Coats Plc is the World's largest manufacturer of industrial sewing thread, and a leading supplier of trims. It has been a thriving and dynamic organization for over 200 years with its business units spread across 66 countries.

From ancient times to today, color frequently is the decisive factor in determining a product's quality and appeal. The mastery of color in textiles encompasses many scientific laws and subjective factors --appearance, light, object, and material. Right from human perceptions to the latest globalization of textile manufacturing, Color communication has faced challenges and complications in communicating the color standard to remote locations.

Color is a major bottleneck in apparel supply chain right from design to market delivery. Very few organizations in the world have adopted a sophisticated end to end color management methodology.

Coats' is a pioneer in electronic color management and wishes to take its expertise to the masses by a comprehensive solution.

• Very short development cycle
• To bring in a step-change improvement in the usability of the system.

TexWorld played a vital role in making the initiative a reality. It has played pivotal role by participating in the planning, building, stabilizing, deploying and supporting phases of the initiative.

The responsibilities Software Used assumed include product development, hosting and managed services, marketing and sales support and customer support.

Through this partnership with TexWorld, Coats Plc was able to achieve speed-to-market besides cutting product development costs significantly. Both the teams were able to leverage their core competencies and deliver quality solutions to the customers.