Stanley Szeto, Executive Chairman, Lever Style Inc.
08:45
PI Keynote - ‘Seeing the Unseen’ – Combining Science and Design to Create A New World of Materials
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PI Keynote - ‘Seeing the Unseen’ – Combining Science and Design to Create A New World of Materials
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Consumers are oblivious to the technology and material science that goes into the creation of the fashion/apparel garments and footwear they buy and wear. Whilst this technology is impressive, a London-based company called ‘T H E U N S E E N’ is working hard to take this to the next level by combining Chemistry with Materials.
T H E U N S E E N is a team of varied talent including anatomists, engineers, chemists and cutters that blend biological and chemical matter into the materials they use. Having worked with brands including Swarovski Gem Stones, Hendricks Gin, Airbus and more, their newest project has seen the creation of an environmental-reactive ink that, when used in clothing, changes colour through the RGB scale upon contact with the air around the wearer. Be it through air turbulence, air temperature or even brain-usage patterns and heat, what appears initially as a line of ornate high-end black couture pieces transform into vibrant, chameleon-like greens, blues and purples as the clothes, the human and their habitat begin to interact and react.
Lauren Bowker, T H E U N S E E N founder and Material Alchemist, will join us to show case her vision, collaborative work and potential applications before ending with a live demonstration of how these materials truly work.
Lauren Bowker, The Material Alchemist, T H E U N S E E N
09:30
Improving Your Product Adoption Rate
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Improving Your Product Adoption Rate
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Given the fundamental shift in the way consumers shop and the pressure of globalization, it has been extremely challenging for brands and retailers to find and to develop the right product for its consumer. The content of this presentation is to share a few practical frameworks and collaboration concepts from the perspective of product makers which can support the journey in improving the adoption rate of product introduction.
This session will discuss:
What are some of the key considerations when brands develop?
How can product makers contribute to product introduction?
What is the key focus of a product development organization structure?
Why is having a business line framework important?
How will you find opportunity your product category?
What are some ways to enhance collaborations with your customers and supply chain partners?
Kenneth Wong, Managing Director, Top Form Group
Focus Group - Automation and Cutting Edge IT to Bolster Partner Factory Productivity
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Focus Group - Automation and Cutting Edge IT to Bolster Partner Factory Productivity
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Lever Style Inc are tackling automation investment in two main ways:
The first is working with machinery suppliers to examine, investigate and test new designs and products in the Lever Style factory environment. In this way, the machinery can be practically assessed and its uses realized before being moved to their partners
The second is in skill; by using kinds semi-automation methods, they look to modify existing machinery and focus more on the change/evolution of skillsets which requires automation at a faster pace and at less of an investment
This focus group allows for discussion around the topic of automation on the factory floor and how best to work with your wider partner network in realising its true abd full potential.
Eddie Chan, CEO, Lever Style Inc.
Focus Group - Supply Chain-Brand Partnerships: A Shift in the Conversation
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Focus Group - Supply Chain-Brand Partnerships: A Shift in the Conversation
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The tragic Rana Plaza factory collapse in 2013 served as a wake-up call to apparel brands worldwide. No longer can apparel brands rely on their practice of audit and remediation, and expect meaningful improvements to follow. What we need is a partnership model founded on mutual respect and shared vision.
Join Hilmond Hui (Development Manager, Profits Fund) and Amy Hall (Director, Social Consciousness, EILEEN FISHER) for this candid conversation about shifting the brand-supplier relationship model in order to achieve shared sustainability goals. How has the relationship between the two businesses evolved in recent years? What were the motivating factors?
You’ll hear about a new, state-of-the-art factory being built by Profits Fund in central China. And you’ll also hear about EILEEN FISHER’s work to transform internal processes that have had unintended consequences on their supply chain. Both initiatives are inspired by a shared vision for environmental and human sustainability.
