Shortening design and development time Arena's Design and Development department can be considered as the real “heart” of the company. Work done by the Design office has repercussions at all company levels, meaning that an efficient information and process flow is a must. A single work environment used by the Waterwear and Activewear product managers and designers, as well as by the sourcing and cost control department, will ensure consistency throughout the collection lines covering several product categories. It will also limit errors by allowing the whole team to work with a single, common and shared set of data.
As a result, Lectra Fashion PLM will enable the synchronization of products and collection development, via simultaneous, real-time monitoring of the key development stages. Arena will fully benefit from the complementary nature of Lectra's business and organizational applications, in particular for design and pattern-making.
With production mainly performed in the Far East, Arena needs to monitor its sourcing activities as closely as possible, as well as to control its purchase costs. Lectra Fashion PLM will enable effective management of iterative sourcing and prototype development processes by facilitating data access and information sharing between Arena and its suppliers. Lectra Fashion PLM will also provide accurate monitoring of fabric consumption and costs.
Also quality of products will improve, thanks to theimplementation of a quality assurance process throughout the whole manufacturing cycle.
The Arena group, one of the world's leading companies in the “Waterwear” category, recorded revenues of €105 million in 2006. Based in Tolentino, Italy, the Group is structured with four main business units (Italy, France/Belgium, Germany/Austria/Netherland/Switzerland and International Business) and four Global Strategic Functions (Marketing, Design & Development, Sourcing and F&A/IT).
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