We are at the forefront of Industry 4.0

Our outlook on Industry 4.0

Driven by our passion for innovation and growth, we launched the Lectra 4.0 strategy in 2017 to establish leadership in this field by 2030.

We believe Industry 4.0 bridges the gap between consumers and factories, enhancing precision and flexibility in the design-to-production process.

Whether discussing “smart manufacturing,” the industry of the future, or the intelligent factory, the digitization of industry always aims to optimize manufacturing processes for increased production, higher quality, faster output, greater environmental sustainability, and reduced costs. Various models outline six key steps to achieve these objectives.

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Unlocking the potential of Industry 4.0

Challenges

In the Industry 4.0 era, the fusion of physical and digital systems in production represents a paradigm shift. This transformation aims to optimize efficiency, productivity, and innovation by integrating digital technologies across operations.

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Opportunities

Industry 4.0 represents a transformative leap in manufacturing, driven by the integration of advanced technologies such as cloud applications, IoT, AI, and big data. The benefits are substantial: faster production speeds, reduced costs, enhanced product quality and a smaller environmental footprint.

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Four main Industry 4.0 technologies

Industry 4.0 came into prominence in the early 2010s, integrating four main technologies:
- Internet of things
- Big data analytics
- Cloud computing
- Artificial intelligence

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Industry 4.0 boosts manufacturing efficiency

Our first white paper, "The rise of Industry 4.0 boosts manufacturing efficiency," produced from the Lectra Observatory. It reflects months of collaboration with sector experts on Industry 4.0's transformative changes.

What our customer says

Anna Andersson

Lead Business Development, NA-KD

We needed a PLM platform that could help us communicate with internal and external stakeholders efficiently, and automate our collection planning and supply chain-tracing processes for sustainability and traceability purposes. Kubix Link PLM met all our requirements and more.

Alessandro Ponti

Global IT Director at Bally

Now, with this collaboration tool, we have all the information in just one place, and the communication is faster and accurate, without any lack of information or any misunderstandings

Ovidijus Jalonskis

CEO, Vilmers

Since 2017 until today, we reduced our waste of the fabrics by 10%, which is a lot.

David Lorenzo

Production Manager, FAMA Sofas

FAMA Sofas is well aware of Industry 4.0, which is essential to meet our strategic objectives, for which we have a technological partner such as Lectra and its Vector solutions that allow us to reamain leaders in the sector.

Renaud Cellier

Deputy Director, Covering Materials, Tesca

Creativity and innovation are corporate values both company share in common. Cutting room 4.0 provides our operators and line managers with the visibility they need to become more responsive and improve performance.