Amy Hall, Director, Social Consciousness, Eileen Fisher
Hilmond Hui, Development Manager, Profits Fund Global Holding Ltd
10:10
Morning Refreshment Break
Exhibition Hall
10:20
Morning Prearranged 1 to 1 Meetings
Exhibition Hall
11:20
Should I Stay or Should I Go? – How Smart Factories Can Stop the Textile Sourcing Caravan
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? – How Smart Factories Can Stop the Textile Sourcing Caravan
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Our industry is full of moving and start-over stories. Mostly in the name of margin, Sourcing Managers are constantly travelling around the world to find the next cheapest harbor; we produce there for a time, only to move again when seniority and predictablility is established. Why? Mostly because of rising wages or labor shortages.
The downside effect of this is that the technology level of our industry is comparably still very poor, lagging behind or in some cases, stagnant. There is a mindset that there is simply no need to improve or change the way we manufacture with regards to machinery or processes.
Some call this tradition whilst others consider it incomprehensible in times of technological change and massive digitalization.
This session will discuss:
Can we stop the caravan and significantly improve our current productivity?
Can we apply the same moonshot thinking of Silicon Valley companies to a garment factory?
Is the Internet of Things (IoT) worth the investment, and if so, what do we first need to understand to maximise the return?
What does the future of garment making look like? – some thoughts from a manufacturer
Joachim Hensch, Managing Director, HUGO BOSS Textile Industries
Why 3D Technology should be Considered a Worthy Enterprise-wide Investment
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Why 3D Technology should be Considered a Worthy Enterprise-wide Investment
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3D virtual technology has the power to drive smarter decision making, save time, and reduce costs for the apparel industry. To unlock the full potential of the technology, a digital transformation through-out the supply chain needs to be explored. Production can be transformed in the following ways:
Utilizing 3D virtual technology for garment sampling allows manufacturers to identify and solve errors early in the process, thus reducing defects in production
3D technology unlocks efficiencies for lean manufacturing by reducing waste (designing smarter), waiting (reducing fit approval timing), transportation (mailing samples)
Creates a platform for further manufacturing transformation in the areas of IofT technology, personalization/customization of product, and just in time inventory
Alexis Kantor, VP of Owned Brand Technical Development and Quality, Target
Focus Group - What Role Can Software Play in the Quality Control Process and What are the Benefits to Production?
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Focus Group - What Role Can Software Play in the Quality Control Process and What are the Benefits to Production?
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Moving production from China to off-shore locations is a growing trend; in such a multi-production country environment, we have to consider the most efficient and effective ways to implement and manage Quality Control by 3rd party or supplier-own inspection. As there are multiple parties inspecting planning, it is essential that there is report and data transparency.
INTERSPORT plan to leverage software to support the quality strategy of their own brand inspection. The following topic will be discussed:
What are the existing issues of inspection?
What are the benefits of using software for inspection? - efficiency, transparency and data analysis
Changing our ways of inspection
Exploring the challenges of system planning and implementation
Yan Yee Jacker Chan, Head of Production, INTERSPORT Development (Shenzhen) Ltd
12:00
Case Study - Leveraging Digitalization to Enhance Design Collaboration and Product Development Visibility
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Celine U, Head, Merchandising Planning, Les Enphants
Grace Hsu, Business Consultant - Professional Services, Greater China, Lectra.
Case Study - Is the Consumer the Solution to Combatting Economic, Political and Market-wide Turbulence?
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Case Study - Is the Consumer the Solution to Combatting Economic, Political and Market-wide Turbulence?
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Accelerating consumer demands, new market entrants who do not seek to make a profit, through to the US election impact on the TPP; the apparel industry is facing more challenges than ever before. Given this turbulent background, listen to how TAL Apparel, manufacturer of 1 in 6 U.S. dress shirts sold in the U.S., are combating these issues. In this fireside chat with Tom Adeyoola from Metail, a fash-tech start up enabling shoppers to try on clothes online, Alexis Man will describe the key challenges he sees TAL Apparel facing and why they believe the consumer is key to helping them innovate around these.
What are the most pressing market challenges that TAL see and hear from both suppliers and retailers in the market?
