Vroom & Dreesmann's apparel division uses Geac RunTime to standardise design processes
November 30 2005 - 3:05PM
PR Newswire (US)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vroom
& Dreesmann Warenhuizen BV (V&D), a subsidiary of Vendex
KBB, has selected Geac(R) (TSX: GAC, NASDAQ: GEAC) to streamline
its apparel division's processes. The software from RunTime, Geac's
specialist division serving the apparel and footwear industry; is
expected to enable V&D to standardise design processes and to
develop collections much faster. Other subsidiaries of Vendex KBB,
including M&S Mode, Claudia Strater, Hunkemoller and HEMA, are
already established users of Geac RunTime software. One of the
modules V&D uses is ColorTime. As part of DesignTime, this
module offers the apparel division full control over the use of
colour in new collections and records the exact prints and colours.
The apparel division also uses the WeaveTime module for efficient
design of woven fabric. This innovative, user-friendly program
includes all available weaving methods, enabling designers to
create and design their own patterns. V&D also works with
DesignTime's standard templates, ensuring that all designers use
the same lay-outs. This makes it possible to communicate the
designs to production departments much faster, as the output comes
out the same and is totally clear. The output's lay-out can be
adjusted as desired. V&D makes intensive use of StyleTime, the
library functionality within Geac RunTime. StyleTime enables
designers to save complete drawings, materials, designs, prints and
other design properties in a transparent way. Designs can be
converted into PDF format and easily be sent by e-mail, for example
to other production facilities in the Far East. Moreover, buyers
can purchase materials based on these documents. "Geac RunTime is
the standard for streamlining design processes", says Tinka
Doorgeest, styling coordinator at V&D. "The solution offers a
comprehensive set of tools to develop clothing collections faster
and more efficiently. Geac RunTime supports the entire process:
from the first sketches and storyboards to the final, detailed
technical designs. It is RunTime's user-friendliness that has made
several retail chains decide to start using RunTime for their
design processes. V&D's apparel division is one of them, and
eighteen designers in this division now use Geac RunTime." About
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response to other business issues confronting the CFO. Geac
RunTime, which has hundreds of customers in the fashion and apparel
industry, develops and sells software for the design and
pre-production phases of the manufacturing process, product data
management, customer relationship management and sales force
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