Lectra announced that Furniture On Demand by Lectra will be expanding to Mexico to support the acceleration of nearshoring due to supply chain woes and economic factors. This turnkey solution covers the entire furniture manufacturing workflow, from order processing to cutting. By manufacturing after order reception, companies are able to improve flexibility and offer a larger and broader catalog of products.

With the emergence of new paths to supply chain, Mexico is primed for more demand in nearshoring, which would enable faster times to market given the proximity to the end customer. As this trend continues to accelerate, Mexico manufacturers find themselves in a time of transformation as they shift from mass production, which produces large quantities of standardized products, to a made to order model. Companies will need to rely on a partner who can help them scale by offering customization, speed and quality.

In response, Furniture On Demand leverages Industry 4.0 technology in order to further streamline processes for Mexico based manufacturers by automatically capturing styles, materials and components information of the product, directly from the customer's order and assisting in the production process from start to finish by utilizing: Automation ? Automation handles repetitive every day tasks. Manufacturers are now able to automate the pairing of multiple orders for max fabric yield, the cutting of plain fabric and fabric management, helping increase the overall speed of production.

The digital fabric library - The digital fabric library is able to instantly pull order fabric and its specifications for quick processing. Order system integration ? This integration quickly pulls all pieces of the order ?

pattern, fabric, configuration and sends to cutting in a matter of minutes. Optimized cost per piece ? Next generation part nesting and automated markers with real fabric width use the power of cloud computing to ensure maximum fabric yield, quality and savings.

By manufacturing after order reception, furniture companies are able to avoid overstocking their inventories and reduce waste, all the while increasing their sustainability efforts. Companies will also be able to actively combat labor shortages currently facing the industry by limiting the dependence on expertise thanks to digitalizing manual tasks.