New technology leads to savings in cutting room, says Lectra
Technology provider Lectra has unveiled a new version of its marker-making capability, which it says can lead to extra savings in the cutting room.
Céline Choussy Bedouet, chief marketing officer at Lectra, said: "The industry norm has moved from two big collections a year to a steady stream of low-quantity orders in a variety of styles, sizes and colours. This complexity has put enormous pressure on businesses, which need to find new ways to improve productivity and cut costs.
“Because fabric makes up such a large portion of clothing's cost price, an efficient marker-making process that optimises material usage can be a real competitive advantage."
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Amir Pradhan, managing director of Indian textile company Pradhan Mercantile, said: "We can now stipulate that key pattern pieces need to be placed next to each other during automated processing, whereas before, we had to lay this type of marker by hand.
"Our marker-making time has been cut in half and with the additional improvements in efficiency, we have also been able to reduce our fabric waste by up to 1%.”
