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VALUE-ADDED SERVICES FOR TRAINING, CONSULTANCY, INSTALLATION, AND MAINTENANCE MaintenanCe anD support
With more than 300 engineers and experts intervening onsite, or working in our five International Call Centers, Lectra offers a complete range of high value-added services which allow customers to secure their investment and ensure its profitability. These services make up a comprehensive maintenance offer which can be adapted to meet every need: user assistance, preventive and reactive maintenance, design optimization, product development, and help with the production process. They ensure a significant increase in productivity by optimizing the use of design and production tools. In this way, preventive maintenance on equipment minimizes down time and ensures total transparency for production. The principle: Lectra consultants monitor equipment remotely through a permanent link created with Lectra solutions, leaving customers free to concentrate on their core business. Subscribing to Maintenance and Support Services gives customers access to the latest innovations developed by Lectras 220 R&D engineers. Among other things, Lectra guarantees response times, offers accurate evaluations carried out by experts, and ensures optimal availability of spare parts and consumables (all tested, approved and guaranteed). out of their Lectra solutions by giving training tailored to each company's needs. With a view to providing full support for its customers, Lectra also has a team of specialists to analyze each company's challenges and identify the technologies best suited to resolve them. Lectras consultantswho possess in-depth knowledge of the fashion industrydraw on proven design, development and production experience to carry out precise evaluations and deliver concrete recommendations on change leadership and project implementation.

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In a difficult macroeconomic climate that makes the future of the manufacturing sector increasingly uncertain, now more than ever, fashion companies need to combine flexibility and responsiveness when finalizing their collections. In the ready-to-wear sector, companies are finding new ways to cope with the growing pressure to reduce costs; they are being forced to manage their development cycles and their stocks strictly and carefully. The speed of collection renewal imposed by the fast fashion business model has also prompted certain brands to adopt a more balanced sourcing strategy by returning to suppliers closer to home. The need for creativity is felt more keenly than ever before: companies are required to bring to market products that blend originality, comfort and practicality, all at the right price. Products that fulfill all the requirements of fit, comfort and style have most chance of succeeding with the target consumer, especially when they have the added advantage of a recognized brand name. In the luxury sector, where a slowdown in growth was greatly feared, the situation is more encouragingconsumers attracted by these brands images have buoyed the market. However, caution is advised: as a result of this success, big names in the sector will be encouraged to extend their product ranges in line with their original business activity in order to capitalize on their power to raise aspirations. Powerful, collaborative, business-oriented technology is essential for all apparel companies in today's globalized production environment. That is why, for more than 35 years, Lectra has provided its customers with ever more powerful and specialized solutions to enable them to overcome their specific challenges. Drawing on its expertise in the entire product development process, from design to production, Lectra allows fashion industry professional to design, develop, produce and manage their collections, maximizing their know-how and capitalizing on their creative assets. Now more than ever, Lectra provides close customer support, helping its partners deal with the challenges they face on a daily basis, and working constantly to anticipate the markets future needs.

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To enable its customers to be more efficient and develop their skills, Lectra has more than 190 trainers and professional consultants responsible for delivering specially designed training programs and who combine teaching skills, product expertise, and business know-how. They thus help teams develop all the skills necessary to get the best

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Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline, and accelerate product design, development, and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized software and cutting systems and provides associated services to a broad array of markets including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags), furniture, as well as a wide variety of other market sectors, such as the aeronautical and marine industries, wind power, personal protective equipment. Lectra serves 23,000 customers in more than 100 countries with 1,500 employees. The company is listed on Euronext Paris. For more information, please visit www.lectra.com

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KALEDO: THE CREATIVE REVOLUTION FOR TExTILE AND GARMENT DESIGNERS
Designers have to be increasingly innovative and creative in order to produce collections more frequently and with a clearer appeal to the target customer. In addition to ensuring that clothing lines are coherent, they need to reinforce the companys defining concepts and develop a strong brand image. Developed specifically for creative teams in the fashion sector, the Kaledo range covers all their requirements in textile and collection creation. A true platform for professional design, Kaledo gives textile and apparel designers the visual and virtual environment they need to create and manage apparel and fabric collections. Powerful design tools stimulate artistic creativity and accelerate the design and collaboration process, reducing the need for repetitive manual modifications. Kaledo paves the way for smooth communication between designers and those in charge of product development. Thus, by involving the whole development teamdesigners, buyers, and pattern makers and developers at an early stage in the design process, sketches are made up intelligently, and each designs integrity is preserved throughout the product life cycle. This accelerates the creation of storyboards and model variants as well as the addition of updates. In a context where demand for new products is high, Kaledo ensures streamlined processes and significant optimization of the development cycle. With Kaledo Collection, Kaledo Print, Kaledo Knit, and Kaledo Weave, users can easily propose, test and modify multiple creations and generate their variants. Designers can thus translate their creative ideas and communicate them to working partners with ease using very realistic simulations that enable everybody to fully grasp their ideas and make the right decisions.

