FastReactFabric helps Crystal Martin plan their fabric cutting efficiently & reduce fabric wastage.

The challenges

1. Lack of automation of processes

With manual fabric planning and spreadsheet-based communication across departments, it was difficult for the Crystal Martin team to expedite their cutting operations. Crystal Martin needed a solution that could replace the existing manual methods of fabric planning and execution with automation, to reduce time and effort.

Solution:

The Cut module of FastReactFabric (formerly IntelloCut) generates a cutting plan for a production order within a few clicks. Its end-to-end execution control gives the factory a complete status of the ongoing processes in real-time. In the case of Crystal Martin, the system’s advanced cut-plan, automation of cutting execution and integration with the factory’s ERP system, AX Dynamics, helped the factory team to reduce their planning time by 40%. The automated planning and real-time fabric data visibility helps the team to identify and reduce recurring errors.

2. Inefficient fabric Utilisation

The team at Crystal Martin wanted to improve their fabric utilisation. As more than half of their total garments’ cost consisted of fabric, poor fabric utilisation resulted in an uneconomic cutting environment and reduced profits for the manufacturing facility.

Solution:

FastReactFabric’s fabric grouping feature allows the factory to group the fabric rolls based on different widths, ensuring the least wastage along the width of the fabric, ultimately leading to maximum fabric utilisation. With the system’s assistance and continuous improvement in the cutting room processes, the factory was able to improve the overall fabric utilisation.

3. Improper material management and control, and manual reporting

The management team at Crystal Martin faced numerous challenges affecting fabric management, such as issues related to end-bit management, fabric tracking and proper information flow across departments. Additionally, manual reconciliation of data and report-making consumed a lot of factory’s time and effort which made it difficult to make business-critical decisions on time.

Solution: Real-time fabric tracking and visibility, as well as accurate reporting

FastReactFabric helps the planning team to make real-time decisions with the help of live production statuses and a continuous floor feedback mechanism. The fact that FastReactFabric can record every inch of fabric used on the cutting floor, allows the factory team to gain end-to-end visibility over the cutting operations. FastReactFabric also helps reconciliate a variety of cutting room data into organised order-wise and style-wise intuitive reports that can be accessed at any time with a single click, allowing the factory to make informed decisions on time.