Is the consumer the saviour to our triple constraint triangle?
Why is a leading garment manufacturer partnering with Metail, a consumer first fash-tech start-up?
Alexis Man Chi Yung, Garment Engineering Director, Product Innovation, TAL Apparel Ltd.
Tom Adeyoola, CEO & Founder, Metail
12:40
Networking Lunch
Exhibition Hall
13:40
Siloed to Systemic Sustainability - Positioning Sustainability at the Very Core of Your Organization
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Siloed to Systemic Sustainability - Positioning Sustainability at the Very Core of Your Organization
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In the 20th century the priority for all businesses was growth and expansion above all else. The model worked and business flourished but at the expense of the planet and her people. Today, in the 21st century, the same businesses are being pressured to undo this damage.
The mistake many make when it comes to sustainability (human rights, environment, philanthropym, strategic partnerships, etc.) is that it is often an after-thought and dealt with in a siloed manner; the 'think about the product first and deal with its impacts later' model is, however, completely counter-productive. Sustainability needs to be embedded deep within the brand, the workplace culture, and its entire vendor network.
Amy Hall leads the Social Consciousness team at EILEEN FISHER and joins the event to discuss:
What did EILEEN FISHER’s early commitment to environmental and human sustainability look like and how has it evolved over the years?
Creating a cross-functional team to foster the right culture and provide resources for success
Taking an integrated decentralized approach where many people own sustainability goals
What are their bold goals for 2020 and how do they measure progress?
How are they engaging with their global vendor and supplier network and working with them to achieve a unified vision?
Understanding how the actions of the brand force their external network to cut corners
Recognizing the need to change internal practices to alleviate stress on supply chain partners
Creating a network wide win-win partnership vs a commanding top-down approach to support success
Listening to your partners and their concerns
Ensuring people are thriving and not just existing
Amy Hall, Director, Social Consciousness, Eileen Fisher
Focus Group - Fostering Design Talent & Culture in a Largely Manufacturing/Sourcing-based Geography
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Focus Group - Fostering Design Talent & Culture in a Largely Manufacturing/Sourcing-based Geography
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The Asian fashion industry has always been manufacturing-centric and this then made places like Hong Kong attractive as sourcing hubs that were in close reach. Design capability is something that has never been fostered.
Today, this is no longer the case. On one hand, you have companies that were traditionally OEMs and ODMs creating their own design capability and starting to launch their own lines. On the other, you have international brands that are, somewhat slowly, realising that designing in the West and simply translating those designs to Asia, is no longer enough to keep the Asian market engaged.
Formerly at the London College of Fashion, Julia was headhunted to join HKPU to address this change. If Hong Kong and Asia at large, is going to become a hub for design, creativity and innovation, it'll need the workforce, culture and skillset to underpin it and Julia joins the event to discuss just how we need to tackle this.
Julia Gaimster, Professor of Fashion Practice & Associate Head of School, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Focus Group - A 3D Call to Action - Working Collaboratively for a Better Tomorrow
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Focus Group - A 3D Call to Action - Working Collaboratively for a Better Tomorrow
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Alexis attended and presented at PI Apparel NYC; the presentations, networking and smaller breakout discussions that they attended with other brands left them inspired and excited. But then they returned to their offices and that conversation stopped.
Drawing a parallel with past major movements in areas including safety and sustainability, the Target team see PI Apparel as an opportunity to form a cross-industry coalition: the potential of 3D is huge but without a platform for open conversation and collaboration, how can you expect to develop quick enough to ensure you best benefit from 3D and its promise of improved speed and accuracy, and how can you ensure you avoid unnecessary mistakes?
This session is a Call to Action and will discuss:
Where are we missing a trick?
What is Target doing today with external parties to better the standardization and development of 3D? How could that be extended?
How could we be working together collaboratively to bring about change?
What could this kind of conversation and collaboration look like and how would we get around the IP issue?
Creating an industry standard metric for 3D
What would the role of the vendors and academia be?
