K3 PEBBLESTONE

Tailor-made software cut to fit the fashion industry

K3 Pebblestone is the all-in-one solution for brand owners, wholesalers, and CMT companies in the fashion industry, embedded in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

K3 Pebblestone accelerates business processes by offering feature-rich functionality, including planning, design, sourcing, purchasing, logistics, warehousing and finance.

Why choose K3 Pebblestone?

Standardised
processes

K3 Pebblestone offers standardised processes aligned to fashion that deliver operational efficiency at scale, all framed through a subject-matter expertise lens adhering to Microsoft’s core processes and framework.

Deep IP depth
and breadth

K3’s north star focus is exclusively fashion and apparel, meaning we only solve industry-specific challenges to ensure a bespoke platform is offered, with flexibility available to fit nuanced brand needs.

Seamless integration
with D365

K3 Pebblestone removes the need for manual coverage and technical maintenance, while following Microsoft’s release schedule to ensure immediate ROI and fluidity for end-users.

No competing
inputs

K3 Pebblestone eliminates the need to source external technical inputs, APIs, and plug-ins to minimise complexity while boosting efficiency.

Features and Benefits

Order Management

• Order Processing
Seamless handling of Sales Orders from creation to fulfilment, ensuring accurate stock control and timely delivery.

• Replacement and Cancellation
Simplified process for modifying orders, enabling businesses to handle replacements and cancellations efficiently.

• Authorisation
Data security and access control through user roles, permissions, and restrictions help maintain data integrity and compliance.

• Consignment Management
Comprehensive solution for managing consignment inventory, tracking stock owned by suppliers at customer locations.

• Customer Blocked Functionality
Restricts actions or transactions for specific customers, manages credit limits and maintains financial control.

• Presales Plan
Strategic planning and execution of sales strategies, facilitating change management and Purchase Order creation.

Season Management

• Season-Based Filtering
Incorporated seasons enable filtering and the categorisation of products to ensure relevant and timely information throughout the system.

• Item Phases Tracking
Item phases allow users to track the lifecycle of each item, from design to sales closure, to ensure visibility at every stage of collection development.

• Delivery Drops
Associate and divide products into delivery drops per season to effectively plan and organise product releases.

• NOOS Products
Ensure that never-out-of-stock products are sellable all year to guarantee availability for customers.

Item Management

• Matrix View
Visualise and manage items with different colours and sizes in a matrix view, improving inventory management efficiency.

• Prepack Items
Accommodate products with varying sizes or colours within a single inventory item, allowing separate cost, price, and stock management.

• Fashion Characteristics
Capture and track essential fashion item information such as styles, colours, and sizes using dedicated fields.

• Style Management
Use style templates to create season-specific product variations, ensuring consistent branding and quick adaptation to fashion trends.

• Customisations and Variations
Efficiently handle items with customisations, create new items and track inventory, pricing, and costs accurately.

• Barcode Generation and Printing
Generate and print barcodes in various formats, assigning them to items and variants for seamless tracking.

Inventory and Warehouse Management

• Receipt Worksheets
Comprehensive overviews of purchased items ready for receipt, ensuring accurate stock control and timely processing.

• Delivery Worksheets
Overviews of sales orders ready for delivery, facilitating efficient order fulfilment and accurate shipment to customers.

• Item Availability Plan
Insights into the availability of fashion collections across different solution areas, allowing for the export and printing of data for analysis and reporting.

• Enhanced Logistics Functionality
Streamlined order fulfilment, efficient inventory management, shipment tracking, and integration with transportation providers, optimising supply chain operations and enhancing customer satisfaction.

Manufacturing

• Matrix Integration
Efficiently manage production processes with a comprehensive matrix that displays selected values in rows and columns to boost visibility.

• Routing Customisation
Easily customise manufacturing processes, like scheduling, capacity planning and material allocation, to ensure flexibility and efficiency.

• Output and Production Journal
Facilitate accurate materials tracking with a comprehensive output and production journal that includes the matrix and component sub-lines.

• Manufacturing Reports
Optimise manufacturing operations with detailed reports based on product performance, inventory management, resource utilisation and more.

Sustainability

• Corporate Social Responsibility
To promote environmental sustainability in the fashion industry, a robust solution supporting Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) goals is crucial. K3 Pebblestone’s CSR module offers comprehensive classifications, certificates, and documentation for products, raw materials, and vendors, empowering businesses to make informed decisions based on ethical and sustainable criteria.

• Sustainability
K3 Pebblestone offers robust functionalities for sustainability management within D365 Business Central. This encompasses tools and features designed to help businesses monitor and optimise their environmental impact, promote sustainable practices, track resource usage, manage waste, and comply with regulatory requirements.

Landed Cost & Cargo Management

• Cargo Management
K3 Pebblestone’s Cargo Management enables businesses to effortlessly oversee, manage and distribute their cargo to warehouses with simple-to-use features. The fashion-specific functionality for inventory and warehouse management streamlines processes, improves visibility, and enables efficient tracking of goods throughout the supply chain.

• Landed Cost
With K3 Landed Cost, companies can effectively manage and analyse pricing strategies, cost calculations, margins, discounts, and other crucial aspects related to the pricing and costing in the dynamic fashion industry, ensuring optimal profitability and competitiveness.