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ZANNIER Group

VIRTUALLY Growing-up

with Innovation

The story of a French

up-scale Childrenswear group

PASCALE BOUYEURE

Product Development Office Manager, Groupe Zannier

FOCUS GROUP

Leveraging Virtual Prototyping to enhance

Communication,

Collaboration, Product Creation & Fit

Corporate Highlights

Founded in 1962

Launched children’s brand “Z” in 1983

17 brands & licenses

430 M€ turnover

3500 employees

11 sourcing offices

8 subsidiaries : UK, USA, Italy, Spain, Portugal,

UAE, Benelux, Germany

80 export countries

44 million items

The Lectra-Zannier Partnership

1989: using LS Model

– no one can remember when they started!

1996: migrated to Modaris V1!

Beta tester for many Lectra solutions

– including Modaris V1, V5, V6, V7

2016 installed base:

72 Modaris Expert

26 Diamino and 3 Expert

8 Kaledo

3 Optiplan

DESIGN Design & Pattern Office Interaction

KALEDO

STYLE MODARIS EXPERT

3D

1st

ST

EP

CR

EA

TIO

N

SAVING TIME WITH 3D PROTOTYPING:

SEEING STYLE, LINES & CONSTRUCTIONS

1s

t S

TE

P

CR

EA

TIO

N

FIRST SAMPLE IN 3D

KALEDO TECHNICAL

DESIGN FOR PATTERN

MAKING OFFICE

1s

t S

TE

P

CR

EA

TIO

N

TRY OUT FABRIC / STYLE OPTIONS EARLIER

IN THE DESIGN PROCESS

1s

t S

TE

P

CR

EA

TIO

N

CHECK PRINT POSITIONING & SCALES

1s

t S

TE

P

CR

EA

TIO

N

1s

t S

TE

P

CR

EA

TIO

N

VISUALIZE STYLES IMMEDIATELY

FOR DIFFERENT SIZES

SIZE SET Pattern Development & Grading SAMPLE

2n

d S

TE

P

PR

OD

UC

T L

AU

NC

H

VERIFY GRADING

2n

d S

TE

P

PR

OD

UC

T L

AU

NC

H

CHECK CONSISTENCY BETWEEN BABY & JUNIOR LINES

14Y

6Y

3 M 3Y JR

3 Y BB 14Y 6Y 3Y Jr

PRODUCTION Design & Pattern Office Interaction

3rd

ST

EP

PR

E-P

RO

DU

CT

ION

VERIFY CHANGES AFTER TOP-OF-PRODUCTION SAMPLE

1st VERSION

1st VERSION

MODIFIED

VERSION

MODIFIED

VERSION

EXCITING!

A PROCESS CHANGE

SOME INITIAL RESISTANCE

BUT SUCCESSFUL ADOPTION

FAST LEARNING CURVE

28% OF FIRST SEASON’S

PATTERNS IN 3D

WAS IT LIKE ? WHAT

DOES 3D DO

FOR US ? WHAT

COMMON LANGUAGE BETWEEN

DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT

BETTER COMMUNICATION,

BETTER DECISIONS,

FASTER APPROVALS

VISUALIZATION IN ADVANCE

ALL-SIZE GRADING

CONSISTENCY ACROSS AGE

RANGES

STREAMLINING AND IMPROVING

THE PRODUCT LIFECYCLES

Today:

20 pattern-makers are trained to use 3D

software

Next Steps:

-Deploy 3D to all the 10 Product development

offices

-Improve our way to work with pattern offices

abroad

Potential: 75 pattern makers using 3D

-For licenses use 3D sampling for earlier and

better validations by head quarters

? WHAT Are the NEXT

STEPS

NEXT STEPS

IMPROVE COMMUNICATION

DURING DEVELOPMENT

BETWEEN DESIGN AND SALES

DEPARTMENT

USE 3D PICTURES (OR

SAMPLES) TO PRESENT NEW

COLLECTION EARLIER TO

SUBSIDIARIES AND MOST

IMPORTANT CLIENTS