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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
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SAVING TIME WITH 3D PROTOTYPING:
SEEING STYLE, LINES & CONSTRUCTIONS
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t S
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P
CR
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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
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P
CR
EA
TIO
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CHECK PRINT POSITIONING & SCALES
1s
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P
CR
EA
TIO
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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
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