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Published on: 6/4/2001
Last Visited: 7/9/2001
By Alison Hardy , FabriCAD.
Textile and apparel companies spend thousands of dollars annually to buy original artwork for design inspirations.These valuable assets get put in drawers , sent out to customers and frequently are lost or misplaced.
Fabrics and styles developed and/or produced by a company are also valuable assets.But finding samples often relies on diligent searches by designers , sales staff or administrative aides.GISTICS , a consulting company based in Larkspur , CA , estimates that creative professionals spend an average of one out of every 10 hours on file management , and search time accounts for a third of the pie.
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Alison Hardy is president of FabriCAD , a consulting firm specialising in design technology for the textile and apparel industry.Although her offices in Chelmsford , MA , are cluttered with piles of fabric swatches , she tries to encourage better use of new technology at companies around the world.
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