Lectra and Guangdong Furniture Association look forward to excellence in "smart" system

Lectra, focused on the use of textile fabrics soft leather, industrial fabrics and composite materials and other manufacturing industries to provide the industry leader in integrated technology solutions, recently with the Guangdong Furniture Association jointly organized the "lean manufacturing upholstered furniture Technical Seminar ". Focusing on the theme of “Chi-making home, Lectra's help”, Lectra and local furniture associations and designers associations discussed the trends and challenges of the software-furniture industry in the context of the fourth wave of industrial technology revolution. Lectra also help China to share its 2025 strategic vision and manufacturing cutting room product roadmap 4.0, and promised the full support of Chinese furniture enterprises to build software more lean and efficient development and production processes, to achieve digital, intelligent transformation.

With the slowdown in China's economic growth, China upholstered furniture industry in recent years has been facing external demand market, profit margins decline, while domestic demand growth slowed predicament, plus the cost of labor and material costs rising, exports are accustomed to OEM Many traditional Chinese furniture companies that manufacture large-scale low-end products bring many challenges. With the upgrading of domestic consumers' consumption, the demand for soft furniture with good brand, quality and design taste is expanding. Software furniture manufacturers only keep up with the trend of the times, practice the "National Manufacturing 2025" national innovation reform road, use digital product development to achieve innovation drive, use lean manufacturing model to improve enterprise competitiveness, in order to better stand in the market .

Zhang Chengzhi, vice president of Guangdong Furniture Association, said in his welcome speech that he hopes that this exchange will help furniture companies to improve production efficiency and develop new ideas. He hopes that Lectra can provide production, manufacturing, design and product development. innovative products, expertise and services.

At this conference, Lectra experts shared the latest industry insights and solutions. Lectra proposes digital development, prototyping and automated cutting room solutions for the problems currently facing Chinese software and furniture companies. In the early stage of product development and design, Lectra's DesignConcept Furniture provides 3D virtual product design and development to reduce time to market, reduce development costs and increase visibility during production. Lectra cutting room textiles and leather work efficiency can be achieved, significantly optimize the quality and cost, can help upholstered furniture manufacturers to maintain profitability in the fierce competition in the market; flexible and efficient product development, production integration business model will enable tight With the pace of the market, respond quickly to changing market trends and timely launch high-quality products that meet the needs of consumers.

About Lectra

Lectra is a global leader in soft material integration technology solutions, providing professional software, automated cutting equipment and professional services to the manufacturing industry using textiles, leather, industrial fabrics and composites. Lectra serves a wide range of global markets, including fashion apparel, automotive, furniture and many other industries. Lectra's solutions are tailored to each market to help customers automate and optimize their product design, development and manufacturing. With 1,500 employees, Lectra has partnered with leading clients from more than 100 countries around the world to help customers achieve operational excellence. In 2015, Lectra’s operating income was US$264 million; the company’s shares were traded on the Euronext.

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