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# forge

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> Cloud-based PLM module for mid-market apparel and footwear retailers, managing styles from concept through production.
> 
> Verdict: Rated \*\*\*\* by 0 users. Top-rated for **Overall Quality**.

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## Overview

### Key benefits of forge

\* Holds every style as a single record from concept through sign-off, eliminating data fragmentation across spreadsheets and inboxes.
\* Cost sheets and landed cost estimates built before purchase order creation reduce financial risk on new styles.
\* Forge Approvals workflow governs every draft action, ensuring creative speed does not bypass required sign-off.
\* Approved styles feed directly into Core range plans, so buys are built from styles that exist rather than placeholders.
\* Direct publishing to Shopify and other sales channels from the same product record removes the need for a separate export or re-entry step.
\* Attribute-level sell-through read-back by colour, shape, and fabric informs future design decisions with actual performance data.
\* Data-informed design recommendations and colour and shape analysis support fewer wasted samples and tighter range edits.
\* Supplier quoting via RFQs and supplier comparison across mills, cut-and-sew, and trim vendors centralises sourcing decisions within the product record.
\* Tech packs, CAD files, bill of materials, and sample and fit results are stored on the same record as construction specs, reducing version-control risk.
\* Yukti AI agent evolves existing styles or generates new ones from a text prompt, starting from best sellers to identify range gaps and refresh hero styles, with no data written to the record without human approval.
\* Yukti writes marketing and product descriptions, names styles, and builds CAD and bill of materials once a direction is approved, reducing manual authoring effort.
\* Native iOS and Android mobile apps extend access to the platform beyond the desktop for designers, buyers, and sourcing teams in the field.
\* Integration with NetSuite, SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Shopify, and BigQuery connects product lifecycle data to existing enterprise systems.
\* Connects to the broader Merchmix platform including Core, Core Plus, Horizon ERP, and the Beacon supplier portal for end-to-end retail operations coverage.

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Merchmix

## Commercial Context

- **Pricing model**: Usage Based
- **Pricing Details**: forge is priced on the products you turn on and the size of your range, as one annual subscription with no per-seat fees, so every designer, technologist, buyer and supplier contact can use it. About 1/10 the cost of enterprise suites. Pricing is quoted after a one-hour demo with sales and product. Typical go-live is 12 to 15 weeks, and a free six-week proof of concept runs on your own data, with no contract.
- **Target Audience**: 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000, 5 001–10 000, 10 000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: Australia, United Kingdom, United States

## Features

- Categorisation/Grouping
- Collaboration Tools
- Data Import/Export
- Data Modeling
- Data Quality Control
- Digital Asset Management
- Image Library
- Lifecycle Management
- Master Record Management
- Product Catalog
- Product Data Management
- Role-Based Permissions
- Search/Filter
- Third-Party Integrations
- Version Control
- Workflow Management

## Integrations (5 total)

- BigQuery
- Dynamics 365
- NetSuite
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud
- Shopify

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Phone Support
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat

## Category

- [PIM Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/1341/pim/software)

## Related Categories

- [PIM Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/1341/pim/software)
- [Product Lifecycle Management Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/329/product-lifecycle-management/software)

## Links

- [View on GetApp](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/2383217/forge-13)

## This page is available in the following languages

| Locale | URL |
| en | <https://www.getapp.com/all-software/a/forge-13/> |
| en-AE | <https://www.getapp.ae/software/2383217/forge-13> |
| en-AU | <https://www.getapp.com.au/software/2383217/forge-13> |
| en-CA | <https://www.getapp.ca/software/2383217/forge-13> |
| en-GB | <https://www.getapp.co.uk/software/2383217/forge-13> |
| en-IE | <https://www.getapp.ie/software/2383217/forge-13> |
| en-NZ | <https://www.getapp.co.nz/software/2383217/forge-13> |
| en-SG | <https://www.getapp.sg/software/2383217/forge-13> |
| en-ZA | <https://www.getapp.za.com/software/2383217/forge-13> |

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