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Melon Fashion selects Orange Group's virtual fitting room
20 Apr '17
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Melon Fashion Group that owns fashion brands befree, Zarina, and Love Republic, has chosen Orange Business Services, a technology firm and a value-added service provider, for a virtual fitting room solution using immersive video conferencing. Melon designers can easily collaborate with manufacturing teams along the design and production process of clothes.
Melon Fashion Group’s design teams are based in its Saint Petersburg’s head offices, while its manufacturing facilities are located in China. The company was losing several weeks from its production schedule, because it had to ship specimens from the factory back to the designers for each internal product quality evaluation. The Orange solution helps Melon Fashion Group recover this time and eliminate unnecessary transport costs. Now interim fabric and material changes can be made instantly, reducing the risk of poor-quality products – although the final decision will still be made on-site.
The Melon “virtual fitting room” is based on Open Video Presence from Orange, with video speeds up to 20Mbit/s. The videoconferencing service does not require any specific equipment, and users can connect to a conference from any device, including mobile, to view the fitting results. Design and manufacturing staff can even access the information after the online session has come to an end.
In order to let the designers fully appreciate the quality of the items tested, 500 Polycom RealPresence terminals have been installed in its offices. They feature high-resolution cameras, which support optical zooms of up to 25 times, making it easy to distinguish even the finest points of the products, such as the seam stitching or fabric detail. As a result, designers of all three brands are able to organise test fittings of products in China from Russia, using their tablets and smartphones.
Alexey Morozov, CIO, Melon Fashion Group said, “The virtual fitting room service based on Open Video Presence has enabled us to optimise our designers’ work and speed up the preparation of new products for mass production. In addition, we have avoided the need to create a video server, replacing it with convenient cloud services. We plan to continue our move toward cloud services, which are helping us optimise operating processes and achieve cost savings.”
Richard Van Wageningen, senior vice president, indirect, Middle East, Africa, and Russia, Orange Business Services said, “Our partnership with Melon Fashion Group demonstrates the effectiveness of modern cloud services and how videoconferencing technology can be a part of the production process. This innovative example shows how digital transformation can make a real difference to manufacturing companies by improving collaboration and responsiveness between teams located on different continents.” (GK)
Melon Fashion Group’s design teams are based in its Saint Petersburg’s head offices, while its manufacturing facilities are located in China. The company was losing several weeks from its production schedule, because it had to ship specimens from the factory back to the designers for each internal product quality evaluation. The Orange solution helps Melon Fashion Group recover this time and eliminate unnecessary transport costs. Now interim fabric and material changes can be made instantly, reducing the risk of poor-quality products – although the final decision will still be made on-site.
The Melon “virtual fitting room” is based on Open Video Presence from Orange, with video speeds up to 20Mbit/s. The videoconferencing service does not require any specific equipment, and users can connect to a conference from any device, including mobile, to view the fitting results. Design and manufacturing staff can even access the information after the online session has come to an end.
In order to let the designers fully appreciate the quality of the items tested, 500 Polycom RealPresence terminals have been installed in its offices. They feature high-resolution cameras, which support optical zooms of up to 25 times, making it easy to distinguish even the finest points of the products, such as the seam stitching or fabric detail. As a result, designers of all three brands are able to organise test fittings of products in China from Russia, using their tablets and smartphones.
Alexey Morozov, CIO, Melon Fashion Group said, “The virtual fitting room service based on Open Video Presence has enabled us to optimise our designers’ work and speed up the preparation of new products for mass production. In addition, we have avoided the need to create a video server, replacing it with convenient cloud services. We plan to continue our move toward cloud services, which are helping us optimise operating processes and achieve cost savings.”
Richard Van Wageningen, senior vice president, indirect, Middle East, Africa, and Russia, Orange Business Services said, “Our partnership with Melon Fashion Group demonstrates the effectiveness of modern cloud services and how videoconferencing technology can be a part of the production process. This innovative example shows how digital transformation can make a real difference to manufacturing companies by improving collaboration and responsiveness between teams located on different continents.” (GK)
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