The acquisition will drive the adoption of the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software across Zilingo’s global network of 6,000 factories and 75,000 businesses, enabling access to previously untapped markets. An addition to Zilingo’s powerful technology stack, the MES software automates operations on the factory floor by enabling access to real-time data on the go.
The global impact of Zilingo’s supply chain technology
Fashion is an over US$3 trillion industry, in which a majority of retailers struggle with meeting consumer demand for fast, on-trend and responsibly produced products due to inefficiencies and information asymmetry. To address this, Zilingo has created a full-stack technology platform that makes the supply chain fair, transparent and connected. The acquisition will bring added features to the company’s customers in the United States, Europe and Australia, where brands traditionally lack transparency over supply chain and manufacturing processes.
“What excited us about the nCinga product was their ability to dramatically improve efficiency and drive insights by digitising the shop floor - we have partnered with them for a long time and their work has been crucial to our mission of creating a transparent, sustainable, economically viable and socially responsible apparel supply chain,” said Ankiti Bose, Co-Founder and CEO of Zilingo, on the acquisition.
Zilingo to bring digitization opportunity to global manufacturing hubs like Bangladesh, India, Vietnam and Indonesia.
Zilingo plans to leverage its global manufacturer network to increase distribution of the software - specifically for core fashion manufacturing markets such as Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and Turkey among others.
“We at nCinga are very inspired by Zilingo’s vision. Both the teams align on shared values and a global ambition to make the fashion and apparel industry fair, transparent and efficient, we hope to do great things together," said Imal Kalutotage, Chief Executive Officer, nCinga Innovations.
Zilingo is a technology platform that powers the entire fashion supply chain. It was founded in 2015 by Ankiti Bose and Dhruv Kapoor with a vision to use technology to put responsible and efficient business within everyone’s reach. The fashion industry is dominated by a select few - favoring only those with social, human and financial capital. At Zilingo, we believe the future of fashion belongs to everyone. By using smart, technology-led solutions to bridge the gap between creators and producers, we’ve re-imagined the fashion supply chain to make it fair, connected and transparent for all.
nCinga believes in the power of data and recognizes that the availability, visibility, usability, manageability and reliability of the data is of utmost importance to realize the power of data. As such, nCinga has put forth a platform where organizational data can be collected, integrated, connected, searched, visualized and analyzed all in real time.