Delogue acts as a dedicated core system for product development reducing complexity rather than adding to it.
- Robust PLM fashion foundation
Delogue provides a stable plm fashion platform with a clear data model built specifically for fashion product development. Product data is structured, versioned, and traceable making it easier to integrate and govern.
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Configurable, not custom-coded
The platform is configurable to match business workflows without heavy custom development. This reduces upgrade risk and long-term maintenance overhead.
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Clear roles and access control
Role- and permission-based access ensures the right users see the right data. External suppliers can collaborate without exposing internal systems.
In practice, Delogue PLM for fashion means less firefighting and better oversight for IT.
Connected through partners
Delogue collaborates with leading fashion IT solutions to create an open, adaptable ecosystem that fits your workflows and scales as your needs evolve.
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“Delogue gives us a good place for our product development teams to work closely with vendors and suppliers. And with the integrations we’ve built to our other systems, collaboration has become much more seamless.”
Astrid Uttenreitter, Teamlead PMO at Hummel
“Managing production sheets and other essential documents manually was incredibly challenging. It was clear that to support our growing team and streamline our processes, we needed a PLM solution.”
Tanja Di Toro Mamarella, Head of Product at Pegador
“We specifically chose Delogue because it is tailored for the fashion industry, offering the crucial supplier access, and is proven in the industry, ensuring reliable support.”
Maria Brorsson, Buying Director at House of Saki
The design data you need, without the hunting
Designers need context, not spreadsheets. With Delogue PLM for fashion, relevant information is available directly on the style, presented in a way that supports creative work rather than turning designers into controllers.
Design teams can see which materials and components are being used, understand the current status of styles and samples, and follow feedback from product development, sourcing and suppliers in one place.
The data is structured and connected so designers no longer need to chase answers. They see what matters, when it matters, and can design with greater clarity and confidence.
Better workflows, stronger margin and timelines
Design decisions always have a business impact, whether designers are asked to consider it or not. Choices around materials, construction, and design details influence timelines, sample rounds, and downstream adjustments.
When workflows are unclear, even small design changes can ripple through product development and turn into expensive late-stage fixes. Delogue PLM for fashion helps connect creative work to real operational and commercial outcomes through:
- earlier alignment reduces late-stage changes and last-minute corrections
- clear specifications improve sample accuracy and reduce resampling
- better collaboration shortens development cycles and reduces rework
Designers don’t need to manage margins directly, but stronger design workflows help protect them naturally as part of a more controlled development process.
Footwear
Footwear development is component-led and detail-heavy. The product is built from many parts, and progress depends on precision across versions and supplier updates.
A fashion PLM system matters in footwear because it keeps the product record stable as the style evolves, so teams can trust what’s approved and what’s current. It also supports cleaner collaboration with specialised suppliers, where clarity and log control are essential to avoid delays.
Accessories & Lifestyle
Accessories and lifestyle products tend to move fast, with frequent refreshes and broad assortments. Changes can be small on paper but big in cost and lead time.
A modern fashion PLM setup matters here because it keeps product detail controlled as the assortment grows, so teams don’t lose time to misalignment across versions. It also supports consistency across a wide range of products without forcing teams into rigid ways of working.
In accessories, the risk is rarely a single big mistake. It’s a steady build-up of small errors that create delays and rework. Delogue helps prevent that drift.
Kidswear
Kidswear demands extra care. Fit, comfort, and safety expectations raise the bar on detail, and products often require closer attention to materials, labelling, and documentation. At the same time, the category still runs on seasonal speed, and collections evolve quickly.
A fashion PLM approach is important here because it keeps the product record clear as styles move through development. It supports consistency when teams are managing many styles and variations under time pressure.
Kidswear is a category where “nearly right” is not good enough, and where last-minute fixes are especially costly. A modern fashion PLM software foundation helps teams stay accurate.
PLM fashion built for governance, stability, and scale
As the business grows, Delogue PLM for fashion provides a scalable foundation without constant IT rework.
It gives IT visibility into product data flows, access, and integrations, without IT managing styles, materials, or documents. This creates clear boundaries between business ownership and IT governance, while supporting audits and compliance.
By replacing fragmented tools with a single fashion PLM platform, risk and technical debt are reduced, and scaling across regions, brands, or markets becomes simpler.
How it feels to support one PLM fashion platform instead of ten side-solutions
From an IT perspective, supporting Delogue feels more straightforward and predictable.
IT teams spend less time supporting unofficial systems and more time working with the business on clearly defined needs. Conversations with team members become more structured, as everyone works from the same platform and data foundation.
This shift creates space for IT to focus on architecture, security, and long-term improvements. With PLM for fashion in Delogue, IT moves from reactive support toward proactive enablement of the organisation.
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Delogue is integration-ready and built to fit into modern IT environments with security and scalability. Explore how Delogue supports clean PLM integrations, strong governance, and a stable foundation for product development.