Since the mark of industrial revolution in 18^th century, cloth-making processes and craft production witnessed a drastic change. In the beginning, some of the processes were mechanized and later in the 20^th century, the textile industry was further revolutionized, when computers digitized the business functioning system. And the 20^th century, gradually gave birth to some of the well known fashion brands across the world. Now, in 21^st century the fashion market is full of competition, which leaves textile houses with no choice but to automate their business process. The advanced automation solutions have potential to give textile companies a lead in the crowd.

The impact of automation can be clearly observed. With process automation, the textile organizations have changed their style of designing and manufacturing of garments. Production of garments is now automated, which leads to increased output followed by sales. Sewing machines have also been automated – this helps in producing rich quality and results in a sustained production performance as well. Moreover, automation has also boosted on-demand production, which has enhanced fill rates in the inventory section. This further leads to reduction in expenses made on acquiring floor for inventory, maintenance and more. Facilitating on-demand production, automation also allows fashion designers to customize garments according to customer demands.

Enhanced Reliability & More Variants

Humans tend to make mistakes but machines are programmed to perform tasks in a defined time maintaining quality and producing optimum quantity. Automated fashion designing and manufacturing processes produce reliable products as it reduces error rate to a great extent. Besides, automation also facilitates in producing more variants of a garment at a low cost, which further aids in increased sales. Machines can be programmed to make narrow fit, short-fit, lose fit and more in less time. On the other hand, customers are more satisfied when a brand caters to their need for varied interests.

How automation facilitates fashion houses?

Produce Innovating Collection of Garments

With superfast automated processes, fashion designing and manufacturing organizations can meet deadlines with complete efficiency. Automated tools save much of the workforce time, which allows them to focus on creative designing. This leads to producing innovating collection of garments for customers.

Great Margin in Profit

Facilitating continuous garment supply, increase in sales and helping in keeping the price economical, automation ensures greater profit margins for the textile companies. This further helps them in making better decisions regarding investments, employee benefits and more.

Making of a Brand

Different factors like delivery of quality products, meeting the timeline, transparency in processes and communication and economical price – results in making of a brand. Automation Helps Companies in turning to be a brand in long run. Manufacturing trending apparels, using quality fabric and more earns value for the fashion designing and manufacturing organizations. Thus, automation creates a name for the company and results in better positioning in the market.

Retaining Customer Loyalty

A brand has a wider domain to cater to – meaning, customers come back to brand for a consistent quality and innumerable options to choose from. Be it quality of fabric, or be it trending designs in apparels, automation helps companies in fulfilling the customer’s need and expectation. In short, automating business processes help in retaining the company’s loyal customer and also attracts new customers in continuity.

Consistent Growth & Business Expansion

Leading to increased profitability, business automation helps fashion institutions in making their expansion plans. Organizations can set up manufacturing units, stores, POS systems, distribution centers across the world and expand their businesses.

Automation is the New Face of Fashion Technology

Introduction of CAD and CAM re-defined the perspective of fashion for organizations all over the world. It gave a new edge technology to the fashion designing and manufacturing of garments and the automated process further aided to its working-efficiency. With automated processes and advanced tools of automation, fashion industry will be more productive and also the creativity will get new dimensions.