Making this a reality
3D has the potential to disrupt and transform the fashion industry but today, there is no outlet to facilitate the required conversation. This is a Call to Action - let's collaborate for a better tomorrow!
Alexis Kantor, VP of Owned Brand Technical Development and Quality, Target
14:20
Case Study - Driving Digital Transformation with Centric Software PLM
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Case Study - Driving Digital Transformation with Centric Software PLM
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Tristate Holdings, a unique industrial garment manufacturing company, is globally recognized throughout the premium fashion business for their use of cutting-edge technologies.
With the 2015 acquisition of C.P. Company, an Italian luxury sportswear brand, Tristate looked to develop synergies between their historical manufacturing expertise and core branding processes like design, marketing and distribution. Their goal was to cement their business transformation and to further develop their brands.
Tristate chose Centric Software PLM to build a common foundation for their group business applications.
Attend this session to learn how:
Tristate is leveraging PLM to meet strategic business goals
PDM was not adequate for them and the differences between PDM & PLM
PLM simplified the collection development process up to order entry
The project was rolled out extremely quickly using Centric’s AgileSM Deployment methodology
Eddie Li, IT Director, Tristate Holdings
Case Study - How Can the Digital Enterprise Power Flexibility, Agility and Efficiency to Turn Your Value Chain into Competitive Advantage?
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Case Study - How Can the Digital Enterprise Power Flexibility, Agility and Efficiency to Turn Your Value Chain into Competitive Advantage?
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Speeding an undesired product to market erodes margins. Brands need to deliver the right product, made right.
Achieving velocity, speed in the right direction, is key to success.
Join us to discover the significance of Siemens Digital Enterprise for the Fashion industry as we weave the digital thread thru the digital product twin, digital production twin, and digital performance twin, facilitating the compression of the innovation cycle. That thread, enabled by Siemens Digital Enterprise Suite powers the flexibility, agility, and efficiency needed to transform businesses and manufacturing creating a competitive advantage.
Alastair Orchard, VP Digital Enterprise, Siemens Digital Industries Software
15:00
Educating & Working With Your Wider Vendor Network to Boost Factory-wide Efficiencies & Standards
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Educating & Working With Your Wider Vendor Network to Boost Factory-wide Efficiencies & Standards
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There has never been greater pressure for vendors and factories to maximise their efficiencies, outputs and their overall operation. And this pressure largely comes from their global fashion design brand clients. Most of these brands have, in their minds, an ideal of what their factories should look like and how they should operate, but do nothing more than complain to their vendor network without providing any kind of productive advice or help in how they should meet this ideal. On the other hand, factory owners, who years ago leveraged these facilities to make enough to invest in property or other markets where they made their millions, today see the factories as a liability and don't see why added investment beyond upkeep is necessary.
This is not the case at VF; VF is quite unique in that is has it's own 30-factory manufacturing capability based out of Mexico. As such, they know first hand what areas can be improved and the process and technology investments needed to get there.
Veit and Alexander join PI Apparel to discuss:
Why do brands need their factories to evolve?
Why do factories need to invest in process innovation and automation and the skillsets that they demand?
What best manufacturing and engineering practices and learnings from VF's own Mexican manufacturing capability can be translated to their wider vendor network?
Positioning VF engineers within partner factories to help them learn, first hand, how to improve
VF's model factory process (PRIDE) - auditing factories, providing benchmarks and collaborating on ideal model processes
How does more modern facilities equate to a more modern workforce?
Alexander Thomas, VP, Engineering, VF Corporation
Focus Group - Impacts of 3D Technology on Accuracy, Efficiency & Collaboration
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Focus Group - Impacts of 3D Technology on Accuracy, Efficiency & Collaboration
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Product Development or New Product Management, is a series of steps that includes conceptualization, design, development and marketing of the newly created product.
Presentation of the newly created products to buyers of wholesaler and retailer is an important activity to ensure success of the new product. The more buyers understand and believe in the uniqueness of product the more confident they will be and the more successful the product will be.
