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BlueCherry (CGS)

BlueCherry (CGS) at a glance
VendorCGS (Computer Generated Solutions)
HeadquartersNew York, NY, USA
OwnershipPrivately held (CGS, founded 1984 by Phil Friedman, now executive chairman)
DeploymentCloud-hosted / SaaS, with hybrid options
Target marketMid-market to enterprise fashion, apparel, footwear, and lifestyle brands, wholesalers, and manufacturers in the US
IndustriesApparel, footwear, accessories, home goods, and consumer lifestyle products
PricingNot published; third parties report per-user monthly subscription licensing
Websitebluecherry.com

What BlueCherry is

BlueCherry is a suite for companies that live on seasons and size runs: fashion, apparel, footwear, and consumer lifestyle. Developed by CGS (Computer Generated Solutions) of New York, it reaches from ERP and product lifecycle management through warehouse management, EDI, shop floor control, and B2B e-commerce. The proposition is end-to-end coverage for brands and wholesalers that design, source, and distribute style-driven products.

The company behind it

Phil Friedman founded CGS in New York City in 1984 and built it into a privately held global technology company with several thousand employees across applications, outsourcing, and learning divisions. He serves today as executive chairman. BlueCherry is the company's business applications flagship and entered the portfolio through the acquisition of apparel software specialist Garpac. Decades of continuous development for the fashion wholesale market followed. The suite is marketed under its own bluecherry.com brand, with CGS as the parent company.

Modules and capabilities

The ERP core is built around the things generic systems handle badly: the style-color-size matrix, seasonality, and global sourcing. Around that sit order management, inventory, allocation, and financial integration options including Microsoft Dynamics 365 accounting.

BlueCherry Next PLM covers design, raw materials development, sampling, and vendor collaboration. Further modules provide warehouse management, EDI for retail trading partners, shop floor control for owned manufacturing, B2B e-commerce showrooms, business intelligence, and ESG tracking.

Who buys it

Apparel, footwear, accessories, home goods, and lifestyle brands, wholesalers, and manufacturers make up the customer base, with US companies selling into department stores, big-box retail, and e-commerce channels the clearest fit. The weighting is mid-market to enterprise wholesale rather than pure retail. New York's fashion wholesale community has been a core constituency for a long time.

Deployment and pricing

The suite is cloud-hosted and web-based, with hybrid deployment options for companies that need them. CGS publishes no official pricing. Third-party directories describe per-user monthly subscription licensing, and what a given company pays depends on modules, user counts, and implementation scope, which CGS delivers largely through its own services organization.

Where it wins, where it loses

Vertical completeness is the argument: ERP, PLM, warehouse, EDI, and shop floor from one vendor, all built on apparel data structures. A fashion wholesaler buying this way removes a stack of integration work between design, sourcing, and distribution.

The corollary is equally blunt. A company with substantial business outside softlines should not make BlueCherry its corporate system, because this is a fashion-vertical product and everything else will need complementary software; some larger groups solve exactly that by running BlueCherry as the divisional system next to a corporate finance platform in a two-tier setup. One more item belongs on the risk register during selection: CGS is both software vendor and implementation partner, which concentrates the relationship in a single organization.

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Frequently asked questions

Who is CGS, the company behind BlueCherry?

CGS stands for Computer Generated Solutions, a privately held technology company founded in New York in 1984 by Phil Friedman, who is now executive chairman. It has grown into a global business with several thousand employees across software, outsourcing, and corporate learning divisions. BlueCherry is its flagship business application and has served the apparel wholesale market for decades.

Is PLM part of BlueCherry or a separate product?

It is part of the suite, as BlueCherry Next PLM, covering design, raw materials development, sampling, and supplier collaboration. Because it is licensed as its own module, companies can take PLM alone, ERP alone, or both on a shared data foundation. Many customers start with one component and expand later, which is worth factoring into contract negotiations rather than discovering at renewal.

What kinds of companies is BlueCherry designed for?

Brands, wholesalers, and manufacturers in apparel, footwear, accessories, home goods, and related lifestyle categories. Typical users are US companies that design or source collections overseas and sell to department stores, big-box chains, and online channels. It is not built as a general-purpose ERP for businesses outside these style-driven industries.

How much does BlueCherry cost?

CGS does not publish official pricing. Third-party directories describe per-user, per-month subscription licensing, but a real quote depends on which modules are licensed, how many users there are, and the scope of implementation services. Ask for a detailed proposal and compare the full multi-year cost, including EDI transactions and support, rather than headline license fees.

Can BlueCherry meet the EDI requirements of US retailers?

EDI is one of the suite's core modules and a major reason apparel wholesalers adopt it, since compliance with retailer routing guides and document standards is central to that business. Transactions with retail trading partners are managed inside the same system that runs orders and inventory, which removes a separate integration layer. Verification is still on the buyer: confirm coverage for your specific trading partners and document types during evaluation, not after signature.

Does BlueCherry replace a corporate finance system?

Not necessarily. The ERP core offers financial integration options including Microsoft Dynamics 365 accounting, and some larger groups run BlueCherry as the divisional system for their softlines business alongside a corporate finance platform in a two-tier setup. Companies whose business reaches well beyond apparel usually end up in that pattern.