SPECIALIZED SUPPORT FOR CONSULTANCY, TRAINING AND OPTIMIZATION Lectra guarantees optimal use of its solutions through a range of high valueadded services. Consulting: With specialist knowledge of the industry and the processes involved in the apparel business, Lectras consultants support its customers throughout their development projects. Training: All over the world, Lectras trainers ensure that users are quickly operational and that they make the best use of their solutions through training programs tailored to each customers particular activity and products, and the level of expertise of their teams. Remote Expertise: With five International Call Centers worldwide, Lectras experts enable its customers to get the most out of their software within their own environment through remote control of workstations.

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MODARIS: THE wORLDwIDE STANDARD FOR PATTERN-MAKING
Designed to meet the needs of fashion companies around the world in terms of lead times, quality, and garment fit, for more than 10 years, Modaris has been the industry standard for the biggest names in fashion. It is the most popular software among pattern makers, with more than 22,000 licenses worldwide. At the crossroads between design and production, Modaris enables users to create patterns for all types of garmentmens wear, womens wear, childrens wear, lingerie, corsetry, and even work clothes. Totally job- and process-oriented, Modaris covers a comprehensive range of functions, including on-screen management of models, digitization, pattern verification, grading, size management, and pre-production. Impressive capacities for data exchange with other CAD systems on the market make Modaris an indispensable application for networked companies (with multiple sites, partners, and sub-contractors in several countries, etc.). Modaris is suitable for all user profiles and product types.

dependent pieces. In this way, Modaris ExpertPro allows pattern makers to organize the pattern development process and keep a record of the way in which patterns are constructed. Pattern designers can thus reuse 80 to 90% of the elements created for one collection as the basis for a new one. From the creation of the very first collection using this software, development times are reduced by 20 to 30% and go on decreasing, year after year, as the company builds its know-how, regardless of the team in charge of development. Modaris ExpertPro has established itself as the best way to optimize develop-ment costs by making the best use of teams of experienced pattern makers, who are now able to cope with two to five times more models than with traditional pattern-making software. Pushing back the boundaries of pattern-making and providing fashion professionals with the means to increase productivity in pattern development and create more models, Modaris ExpertPro is now the pattern-making solution used by 80% of luxury ready-to-wear brands in Europe. In a context of increasingly frequent collection renewal, apparel sector professionals seek to optimize their product development processes, in terms of both time and costs, particularly by making grading easier and faster. Lectras offer therefore proposes multiple grading techniques (manual, automatic, expert) to suit the different characteristics of pieces developed and industrialized products.

MODARIS 3D FIT: VIRTUAL 3D PROTOTYPING FOR RAPID MODEL APPROVAL

Linked to Modaris, Lectra's pattern-making solution, Modaris 3D Fit enables companies to verfiy garment fit and validate styles and collectionsit represents a major breakthrough in CAD. This virtual 3D prototyping solutionthe most powerful on the marketboth reduces the number of physical prototypes necessary and facilitates communication within the company (between pattern makers, designers, product developers, sales and marketing teams, etc.) and between principals and sub-contractors, irrespective of their numbers and location.

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Kaledo Print, Kaledo Weave and Kaledo Knit software developed for the creation of printed, woven and knitted textiles respectively, meet the needs of fashion companies that want to stand out from the competition by designing fabrics for their collections. The multiple possibilities offered by Kaledo textile software help unleash creativity by enabling designers to test numerous ideas. They thus capitalize on the companys assets by limiting the costs involved in the purchase of external designs. Uncomplicated and created specifically for professional use, this textile software also enables designers to provide precise technical specifications, facilitating the production process. Fabrics created and their variants can be easily integrated into Kaledo Collection, allowing for rapid development of product lines.

