What is SROI, and why do we need it?
As the global mandate for verifiable sustainability grows, and enhanced scrutiny breaks through environmental and ethical commitments that aren’t backed by data, fashion needs to recognise the importance of sustainability as a return on investment.
The Right Steps To Starting A PLM Project
While PLM is a vital investment for many brands and retailers, it’s also a big enterprise decision – not to be taken lightly without proper preparation. We explore the right steps to take before embarking on a PLM project.
Controlling Risk And Managing Disruption With a PLM-Enabled Digital Value Chain
With risk and uncertainty persisting far beyond the pandemic, fashion’s traditional supply chain structures are proving ill-suited to overcoming disruption. The solution lies in replacing as many analogue links as possible to create a new, all-digital value chain.
How PLM Can Calculate GHG (Greenhouse Gas) Emissions For Materials And Products
For fashion to reduce its carbon footprint, it must first find the right tools and processes to quantify emissions across its global, multi-tier supply chains. Sitting at the centre of the product lifecycle, PLM and integrated platforms could hold the key to measurement and
management.
Going 3D, part 1
The textile, footwear and apparel industry continues to race toward a virtual world driven by digital inputs and virtual outputs. Like an artist carefully using a combination of coloured pencils, paints and specialised brushes to create their artworks, we also need to carefully consider our digital toolsets as part of advancing our 3D workflow and productivity.
Going 3D Part 2
I spent 11 years in fashion manufacturing – first as a cutting room manager, and eventually as a production director.
Going 3D Part 3
This is the third in a series of articles where – inspired by a conversation with a leading 3D vendor – I commit to helping fashion businesses who are interested in 3D, of which there are more than ever right now, to better understand the potential benefits and plan their ways forward.
Going 3D Part 4
3D body scanning and body data platforms create the opportunity to use virtual twins of people as well as products.
Going 3D Part 5
The end of our examination of all things 3D, this summary sets out some practical steps you can take to realise your 3D ambitions.
Interview ian Ravenshaw CEO So Real
We talk to SO REAL about how cross-industry innovation promises to help automate the creation of digital twins for fashion – at scale, and at speed.
Is digital Dyeing ready for prime time?
Replacing traditional dyeing methods with new digital solutions has the potential to transform an overlooked area of production.
But how far can digital dyeing go, and what does a future ecosystem built around it look like?
The latest in 3D for footwear: An interview with Romans CAD
Things have changed dramatically in the course of just a few weeks. It’s sobering to think that it was just four weeks ago that I received a call from John Hooker, the CEO of Satra Technology, advising me that our board meeting would need to be postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.