Creating proto samples and salesman samples for the presentation can be costly and very time consuming. 3D technology can enable garment manufacturers to accelerate and simplify product development processes via 3D virtual prototyping solution for product developers, pattern maker and technical designers.
How does 3D technology help in creating samples and reduce cost?
How does it help in marketing?
Lynn Tan, Co-Founder & Director, Bodynits International Pte Ltd
Focus Group - Fostering a Culture and Model of Open Innovation - Looking Outside the Box When it Comes to Technology
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Focus Group - Fostering a Culture and Model of Open Innovation - Looking Outside the Box When it Comes to Technology
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There has never been a time when we, in the apparel industry, have needed help so badly, help to change how we produce and how we re-use.
All of the technology is there - recycled fibres form sea and water bottle waste, dry dying, plastic replacers and so on - but these are untapped ideas that are not making their way to the factories fast enough. As an industry, we are not looking hard enough or in the right places. The very products that are made with recycled fibres are more expensive than the regular ones so sadly there is no incentive.
Investing in the science and the people will encourage it to go farther. Thinking of where the standards are in other industries and how to translate those ideas and best practices from those that have adapted and changed what’s already available to ours is a vital step. Cross pollinating will make a difference, and in the worst case scenario, can’t make it any worse!
In this session we will discuss:
How do we change our industry to meet the ever increasing consumer population without looking at new innovators and ideas from other industries and other areas?
How can we foster open innovation and solve some of the big problems now in an industry renowned for secrecy, competition and price line?
Julia Miller-Osborn, R&D Manager, Clover Group International Limited
15:40
Afternoon Refreshment Break
Exhibition Hall
15:50
Afternoon Prearranged 1 to 1 Meetings
Exhibition Hall
16:50
PI Keynote - Understanding the Role of Technology in Reshaping the Global Fashion Operation
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PI Keynote - Understanding the Role of Technology in Reshaping the Global Fashion Operation
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The fashion industry is changing; whilst the sector has always been slow to adopt technology traditionally, the increase in globalised networks and operations has added an extra layer of complexity that can only be managed by technological adoption. And this is not unique to any one geography; the use of digital tools is meaning more and more of an overlap between supply chain siloed functions and most companies, no matter who they are, are being forced to turn to tech to underpin their ongoing process optimization and product innovation.
In this session, Angie Lau, CEO of Clover Group and Chairman of the HKIAIA, joins us to discuss:
How is the industry, as it currently stands, failing?
How and why has the role of technology changed?
Exploring and overcoming the challenge of leadership and user buy-in
Fostering a new type of innovation culture that aligns with technological adoption
What are the realities of using technology in fashion/apparel?
Angie Lau, CEO, Clover Group International Limited
17:35
Chairman's Closing Remarks
Room 1
Hans M Buehr, Independent, HMB Consulting
17:45
Networking Drinks Reception
Exhibition Hall
Day 2: 06 April 2017
09:00
Chairman's Welcoming Address
Room 1
Hans M Buehr, Independent, HMB Consulting
09:15
PI Keynote - Tying Technology, Innovation and Sustainability Together for Success
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PI Keynote - Tying Technology, Innovation and Sustainability Together for Success
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Going Paperless - starting with tangible and scalable initiatives that easy to start with and quickly build momentum and engagement
Would digitizing in excess create a larger carbon footprint because of the infrastructure needed?
What is the circular economy and why does it matter to the textile industry?
What is blockchain technology and how could the textile industry benefit from this technology?
How has big data and analytics helped us with better managing our business?
How is the connected consumer forcing us to reshape our business model?
Anderson Lee, Board Member, Sustainable Apparel Coalition
10:00
Production Floor Technology in Maximising Data Accuracy, Transparency and On-Schedule Timelines
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Production Floor Technology in Maximising Data Accuracy, Transparency and On-Schedule Timelines
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Strategic imperative and core competencies for the 21st –century garment manufacturers are driven by Efficiency, Quality, Delivery, Compliance and Cost (EQDCC). There are many factors affecting these competencies and collection of related data must be accurate and timely to be useful for decision makers in the enterprise and supply chain.
