Internationally Recognized Bridal Designer Watters Designs Selects NGC’s PLM

NGC today announced that Watters Designs, Inc., an internationally acclaimed multi-label bridal apparel designer and manufacturer, has selected NGC’s PLM software. Founded in the 1980s, Watters Designs supplies wedding boutiques with luxurious designer wedding gowns, bridesmaids dresses, and bridal accessories throughout the U.S. and worldwide under the labels Watters, Wtoo and Love Marley.

Watters Designs selected NGC’s PLM platform to help the company manage its recent product expansion and rapid growth. NGC’s PLM software will also help ensure that Watters Designs maintains its high standards of quality and design.

“NGC is proud to partner with Watters Designs to help them to continue to grow their business and provide their customers with exceptional service and quality,” said Mark Burstein, president of sales, marketing and R&D, NGC Software. “We look forward to helping Watters Designs take advantage of all the features and functionality in our PLM software.”

About NGC

NGC Software is a leading provider of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Supply Chain Management, ERP and Shop Floor Control software and services for brands, retailers and consumer products companies. NGC solutions help increase profitability, reduce costs, improve speed to market and product quality, and manage compliance and testing. NGC earned more than a dozen top-10 rankings in the 2013 RIS News Software Leaderboard and has received top rankings by leading industry analysts. In addition, NGC has been recognized as a top 100 supply chain and logistics company by Inbound Logistics, SupplyChainBrain and Supply & Demand Chain Executive.

NGC customers include A|X Armani Exchange, Aeropostale, Billabong, Carter’s, Destination XL, Hugo Boss, Jos. A. Bank, Marchon Eyewear, Spanx, Swatfame, VF Corporation, and many others. NGC has offices in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Canada, China, India, Mexico, and El Salvador and is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software Inc. (NASDAQ:AMSWA). For more information, visit www.ngcsoftware.com.

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