Lectra introduces improved 'Design to Cost' approach

If changes need to be made in design to reduce costs at the production end, Diamino V6’s visual capacities make it easier to communicate across departments quickly and accurately to keep development moving forward.

“I can see exactly where the markers are going to fall on the print. If it doesn’t work out, I can make my recommendations to the print department before the screen is sent out and costs are committed to,” explains Alex Canoro, Head of Marker Making at American dress company Maggy London.

“The decisions that are made in design have an impact on final garment cost, but this often isn’t apparent until the production phase. With a holistic Design to Cost approach supported by Lectra, companies now have the capacity to take production constraints into account early on in design,” says Antoine Mercier, Product Manager, Lectra.

“What used to be manual, time-consuming and rife with errors, has become a more streamlined process that enables companies to evaluate the impact that both style and fabric design have on material consumption, before production commitments are made.”

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