It is impossible to ensure data accuracy and transparency on the production floor without technology and human interaction. This session will discuss:
Why is it so difficult for accurate information to be collected?
How do such information help us?
Is there a system to suit all organization?
Lynn Tan, Co-Founder & Director, Bodynits International Pte Ltd
Focus Group - Unlocking the Potential of 3D Design for Demand-Driven Supply
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Focus Group - Unlocking the Potential of 3D Design for Demand-Driven Supply
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Long product development cycles, high wastage, long production lead time, unsold inventory, mark downs and the list goes on - sound familiar?
Can we reverse the entire supply chain and create a demand-driven supply with shorter lead times, less wastage, higher inventory turnover and higher profitability ?
What role can the 3D design technologies play in this new world?
More importantly what is the reality of new technologies in engaging consumers early in the product lifecycle for a demand-driven Supply?
Li & Fung welcomes you to join the discussion on the possibilities and the reality.
Abinash Sahoo, Lead Product Owner, Target
Focus Group - Deploying Industrie 4.0 in an Innovative, Unique and Smart Way
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Focus Group - Deploying Industrie 4.0 in an Innovative, Unique and Smart Way
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How does the current market situation support or hinder the initiatives of 'Made in China 2025'?
Time to Market Leads to Shorter Lead Times – how to handle that in our industries’ complexity?
Offshoring vs. Nearshoring – how will the political and economic environment influence the future manufacturing landscape?
Joachim Hensch, Managing Director, HUGO BOSS Textile Industries
10:40
Morning Refreshment Break
Exhibition Hall
10:50
Morning Prearranged 1 to 1 Meetings
Exhibition Hall
11:50
Case Study - From PDM to PLM to Support a One-Source of Truth Model of Collaborative Work
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Case Study - From PDM to PLM to Support a One-Source of Truth Model of Collaborative Work
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Helly Hansen has a long 10-year history of working with Gerber platforms including those used in pattern making and a legacy PDM system. Gerber was therefore the obvious and easiest choice for them when investing in PLM; with too many systems that were unable to communicate and thus inefficiencies across the value chain, the Helly Hansen team decided it was time to update from a PDM to a PLM platform.
Helly Hansen will present the key business challenges that indicated the need for a PLM system. They will discuss how an integrated approach between software platforms leads to supply chain agility and how this can all be accomplished by managing the data in the cloud.
Ferdinand Diener, Manager - Process and Quality, Helly Hansen
Case Study - Why are the World’s Leading Brands Moving Towards Factory Self-Inspection?
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Case Study - Why are the World’s Leading Brands Moving Towards Factory Self-Inspection?
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Customers quality focus is shifting and now manufacturing excellence is a must for market leaders. Procurement and quality management must be part of the shift. Traditional conception of quality control must be re-thought with the new technological possibilities.
This session will cover:
Gaining efficiency from moving from reaction to prediction
Capturing data at source to help ensure compliance and closing the loop
Build better partnerships with suppliers through collaborative innovation
Business cases from different industries
Bart De Meirsman, MD, Hong Kong, Quiksilver
Isabelle Pilon, Co-Founder & COO, Pivot88
12:30
Digital Business Transformation - The Five Pillars of Success
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Digital Business Transformation - The Five Pillars of Success
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The manufacturing industry has been traditionally poor at harnessing new technologies and this is no different when it comes to the digital revolution that is already well-established across other sectors including media and finance. But, given the impressive volume of data that the industry generates and collects, the mentality around digital is changing drastically and rapidly as companies begin to better understand the beneficial implications it could have across the value chain and ultimately, in their product offering.
Now that the value is understood, companies now want to understand how to best invest and harness this opportunity. Mike Ghasemi joins PI Apparel to discuss:
- What are the implications of a digital revolution across the fashion/apparel industry?
