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Longratex & Gerber renew partnership for dual workflows
14 Jul '20
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Longratex and Gerber have renewed their partnership to enable dual workflows. For 32 years, apparel manufacturer, Longratex, has relied on Gerber for their baby and children’s brand, Patachou, and women’s brand, Sophia Kah. With Gerber’s unique end-to-end solution, Longratex can produce over 2,000 pieces daily and also meet the challenge of customisation.
By leveraging Gerber’s innovations, which include 2D/3D CAD solution, AccuMark, sophisticated cut planning solution, AccuPlan, and nesting solution, AccuNest, as well as the Gerber Paragon and automated spreading, Longratex has the agility and flexibility necessary to adapt to the world around them and meet every challenge they encounter, whether it’s customised, short run or mass production. Since using Gerber’s robust suite of software solutions, Longratex has been able to increase productivity by 50 per cent, improve fabric economy by 3-5 per cent, and boost efficiency by about 50 per cent, according to a press release by Gerber.
COVID-19 has acted as an accelerator for e-commerce and customisation, forcing manufacturers to completely re-evaluate their supply chain. By leveraging digital technologies, Longratex implemented a flexible and agile workflow, beginning with online ordering, that allowed customisation, shortened production cycles and accelerated time to market. With Gerber’s solutions, Longratex effectively meets the need for on-demand products while still being able to mass produce when necessary.
“Today, digitalising the supply chain is the only viable option for manufacturers to efficiently produce on-demand garments. Our end-to-end solution empowers both on-demand and mass production, allowing companies of all sizes to conquer any challenge they may face,” said Theo Ostendorf, vice president and general manager of Europe, Middle East, and Africa of Gerber said.
“The full integration of our Gerber cutting room with the AccuMark Platform was essential when we decided to launch our own brands seven years ago. We were adding more and more small series, and even customised elements, to the fundament of mass production. We needed an integrated solution to increase productivity and responsiveness. Gerber has responded fully to our needs of training, assistance, and innovation, which encourages continuity in the business relationship. Through the new solutions presented to the market challenges, Gerber has given us reason to believe that it remains the right technology partner to support us in this new digital era,” Paulo Campos, general manager of Longratex said.
By leveraging Gerber’s innovations, which include 2D/3D CAD solution, AccuMark, sophisticated cut planning solution, AccuPlan, and nesting solution, AccuNest, as well as the Gerber Paragon and automated spreading, Longratex has the agility and flexibility necessary to adapt to the world around them and meet every challenge they encounter, whether it’s customised, short run or mass production. Since using Gerber’s robust suite of software solutions, Longratex has been able to increase productivity by 50 per cent, improve fabric economy by 3-5 per cent, and boost efficiency by about 50 per cent, according to a press release by Gerber.
COVID-19 has acted as an accelerator for e-commerce and customisation, forcing manufacturers to completely re-evaluate their supply chain. By leveraging digital technologies, Longratex implemented a flexible and agile workflow, beginning with online ordering, that allowed customisation, shortened production cycles and accelerated time to market. With Gerber’s solutions, Longratex effectively meets the need for on-demand products while still being able to mass produce when necessary.
“Today, digitalising the supply chain is the only viable option for manufacturers to efficiently produce on-demand garments. Our end-to-end solution empowers both on-demand and mass production, allowing companies of all sizes to conquer any challenge they may face,” said Theo Ostendorf, vice president and general manager of Europe, Middle East, and Africa of Gerber said.
“The full integration of our Gerber cutting room with the AccuMark Platform was essential when we decided to launch our own brands seven years ago. We were adding more and more small series, and even customised elements, to the fundament of mass production. We needed an integrated solution to increase productivity and responsiveness. Gerber has responded fully to our needs of training, assistance, and innovation, which encourages continuity in the business relationship. Through the new solutions presented to the market challenges, Gerber has given us reason to believe that it remains the right technology partner to support us in this new digital era,” Paulo Campos, general manager of Longratex said.
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