Lectras innovation, the result of eight years of research and development, allows simulation and realistic visualization of garment models in three dimensions. This is achieved through a combination of material information (based on a library of 120 different fabrics and their physical characteristics), 2D patterns, and virtual 3D mannequins (standard and configurable). With its powerful fabric visualization tools and realistic graphics, Modaris 3D Fit ensures complete control of the fit of models (ease, balance, proportions, etc.) in all

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With Kaledo Collection, designers now have powerful visual tools for developing, testing and presenting more creative ideas. Styles can be rapidly simulated on-screen using the fabric association drag-and-drop functions. Designers also have rapid access to style archives and previous collections, which they can use as a source of inspiration or in order to develop variants. They can also simplify the management of these resources using sorting and filing functions. Modifications to styles are updated automatically and transferred to all related documents to which the change is relevant. With the elimination of a number of repetitive and tedious tasks, designers are free to concentrate on creating new models. Decisions are always made using the most recent information. As soon as products have received approval, reports are generated automatically. This allows all those involved in the product development cycle to have immediate access to the data they need. Kaledo Collection enables designers to share visual information and related analytical data (most recent image of the product, style name, colors available, fabric names and their position within the garment, and personalized bills of materials) with all colleagues. This ensures that the work of product design and development teams is perfectly synchronized.

MODARIS ExPERTPRO: A PRODUCTIVITY bOOST FOR THE PATTERN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

Modaris ExpertPro is a unique software solution on the market and is able to improve productivity by up to 50%. It was developed at the end of the 1990s in collaboration with the biggest names in fashion and luxury goods to assist in the development of the most complex, highest-quality collections. Modaris ExpertPro allows users to create powerful and intelligent associations between pattern elements through two original concepts that together form Lectras unique approach to model creation. Modaris ExpertPros all-size pattern-making system enables companies to develop a model in all sizes in a single step without having to go through the grading process separately. The softwares dynamic dependencies concept gives users the ability to create links between pattern elements so that any modifications made to one piece of a pattern are automatically transferred to all

sizes, a huge leap forward in CAD technology. Taking into consideration the creative constraints of designers as well as those related to the development of pattern-making specifications, Modaris 3D Fit enables an evaluation of virtual prototypes, on site or remotely, between principals and sub-contractors. It thus enables the different contibutors to the process to validate the style of garments and collections, even before the production of the first physical prototype.

The result of more than 35 years of experience with the biggest names in fashion, Lectra's Kaledo range was developed in line with the working processes of each activitycollection creation, textile design. The solution offers designers an even more userfriendly working environment, with all the necessary information easily available.

"Creativity is something we have inside ourselves. Kaledo supports our creativity and lets us speed up all the technical activities involved in design. We're now free to devote more time to innovation. When we have an idea for a product, or a sketch of a shirt or accessory, we can simply draw it and modify it in real time, whether were working on textiles, styles or colors. With Kaledo, all our decisions are made faster, because we can see the options, very realistically, on-screen. Kaledo is a tool that allows us to go straight from a concept or an idea to a visual representation."
Paolo Montefusco, Design Project Manager, Harmont & Blaine, Italy.

For Princesse tam.tam, Modaris ExpertPros dependencies concept has made a real difference. We no longer need to modify pieces one by one, and then extract them, with the risk each time of forgetting certain pieces or of making a mistake. Now, when we modify a pattern, the same modification is made automatically in all the pieces linked to the pattern. Its a guarantee that our modifications are carried out with precision. Working with dependencies has reduced the time we spend finalizing a product by at least 30 %. Modaris has really revolutionized our way of working and Modaris ExpertPro has added a whole new dimension to our efficiency and our productivity."
Valrie Buisson, Pattern-making Manager, Princesse tam.tam, France.

: Kaledo, Modaris, Diamino, ProSpin, Optiplan, Progress and Vector are registered trademarks of Lectra SA, France

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DIAMINOFASHION: THE MEANS TO ACHIEVE REAL FAbRIC SAVINGS
With DiaminoFashion, Lectra offers the most powerful marker-making solution on the market for prototyping, production, and precise evaluation of material costs. Taking a greater range of constraints into account, this software enables users to generate more markers with greater efficiency and better quality, regardless of fabric and garment type. A highly flexible solution, DiaminoFashion integrates automatic marker-making into the interactive marker-making process. This gives users the option of creating markers in a completely automatic mode, or of placing the most important pieces interactively then using the tools powerful algorithms to complete the marker automatically. In batch mode, Diamino Fashion facilitates the management and processing of marker lists 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Operators are thus freed from tedious tasks. Whats more, because the software is completely integrated with Lectra's pattern-making solution, each modification made to a pattern in Modaris

A COMPREHENSIVE AND INTELLIGENT CUTTING ROOM OFFER

Lectra provides a cutting room offer specially developed for fashion and apparel professionals, designed to meet their specific challenges, whatever their production model. Lectras equipment is suitable for both short production runs that require a high degree of flexibility and mass production models, regardless of the type of fabric used. Products manufactured can thus be brought to market faster and at a reduced cost.

