Lectra announces the signing of a major contract
for the deployment of its latest, comprehensive product lifecycle
management (PLM) solution with Mango, the renowned international
designer, manufacturer and retailer of women’s clothing and
accessories. Intended to manage all collection development
processes and optimize the collaborative work of all participants
in the value chain on an enterprise level, Lectra’s leading-edge
PLM solution will enable Mango to better develop, manage and
control its collections. The solution will be implemented in close
collaboration with Mango's specialized teams to ensure its perfect
adaptation to the specific needs of the brand. Lectra’s new PLM solution will initially be used
by more than 800 Mango employees and suppliers dedicated to the
design and development of 70 million garments and accessories the
company produces each year. The market’s most complete
fashion-dedicated PLM solution Entirely dedicated to the global fashion
industry, Lectra’s new PLM solution offers the broadest
capabilities for managing the full scope of activities across the
product lifecycle in today’s permanently renewing collection
process. Its strategic, transversal approach to information and
process management places it at the heart of a company’s
development. "At Mango, our activity goes beyond design,
manufacturing and marketing; it is the creation of a concept that
arises from the interrelation between a quality product with a
distinctive design and a coherent, unified brand image,"
declared Elena Carasso, Mango’s e-business director. "Lectra’s
new PLM solution will allow us to build and structure our
collections according to our economic and strategic objectives, to
synchronize the contributions of different players involved in the
various collection development processes, and to be truly proactive
in defining priorities, allocating resources, and managing multiple
concurrent workflows. It will enable us to increase customer
satisfaction by accelerating our collection rhythms and integrating
new trends more quickly." "Lectra’s new PLM solution perfectly matches
Mango’s business model and its need for a comprehensive, Web-based
system that incorporates unique fashion-dedicated capabilities and
can be easily integrated into Mango’s IT environment," said
Pascal Denizart, Lectra’s PLM director. "Lectra’s PLM solution
integrates the competencies of each player within and outside the
company, and constitutes a genuine enterprise decision-making
platform." A powerful response to major customer
challenges With this new PLM offering—which will be
officially launched at the beginning of 2006—Lectra brings a
powerful response to major challenges, such as the multiplication
of product lines and consideration of the number and geographical
location of collaborators involved in collection
development. "We are very pleased that Mango has chosen
us to be the partner of its impressive expansion," said
Lectra’s CEO, Daniel Harari. "PLM is a strategic priority
for Lectra. This breakthrough technology is the
result of our unmatched experience in the global fashion domain and
is powered by more than 100 PLM-dedicated R&D engineers. Our
new PLM offering is representative of all the added value that
Lectra brings to its customers: market expertise, a profound
knowledge of their processes, an understanding of the new
challenges to their business models, and the ability to deliver
innovative, state-of-the-art technologies that help companies meet
their strategic objectives."
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