Simparel president Roberto Mangual is now taking over as its CEO. Mangual brings more than 17 years of executive-level apparel manufacturing and information management experience to his new role. As CEO, Mangual will expand his current duties and assume overall responsibility for all day-to-day operations and strategies.
Mangual has rapidly advanced with Simparel, serving as president, COO and vice president of operations since joining the company in 2012. For the prior 13 years, he held the position of CIO and vice president of operations for branded sleep and leisurewear company Richard Leeds International.
Designed for apparel, footwear, accessory, home furnishings and other soft goods industries, the Simparel Enterprise Solution empowers brands, manufacturers and vertical retailers reach their full potential by accelerating and improving performance across the entire business and global supply chain.
This advanced, natively integrated system provides global process visibility, control and collaboration by combining traditionally independent Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP), Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Warehouse Management (WMS), Mobile Wholesale Solutions (MWS) and other productivity tools into a single, fashion-focused business system.
The end-to-end capabilities of Simparel keep teams and vendors working on the same page by providing always up-to-date tech packs, forecasts, sampling, costing, order status, quality control, production, logistics, inventory management, accounting, compliance and other mission-critical activities and reporting.

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