- Understanding the Five Pillars of Digital Success:
Strategy & Leadership - adapting company culture and mindset to become a disruptor, making the change rather than responding to it
Information - centralizing functions and data across the multiple layers of your business to maximize operational efficiency and transparency
Operations - best leveraging sensors and automation to optimize production, speed and execution
Workforce - preparing for and responding to the cultural implications of creating a new working experience and the talent gap of new roles and functions
Omni-experience - faciliating a new radical way of approaching the multi-mode fashion model to capture performance and understand real-time market needs
- Benchmarking your digital transition against a qualitative maturity model
- How have other companies achieved digital success - examples and case studies
Mike Ghasemi, Research Director - Retail Insights, IDC Asia Pacific
Focus Group - The VF 3rd Way: Manufacturing Excellence and Technical Services
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Focus Group - The VF 3rd Way: Manufacturing Excellence and Technical Services
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Veit Geise heads up a sportswear and jeanswear coalition that works within a space they call Manufacturing Excellence and Technical Services. The aim of the coalition is to work alongside other brands and factories to determine what the future of manufacturing should and will look like.
More specifically, Veit will lead an interactive discussion on areas and disciplines including:
Automation
Emerging production technologies
Robotics
Capacity Planning
Heightened efficiencies and productivity
Manufacturing time reduction
Chemical manufacturing
Each and every player along the value chain has a role to play in prepping for the future, so come ready to discuss emerging manufacturing fields and to propose areas that you feel should be a focus as we partner for tomorrow's manufacturing landscape.
Alexander Thomas, VP, Engineering, VF Corporation
Focus Group - Is IoT in Fashion for Real?
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Focus Group - Is IoT in Fashion for Real?
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In this session, Ben Wong will lead a discussion on:
Identifying technologies that can/will be integrated in fashionwear
Identifying problems consumers may have with technology in clothing, or are our concerns not real?
Identifying brands that are already making headway in fashion tech and is it sustainable? What are some of the challenges?
Ben Wong, Head, Launch Pad, Global Sources
13:10
Networking Lunch
Exhibition Hall
14:10
Case Study - Moving from PDM to a True PLM System and Understanding their Differences
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Case Study - Moving from PDM to a True PLM System and Understanding their Differences
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Organizations are increasingly replacing PDM and adopting new-age PLM systems to support their changing organisational needs. The challenge is clear - how do we decommission PDM and then implement PLM whilst at the same time keep the users working seamlessly? Find out how Lafayette 148 managed this challenge and discover through real life experiences, the hurdles and benefits of using a proven methodology to ensure a successful, reliable and effective migration project.
Understanding the need for buyin from users and management when transitioning and how much easier the journey can be when this is secured
What are the pitfalls and challenges when changing systems and do you overcome them?
Finding the PLM partner that will help you, suggest best practices and guide you through those challenges
Jackie Fung, Senior Business Analyst, Lafayette 148
Focus Group – Exploring the Consumer's Desire for Customization and Its Implications for the Fashion Industry
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Focus Group – Exploring the Consumer's Desire for Customization and Its Implications for the Fashion Industry
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The demand for customized products has been rising rapidly over the years. While traditionally only the rich can afford luxury bespoke or tailored products, with the improvement of mass production and web technology, we now have mass-customization as a very realistic and quite possibly, a vast opportunity.
However, with proven demands for customization and technology in place, somehow only a handful of reasonably successful mass-customization players has emerged in the fashion and design industry. What is the real barrier here? Why do we have such a slow uptake when we have both the demand and required technology to meet the demand?
Join Quinn today to explore and brainstorm how we can capture this opportunity and evolve fashion retail/design. Quinn is the founder of EONIQ, a fast growing mass-customization watch brand started in HK in 2015 winter. He also has a background in Stanford and HPI Design Thinking, with specific focus in consumer Need Finding.
Quinn Lai, Founder, Director, Eoniq
Focus Group - Technology as Magick - Leveraging Technology to Break the Rules & Challenge Perceptions
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Focus Group - Technology as Magick - Leveraging Technology to Break the Rules & Challenge Perceptions
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We live in a world where technology is increasingly embedded into the fabric around us.
