Cutting Room Agility

and Excellence

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 A pioneering solution in the Internet of Things, Vector
is the first-ever connected cutting solution, enabling
high uptime through remote preventive maintenance.

Since its launch in 2007, Vector has pushed the boundaries

of speed, quality and reliability. To provide the lowest cost
per cut part on the market today, Lectra’s VectorAuto digital
cutting solution delivers a unique combination of 5 customer
benefits for manufacturers of fabric seat trim covers and
interiors in high volumes:
■■ Cutting capacity of up to 9cm
■■ Highest possible cutting speed
■■ Cutting quality free of defects
■■ Minimal buffer between cut parts
■■ Unmatched level of reliability

Automotive Supplier Challenges

Increasing
demand for
Quicker
customization
deliveries
& model
diversity

Customer Value Proposition

Higher
Pressure
quality
on prices BEST-IN-CLASS TECHNOLOGY
standards
Up to 98% machine availability made
possible by sophisticated preventive
maintenance
To remain competitive, you need to:
HIGH CUTTING CAPACITY
■■ Minimize investment
Cutting capacity handling ply
■■ Reduce operating costs thicknesses of up to 9cm
■■ Enhance cutting room performance
■■ Improve manufacturing flexibility FLEXIBILITY
To satisfy increasing complexity while
VectorAuto allows you to achieve managing fluctuating production
all your operational excellence objectives: batches
■■ High quality of cut parts
PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE
■■ Low cost per cut part Enabled by more than 120 built-in
■■ Diversified product assortments sensors, monitored by Lectra’s remote
■■ Fast changeovers for small series call centers
■■ Shorter lead and delivery times

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 Lectra Integrated Offer
Lectra is the only company to combine leading-edge technology, cutting room expertise and global
support services in a single offering to transform even large-scale, multi-site fabric cutting operations.

CUTTING ROOM EQUIPMENT

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CAD & CUTTING ROOM SOFTWARE

DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIALIZATION PRE-PRODUCTION

Prototyping
Product Validation
Material Consumption Pattern Industrialization Nesting
Costing
Technical Specifications

CONSUMABLES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS, WARRANTY

& PARTS & CONSULTING & AFTER-SALES SUPPORT

A Complete Range, Designed to Meet Every Fabric Cutting Need

Variety

High volumes,
foam-backed fabric
Greatest capacity
for repetitive ■  Mass ■  Flexible Low to medium runners
Production volume

production producers production Vinyl, headrests, door panels

■  High-volume and other interior components
producers Maximum fabric savings

Ideal for ■  Low-volume Ideal for low-volume,

low-volume orders ■  On-demand flexible production
production production and matching needs
■  Special orders

Cut More Fabric Faster, at a Lower Cost

Maximize productivity Reduce costs

■■ Cut multiple layers of fabric at high speeds with the
ability to handle ply thicknesses ranging from 2.5cm
to 9 cm.
Increase agility
■■ Easily produce small batches and high volumes to
meet fluctuating demand.
Assure quality
■■ Ensure the highest quality cut parts with best-in-
class hardware, software and consumables.
■■ Minimize waste and reach the lowest price per cut
part with limited or no buffer between cut parts.
Maximize uptime
■■ Benefit from monitoring by 20 built-in sensors for
reporting, analysis and predictive maintenance.
Streamline operations
■■ Create a lean cutting room by streamlining fabric
loading, cutting, offloading and maintenance.

