In order to implement integrated end-to-end solutions in line with requirements, many signs point to a platform-based approach, and not only for companies that do not have their own high-performance IT department.

What began with the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) concept of industry solution providers is now opening up new worlds on the way to consistently collaborative and holistic working methods across the supply chain. Relieving the burden of complex software and hardware management is a welcome side effect of Internet-based applications.

Cloud platforms map industry requirements from ERP to EQMS to EHS (Environment, Health & Safety) tools in their entirety, thus relieving the user in many cases of the critical integration work with partner software.

Platform technology also embeds the option of continuous progress at DPC. This includes the process-integrated use of 3D product development, as this is stagnating in the clothing sector, to put it mildly. It goes far beyond rendering perfect images for e-commerce in exceptional cases. DPC offers much more – it is the basis for cost and returns reduction, fit optimization, repeat accuracy, quality assurance and process improvement in harmony with suppliers, right through to traceability and transparency along the supply chain.

Read the entire article on the Digital Product Creation, including the presentation of the Designers Capitol platform for connecting 3D creators and fashion companies, in our new issue textile network 3/2024.