When connectivity is the norm what will be the future of luxury in the retail world?
What will become the ultimate personal experience and how are brands partnering with material science to stay unique and cultivate innovation?
The world is full of unseen data. As technology strives to see this data how will designers begin to use and implement it?
In this session we will discuss the future of material innovation and explore how agile small startup's can guide established leaders to innovate from concept to customer.
Lauren Bowker, The Material Alchemist, T H E U N S E E N
14:50
Panel Discussion - Collaborative Global Sustainability
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Panel Discussion - Collaborative Global Sustainability
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At what point on the product life cycle should the push for sustainability begin? Does it start with brands requesting it, factories offering it, or consumer education?
How can we move sustainability beyond a PR stunt and into a serious consideration for the sake of the planet?
How can we monetize sustainability to make the investment worthwhile?
While sustainability is becoming essential at corporate level, how do we see it evolving over the next 3-5 years?
What are the key challenges to developing a comprehensive strategy that reflects a sustainable brand?
Starting with tangible and scalable initiatives
How can we promote the development and affordability of sustainably-sourced and greener materials?
How can industry help formulate education programs to support a more sustainable model?
What prevents retailers from embracing sustainability initiatives?
How can consumers push the retail industry towards supply chain transparency?
How should companies approach the topic of social sustainability?
Anderson Lee, Board Member, Sustainable Apparel Coalition
Mike Ghasemi, Research Director - Retail Insights, IDC Asia Pacific
Yan Chan, Director, BD, HKRITA
Hilmond Hui, Development Manager, Profits Fund Global Holding Ltd
Julia Miller-Osborn, R&D Manager, Clover Group International Limited
Leveraging 3D Technology to Provide High-End and Perfect-Fit Custom Clothing
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Leveraging 3D Technology to Provide High-End and Perfect-Fit Custom Clothing
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Isabella Wren was founded by Sarah Chessis to fill an enormous gap in the market for high quality custom clothing for women. Sarah had observed during her long and successful career in banking that nowhere was there to be found a reliable and affordable design house or tailor for women that produced fantastic suits, dresses and tops at reasonable prices, similar to what was available for professional men.
Working towards the goal of meeting the need to make women look beautiful in perfect fitting clothes, she has built a fashion business that uses the latest 3D body scanning, sizing and pattern technology to design, produce and sell fabulous perfect fit women’s wear.
Sarah and Greg join the event to discuss:
Why hand measurements and traditional pattern making systems cannot support a large scale custom clothing business.
What were the initial challenges of producing perfect fit custom clothing for women that could not be overcome by traditonal methods?
Leveraging 3D technology and scanning software to capture dimensions and provide a perfect fit
For those who cannot sacrifice the time for scanning, using algorithms to create perfect-fit patterns based on a few measurements in 15 seconds
Packaging the value proposition and the Brand for successful deployment via an e-commerce platform
Focus Group - Challenging the Tech Investment Status Quo - Do we Really Need the Next Big Technology?
Room 3
Focus Group - Challenging the Tech Investment Status Quo - Do we Really Need the Next Big Technology?
Room 3
We live in a world where 'speed', 'newness' and 'innovation' are the new buzz words but we forget that the consumer and price are critical factors that makes something a success or not. We continually review process improvements and what we need to do to achieve these needs and bring in perceived experts or consultants to achieve these goals.
Now we look at how technology advancements can be employed to mitigate risks, improve efficiencies and improve the processes and how it can be implemented successfully before even thinking of bringing in that expert.
In this session we will discuss the importance of what the driver is behind a successful business model and ask ourselves “ do we really need the next big technology? What are the short to long term goals? Is it going to really impact the way that we work?“
Michael Collinson, SVP, Quality Assurance and Manufacturing Excellence, PVH
15:30
Afternoon Refreshment Break
Exhibition Hall
15:45
PI Keynote - Re-purposing Disused Factory Space to Create a Fashion Technology Incubator & Creative Design Hub