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 CAD & Cutting Room Software
TIME SAVINGS
■■ Respond to RFQs in just
a few days
■■ 30% to 50% fewer sampling
and development iterations
COST SAVINGS
■■ Fewer expensive physical prototypes
■■ Material consumption and labor cost
reduction in production
TIME SAVINGS
■■ Up to 30% faster industrialization lead time
■■ Meets growing demand for product
personalization
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
■■ Reduced scrap rate
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PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
■■ Respond to RFQs in a just
a few days
■■ Meet cost targets using
accurate preliminary costing
■■ Simplify communication
between OEMs & suppliers
■■ Eliminate errors during CAD data translation, pattern
digitizing and the generation of bills of merchandise
and documentation
MINIMIZE WASTE
■■ Shorten the design-to-production cycle with intelligent
pattern design that minimizes waste and error.
CONTROL COSTS
■■ Accurately calculate fabric costs up-front, guaranteeing
your margin and gaining leverage with suppliers.
MAXIMIZE PRODUCTIVITY
■■ Keep up with complex orders and tight deadlines by
generating complex markers quickly.
SAVE TIME
■■ Process markers quickly and make efficient use of time
with automated off-time processing.
GO TO MARKET FASTER
■■ Streamline processes and go to market faster with
Diamino’s integrated workflows.
 VectorMethod Time-saving Secure Process Generator
Genuine Consumables and Parts
Designed to meet your manufacturing challenges
Improve the performance of your cutting room with Lectra’s genuine consumables and maintenance kits,
specially designed to ensure uninterrupted long-term operation of your Vector solution.
MAINTENANCE KIT
■■ Based on the feedback of more than
20,000 customers using Lectra equipment,
maintenance kits contain only genuine Lectra
parts and feature the latest technologies.
BLADES
■■ To enable you to achieve superior cutting
quality, Lectra blades are made of high-grade
steel with excellent resistance to bending,
shocks and vibrations.
SHARPENING BANDS
■■ Lectra sharpening bands adhere to strict
internal quality controls and are designed
to lengthen blade lifespan with an efficient
abrasive sharpening surface.
VectorMethod pre-production software
is designed to compile spreading and cutting
instructions and generate a follow-up sheet
with barcoding for:
■■ Error-free processes
■■ Automatic transmission of spreading
and cutting parameters
■■ Better monitoring and control through
accessible, sharable information
DRILLS
■■ Lectra offers a wide range of drills to satisfy
the needs of your various applications.
BRISTLE BLOCKS
■■ Lectra bristle blocks are specially designed
to hold the spread firmly in place. Their self-
cleaning system extends the service life of
your equipment.
ROLL GOODS
■■ Lectra offers paper and plastic roll goods
that allow you to achieve excellent productivity
by homogeneity of vacuum on the entire
material surface.
LECTRA GENERAL AGREEMENT
A mutually beneficial agreement based
on an audit of your needs by our experts
to provide you with optimized shipping
costs and delivery times, in accordance
with projections carried out together.
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 Lectra Services

Power services lie at the heart of Lectra cutting room solutions. Continuously connected to our call centers
via built-in sensors and counters on our systems, Lectra’s experts take preemptive action before failure even
occurs. Power services enable you to achieve complete production security and performance for all fabric
cutting activities, and streamline your maintenance operations.
Thanks to our support services, 80% of manufacturing-related queries can be resolved quickly and remotely.

Online Software Reporting &

Support Evolution My Support

On-site Spare Parts

Support Only for Power Full
Preventive
Maintenance

Benefits

■ Prevent downtime and maximize system availability

■ Control your system performance
■ Guarantee quality by benefiting from Lectra’s 40 years
of cutting expertise
Predictive
Maintenance

Predictive maintenance use case

Connected to Lectra Customer Care

SYSTEM NOT CONNECTED SYSTEM CONNECTED

■■ Permanent
monitoring
■■ Performance
optimization
Critical parts breakdown Warnings and error
■■ Agility to
halts production messages manage changes
Lectra expert
STOPPAGE analyzes data

On-site intervention
On-site intervention is scheduled
for diagnosis and
identification of parts
STOPPAGE
On-site call-out
for repairs On-site intervention
for correction

IMPACT BENEFITS

Cost of Cost of Quality Save time

downtime spare parts under control and money

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 Lectra

The right partner to take your automotive

cutting room to the next level.

Lectra offers the expertise, technology and industry

knowledge to support you, starting with the definition of
a solution suited to your needs and throughout the life of
your cutting room, from implementation to support and
process optimization.

32 subsidiaries 
5 call centers 
3 international advanced
technology centers 
Nearly 1,700 employees
50 nationalities

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE CUTTING ROOM

CUTTING ROOM MAINTENANCE

■■ Selection of offer
■■ Implementation
■■ Training and accelerated
ramp-up
CUTTING ROOM
■■ Lectra Services support OPTIMIZATION
■■ Preventive maintenance aimed
at reducing downtime
■■ Always at your side, we can
■■ Online support for quick help you optimize your cutting
solution room operations through
■■ On-site support audits of your equipment and
■■ Predictive maintenance enabled
production process:
by hundreds of built-in sensors
■■ Access to the latest software
upgrades to remain at the
forefront of technology
■■ Regular reporting: metrics
and debriefings with Lectra
Customer Care

Availability Performance Quality

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About Lectra
For forward-looking companies that breathe life into our wardrobes, car interiors, furniture and more, Lectra is committed to
crafting the premium technologies that facilitate the digital transformation of their industry. Lectra’s offer empowers brands
and manufacturers from design to production, providing them with the market respect and peace of mind they deserve. In the
automotive industry, Lectra offers integrated cutting room solutions and expert services dedicated to suppliers of airbags as well
as fabric and leather vehicle seating and interior components. Founded in 1973, today Lectra has 32 subsidiaries across the globe,
serving customers in over 100 countries. With nearly 1,700 employees, Lectra reported revenues of $313 million in 2017. Lectra is
listed on Euronext (LSS).