Uniform production in today’s business environment

Four major growth drivers of the uniform industry

This industry is a booming segment that is predicted to expand at a CAGR of around 5% from 2018-2025. Its four major growth drivers are identified as:

A bigger focus on pre-elementary and elementary education
The service industry boom
The rising importance of healthcare and social assistance
More government spending on military

The biggest challenges of uniform production

To capitalize on this growth, fashion companies must be ready to work with new and innovative textiles to offer durable, well-fitting, and wearable uniforms to their consumers, while ensuring that they are presentable. Firstly, they need to overcome three major challenges:

Complex fabric management
Offering more product variety in smaller batches
Getting the right fit faster

Manufacturers can surmount these obstacles easily once they are equipped with the right automated cutting technology. This will enable them to be faster and more agile in handling small-batch production for standard and/or made-to-measure garments.

Testimonials

Stéphane Quiniou

Deputy Managing Director, Operations Groupe Marck & Balsan

Fashion On Demand by Lectra allows us to create well-adapted and customized patterns. The solution also provides extensive flexibility: we can send the patterns to the cutter, select the cutting orders, and even group them by fabric type and detect defects. This improves overall performance and generates productivity gains of around 7%.