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Fashion & apparel cos get benefit from Gerber-Geometric partnership

11 Jun '09
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As a part of its growing Certified Services Partner Program for Product Lifecycle Management planning and implementation, Gerber Technology, a business unit of Gerber Scientific, Inc. and the world leader in automated CAD/CAM and PLM solutions for the apparel and flexible materials industry, and Geometric Limited, a leader in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions and technologies, have entered into a strategic partnership.

This new relationship enables companies in the fashion & apparel industry to rapidly deploy Gerber's established PLM solutions, while tightly integrating them to their ERP systems.

Geometric will provide a variety of Apparel PLM and enterprise integration services to help companies incorporate Gerber's PLM software suite -- including webPDM, webFolio, webView -- to their existing business systems.

“Gerber Technology's partnership with Geometric provides significant benefits to our customers,”says Bill Brewster,Gerber Technology's Vice President, Global Marketing and Product Management.

“Together with Geometric's unique capabilities and understanding of PLM, Gerber Technology is better able to ensure that our customers can protect and extend the value of PLM across their entire enterprise. Tight integration of systems to support supply chain visibility and agility is of paramount importance to a fashion company's profitability.”

Atul Dhakappa, Practice Head, Fashion Solutions at Geometric Limited goes on to say, “Gerber has been a prominent player in the fashion and apparel industry for over four decades, and we are very happy to be a member of their Certified Services Partner Program. This will provide Gerber's customers the opportunity to leverage a global services model.”

Dhakappa adds, “With our experience and capabilities in PLM integration services, we offer several unique opportunities to further leverage Gerber's PLM software suite throughout the apparel and flexible materials industry.”

Geometric has a unique methodology, D.R.A.P.E.D. that helps in accelerating PLM integration by over 25% for Fashion and Apparel customers.

Gerber Technology's modular Product Lifecycle Management suite, for the business of fast fashion, enables customers to embrace PLM at their own pace. Products in Gerber Technology's PLM software suite include webPDM -- an industry standard for more than twelve years -- webView and webFolio. With Geometric as a Certified Services Partner, Gerber's PLM software suite will enable companies to link functionalities and geographies throughout their supply chain to enable efficiency and speed-to-market.

Gerber Scientific Inc

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