Company name: Pongees Ltd
Contact name: John Godley
Company address: 28-30 Hoxton Square, London N1 6NN
Telephone number: 0171 739 9130
Fax number: 0171 739 9132

Pongees Ltd is a silk importer, converter and exporter. Established in 1929, Pongees supply a number of different industries that require high quality silk products and has supplied silk to the world of television, film, theatre, haute couture, as well as bridal houses and interior design companies. From Autumn '96 the company is due to migrate to a Microsoft client server environment which has been three years in development. At the moment John Godley, Managing Director of Pongees, is familiarising his staff with Windows 95 in preparation for the new launch.

Pongees have developed POLO-TEX©, "The first client server textile oriented system of it's kind", according to Godley. Which will be running in an environment based on a network of twelve PCs running Windows 95 and Windows NT workstation connected to a Microsoft SQL Server running on Windows NT server.

Pongees supplies many of the leading fashion houses. "Pongee's speed of response to an order is vital due to the high level of competition, especially as designers are renowned for calling several suppliers simultaneously for samples", said John. "POLO-TEX© running on Microsoft systems will allow us to be more reactive in distributing samples, the 'lifeblood' of our business. It will also play a great part in categorising, controlling the stock and calculating prices all of which saves us time and increases accuracy."

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