From the choice of a marker through to spreading and cutting, each decision is optimized to incur the lowest costs and follow the most efficient cut plan possible. Optiplan can enable companies to achieve additional fabric savings of up to 5% and helps eliminate the risk of error during cut order planning. Capacities for selecting the most efficient markers, proposing alternatives, simulating costs, and anticipating new production orders make Optiplan an essential decision-making tool.

VECTOR: THE MOST POwERFUL, RAPID, AND INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED CUTTING SOLUTION ON THE MARKET
Specially developed to meet the needs of apparel professionals, the VectorFashion strengthens fashion companies' competitive advantage. It optimizes the use of technological equipment in terms of productivity and improves the flexibility and reliability of processes. The VectorFashion guarantees a better throughput, optimizes production costs, reduces the risk of error, and increases capacity, allowing companies to fill a larger number of orders. It offers unbeatable cut quality, and with Mosac, Lectras pattern motif recognition and processing software, that same impeccable cut is also guaranteed for fabrics that need to be matched. Lectra's strength lies in its ability to offer highly specialized cutting solutions which help the fashion industry overcome the challenges it faces. A number of different variant models make up Lectra's VectorFashion range. Delivering high-quality cut with no compromise, the VectorFashionM88 and VectorFashionM55 are excellent investments for companies looking to implement digitally-controlled cutting for the first time. These solutions are easy to use, ensure an exceptional cut quality, and have operating costs among the lowest on the market. The VectorFashionM88 and VectorFashionM55 are versatile cutting systems, able to cut up to 8cm of fabric in 2 widths. This equipment is particularly suitable for cutting thick, compressible materials. Simple to use, they can produce garments of all types, to optimal quality standards.

PROSPINFASHIONST: SINGLE-PLY CUTTING FOR PROTOTYPES AND SHORT PRODUCTION RUNS

In a context of increasingly frequent collection renewal, reducing product finalization times is essential. To do this, it is particularly important to optimize the prototyping phase and ensure a capacity to operate within a lean manufacturing model. The ProSpinFashionST is extremely flexible and has been specially developed for prototyping and shorter production runs. This fixed monoply cutter is completely modular, available in different widths and lengths; it is suitable for a variety of different working environments.

OPTIPLAN : CONTROL YOUR CUT ORDER PLANNING

PROGRESSbRIO: FOR EFFICIENT SPREADING

Lectra's ProgressBrio spreading systems guarantee a perfect spread for all types of fabric prior to cutting. An electronic connection with CAD applications allows automatic programming of the spreader for non-stop production and excellent flaw management. The cradle feed system facilitates fast loading of rolls for high flexibility and ensures both a tension-free spread and perfect fabric alignment. Fabric savings are guaranteed, regardless of the type of fabric and spreading method chosen.

The veritable nerve center of the cutting room, Optiplan, controls and monitors Lectras intelligent, communicative equipment and enables companies to improve order management. It helps control fabric stock, taking the availability of raw materials into account during the programming of production orders. With Optiplan, companies with several production sites (within one country or throughout the globe) are also able to optimize the use of their CAD/CAM equipment. Optiplan generates precise instructions for each stage of the planning process.

is immediately transferred to DiaminoFashion, which prepares markers for use on plotters, spreaders and automated cutting systems.

"With its powerful algorithms that tight-pack all the pieces, DiaminoFashion Expert has enabled us to achieve an incredible rate of efficiency with our fabrics. We have made material savings of between 3 and 4%. Everything is automatednot just the evaluations, but the marker-making as well. As a result, we can multiply the number of markers made in the same amount of time. With all the models we process, that kind of automation is really fantastic. While Diamino Expert is running markers, our team is free to manage other tasks in the development office. Diamino Expert has freed up about 20% more time compared to before."

