Case Study: Large Lingerie Manufacturing Group.
Develop Products 20x Faster with AI Grading.
Six Atomic worked with a large lingerie manufacturing group to streamline their product development with an AI pattern generation platform. As a result, the client achieved a 20x faster product development, eliminated costly human errors, and enabled junior workers to launch new styles with minimal training and supervision.
Key Impact.
Develop Products 20x Faster.
Develop new bra designs and grade to 40-50 size range within 2 hours.
Eliminate Costly Human Errors.
Automated grading and AI-assisted pattern modifications ensures consistent, accurate results.
Utilise Non-Expert Workers.
Simplified web app platform helps junior workers to launch styles with minimal training.
Project Overview.
Client.
A large lingerie apparel manufacturing group founded in the 1950's with 4 plants across Asia. They produce an average of 3 million garments per month, including 6,000 new unique styles each month, for leading lingerie brands worldwide.
Challenge.
For each new style, skilled pattern makers and graders must manually grade patterns to 40-50 sizes, taking over 40 man-hours. To launch 6,000 styles per month, this process is time-consuming and resource-intensive.
Outcome.
Six Atomic delivered a smart product development platform, where junior workers can develop and grade a new style within two man-hours.
Key Technology Provided.
Custom web app with CAD UI for easy pattern modification.
Feature to search and combine patterns from database.
AI pattern grading (bras).
Automated creation of manufacturing assets.
Solution Details.
Faster Product Development with Modular Design.
Problem.
Sample pattern development took at least 40 hours per style, requiring hundreds of pattern-makers and graders to output a minimum of 6,000 samples a month.
Solution.
Six Atomic built a repository of unique design variants capable of generating production-ready patterns to exact client specifications in minutes.
Impact.
Product development is at least 20x faster than historical practice.
Eliminate Human Errors with Automation.
Problem.
Because of its exhaustive nature, personnel involved in sample development occasionally make costly errors that impact the product-development pipeline.
Solution.
Rely on Six Atomic’s technology and cloud application to execute complex calculations, guaranteeing consistent and accurate results.
Impact.
Costly human errors and bottlenecks are eliminated.
Centralised IP Empowering Non-Expert Workers.
Problem.
Expert pattern makers and graders are necessary for developing high-quality patterns required by top brands. However, they are a rare commodity, expensive, and lack loyalty.
Solution.
Consolidate and codify pattern making and grading expertise in Six Atomic’s pattern libraries and intuitive web application.
Impact.
Developing patterns no longer require experts. Junior workers can launch new styles with minimal training and supervision.
