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Factories Of The Future – Micro

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Can the “microfactory” model bring manufacturing back onshore?

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Post-Pandemic Production: The Chance For Real Change

  • byThe Interline X Tukatech
  • January 24, 2022
  • 1.2K views
COVID's silver lining: historic disruption has created the opportunity for historic change. Is it finally time for fashion to rediscover the promise of the communal microfactory?
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  • 6 minute read
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Bringing The Future Of Production Forward

  • byBen Hanson
  • July 31, 2020
  • 1.7K views
In light of constant supply chain scandals and the need to control cost, quality, and speed in an uncertain world, the factory of the future isn’t just a possibility for tomorrow – it’s a necessity today.
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  • 6 minute read
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Labour : The Missing Piece Of The Post-COVID Production Puzzle

  • byLaszlo Szabo
  • July 21, 2020
  • 1.9K views
As the world weighs up a move from high-volume, low-quality production to a new model, the need for accurate Bill of Labour data is greater than ever. And the tools we use to collect it must change.
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  • 7 minute read
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Automating The Impossible… From Your Kitchen Table

  • byShapeShifter
  • July 13, 2020
  • 2.1K views
ShapeShifter set out some guidelines for reducing fabric and operational waste in the apparel supply chain.
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  • 8 minute read
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Integrated Data Intelligence: The Key to Transforming Your Supply Chain

  • byStéphane Boivin
  • July 10, 2020
  • 1.9K views
As retail channels reopen, the pressure is on brands to control the speed, delivery, and quality of their next collections. But traditional supply chain tools are not up to the task. Data integration and Applied AI offer a solution.
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  • 10 minute read
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The New Reality: Redesigning Production, Increasing Value, and Improving Profits

  • byThe Interline X Gerber Technology
  • July 6, 2020
  • 4.7K views
Fashion faces fresh and pre-existing challenges that require a new approach to production. How? The answer is already being put into practice. And the value is clear.
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  • 6 minute read
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How Digital Fabric Printing Is Changing Supply Chain Dynamics In The Post-COVID World

  • byNick Langford
  • July 1, 2020
  • 5.8K views
Apparel production has a reputation for being slow and environmentally unsound. Digital printing and production colour management could offer a different way.
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From Push To Pull: How Technology Promises To Reverse The Flow Of Production

  • byMark Harrop
  • June 25, 2020
  • 2.6K views
The long-standing "push" model of apparel production could soon be replaced, at least in part, by an all-digital data-driven "pull". Here's how that could happen.
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Why Factories Need Data to Win

  • byChain of Demand
  • June 24, 2020
  • 2.1K views
Even before coronavirus, disruption was coming to every sector of production. This briefing sets out how factories and the brands that partner with them can prepare for the future.
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How technology can help brands control manufacturing and production

  • byGus Bartholomew
  • June 21, 2020
  • 3.3K views
Global production supply chains for fashion are trapped in the dark ages. Technology can be a beacon for the future.
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  • 4 minute read
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Does Your Supply Chain Meet The New Fashion Market Trends?

  • byKornit Digital
  • June 18, 2020
  • 1.5K views
Preparing to face the challenges of the future, for fashion, now means examining and restructuring your supply chain. Kornit set out five key things to understand.
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Data & Demand: Fuelling The Factory Of The Future

  • byMark Harrop
  • June 16, 2020
  • 2.4K views
Fashion is facing change on a grander scale than anything in living memory. Now is its chance to move from the traditional supply model to a true demand chain.
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Sampling: Is All-Digital A Step Too Far?

  • byGoor Moshe
  • June 11, 2020
  • 3.1K views
3D can eliminate many samples, but delays still occur when the time comes to make a physical sample. Digital thread dyeing offers a solution.
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Fashion Is Overdue For A New Model Of Production

  • byBen Hanson
  • June 10, 2020
  • 3.0K views
With our 3D focus over, we look at why an analogue gap exists between the output of design and the output of manufacturing. And we introduce our two-month deep-dive on how that gap can be bridged.

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