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VectorFashionFP is the ideal choice to meet the needs of first-time users of technology. It offers power and ease-of-use, with no compromise on quality, making it the perfect first investment for companies that previously cut by hand. The VectorFashionFP is a conveyor cutter that facilitates the production of small runs with great accuracy and within tight deadlines. Markers can thus be created with pieces at tangent edges, resulting in significant material savings. Lectras best experts oversee the integration of the cutting solution into the production environment, providing training and support.

VectorFashionFX is state-of-the art technology that responds to the need for flexibility among companies that specialize in fashion. Modular and reliable, it is the ideal solution for small production runs, re-stocks, and for cutting prototypes and samples. In addition, its unique ability to cut non-stop while the spread is automatically loaded onto the production zone guarantees maximized productivity. The advanced pilot software that accompanies these cutting systems optimizes the blade path in order to guarantee perfect cut pieces, even for those with tangent edges. It adapts the system's behavior to the specific needs of different types of material and offers improved handling of curves and other complex shapes.

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Located in La Marsa, near Tunis, MFC (Marsa Fashion Company) is a specialized manufacturer of knitwear and woven-fabric clothing for women. Created in 1998, the company produces two million pieces per year, mainly for the French brand Morgan, and also for La Redoute. In order to ensure perfect cut quality for all the garments it produces, MFC decided to invest in Lectras new VectorFashionMH. This investment comes in addition to the Lectra equipment the company already uses, which includes pattern-making and marker-making solutions, Modaris and Diamino, as well as two Brio spreaders, the Optiplan cutting room management solution, and a Vector automated cutting solution. "The cutting speed of the new VectorFashionMH is far superior to that of the previous generation of Vector. Our production has doubled in the last six years. We have 120 different styles to manage every week, and we cut an average of 20,000 pieces per day, so speed is a very important factor for us.
Nizar Halouani, Production Manager, MFC, Tunisia.

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The VectorFashionMHs high performance and excellent cutting quality make it the industry standard for mass production of garments, irrespective of the fabric to be processed or the complexity of the shape to be cut. Designed to deal with the thickest spreads, the VectorFashionMH offers better optimization of cutting time than all other systems available on the market, and also streamlines the cutting phase. The MH8 variant model is capable of cutting compressed knit spreads of up to 8cm thick and compressed woven spreads of up to 5cm thick. This multi-purpose cutter is able to handle even the most varied orders. Ideal for cutting the small pieces required for lingerie, the VectorLingerieMX is equipped with pilot software that adapts the machines behavior to the deliacte and stretchable materials used in this market. For maunfacturers of knitted garments, the VectorFashionMX9 is the most productive model on the market, combining impressive cutting speed, the capacity to cut thicker than normal spreads, and exceptional quality. Through a maintenance plan integrated into the Vector ranges pilot software, Lectras solutions work in a proactive mode. A system of alerts allows companies to take action even before malfunction occurs; this limits the need for intervention by Lectras technicians and keeps machine down time to a minimum. To ensure that the tools integration into the production site is both efficient and reliable, the pilot software generates activity and productivity reports. This intelligent system makes real improvements in a context where the slightest delay can have serious consequences. The VectorDenimMX ensures exceptional productivity for jeans manufacturers working with even the thickest materials. It guarantees the high levels of quality expected by denim brands for products that are increasingly innovative and sophisticated.

SMART SERVICES This unique offer, available on the entire VectorFashion range, is made possible by the concept of in-built intelligence. It incorporates real-time equipment monitoring, pilot software updates, a preventative maintenance program, and a variety of other high value-added services, all delivered by Lectras experts in its five International Call Centers.

LECTRA FASHION PLM: FOR EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF THE PRODUCT LIFECYCLE

Capitalizing on its 35 years experience with the fashion industry worldwide, Lectra is the only market player with a technology and services offer specifically tailored to the needs of this sector. The range and specialized content of Lectra Fashion PLM make it an unequaled solution on the market. A real performance accelerator for fashion professionals, Lectra Fashion PLM simplifies the management of business processes, workflow, and collaborative work throughout the product lifecyclefrom the designers initial idea to the finished product, ready for sale. Lectra Fashion PLM offers a truly collaborative environment for the design, development and manufacturing of fashion items (apparel, footwear and accessories) together with optimal collection management. It is the only PLM solution to integrate process management applicationsLine Planning, product design and development management, strategic sourcing, and Workflow Management with market-leading business applications for design (Kaledo), pattern-making (Modaris), virtual 3D and physical prototyping (Modaris 3D Fit), and marker-making (Diamino).

DEDICATED PROJECT SUPPORT

To ensure effective support for PLM project implementation, Lectra has a network of more than 190 consultants and project managers in its subsidiaries across the globe. These experts have in-depth knowledge of the sector and the challenges facing the fashion industry. For each project, Lectra Fashion PLM is adapted to the particularities of the customers processes, using a rigorous and structured integration methodology which takes into account the specific constraints of collection management cycles.

GALLERY: A COLLAbORATIVE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT SOLUTION SPECIFICALLY FOR THE FASHION INDUSTRY
Developed by Lectra in collaboration with apparel and retail professionals, Gallery is without doubt the most suitable solution for small and medium-sized structures. A truly collaborative software solution, Gallery enables users to centralize, structure and share detailed product data and graphics between all those involved in product development. Among other things, it allows companies to monitor and verify product development tasks and generate status reports on the progress of models or product lines. With prototype evaluation and the capacity to manage multiple fitting sessions, Gallery is flexible enough to handle the iterative nature of this process. By reducing the number of steps necessary to develop prototypes and managing key process tasks (specification definition, fitting, costing), Gallery considerably shortens product development time and lowers associated costs.

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With cutting productivity of up to twice that usually achieved with other technologies, for large manufacturers the VectorFashionMX is an ideal solution to an increase in orders, shortened lead times, and the need to optimize processes. The surprising speed of the VectorFashionMX, even when cutting the most complex pieces, and the precision of its operating system, which allows for cutting with no buffer zone between pieces, result in unprecedented cutting room flexibility and raw material savings of up to 5%. Even the largest orders can be handled swiftly, enabling manufacturers to multiply the number of orders produced, while still respecting deadlines and without consuming raw materials allocated to other orders. In terms of quality-productivity ratio, the Vector FashionMX is peerless on the market.

Business expertise and project management methodology designed specially for the fashion sector ensure timely implementation and respected deadlines. More importantly, these assets also contribute to optimal support of teams as they manage the inevitable change that is an essential part of the introduction of such a strategic and collaborative solution into the company.

FASHION, IN PERPETUAL MOTION Consumer demands are changing: originality, quality and attractive prices are now key. Shareholders too, have their own requirements: increased profitability and better cost control. These contradictory expectations change the fashion worlds whole perspective.

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In order to provide the best offer possible to overcome the particular constraints of these industries, Lectra has developed three specially adapted models.

Our biggest challenge is to ensure the highest possible cutting quality for all the pieces used to make our products. Lingerie items contain several components, which are often small and intricately shaped. If those components are not cut well, we need to ask our stitchers to make corrections during the sewing process, which opens up the possibility of lapses in quality. Lectra provided the best offer in terms of quality, efficiency and productivity. We installed the VectorLingerieMX in our cutting room and performed several cutting tests. We provided feedback and worked together with Lectras R&D department to optimize the cutters performance. Our objective with this new Lectra cutter was to cut 60 layers with buffer zones of three millimeters. With the VectorLingerieMX, we quickly reached our target. Cutting is 30% faster, and reducing buffer zones from five to three millimeters allowed us to reduce fabric consumption by 4%, which translates into an annual saving of 500,000.
Hugo De Rijcke, Director of Production, Van de Velde, Belgium.

A bALANCED EQUATION With Lectra Fashion PLM, companies in this sector multiply the factors that lead to progressinnovation, creativity, profitability, and commercial success. Now they can: propose more new products per year manage concurrent development cycles manage long and complex supply chains reduce development costs adapt to new economic models.

"We started looking at our business activity and found a lot of signs of inefficiency and inconsistency throughout our design phases and communication. This was holding us back, said Cathy Thorpe. "With Lectra Fashion PLM everything is right there in the system, completely harmonized, and there's a consistent Please Mum way of doing things. That improved consistency has had a direct impact on their level of efficiency, which Thorpe says she expects to improve by up to 30% once all teams in the company are fully operational on Lectra Fashion PLM. "The combined aspects of Product Data Management and Workflow Management of Lectra Fashion PLM allow for better communication and more efficiency within that communication, she said. "As a result, more information is sharedand shared better, and decisions are made faster." Improved efficiency also means more growth opportunities for Please Mum. "Now we can focus on chasing business more, which we couldnt really do before Lectra.
Cathy Thorpe, President, Please Mum, Canada.