Godfrey Syrett powers fast innovation with Lectra

Lectra approached the Godfrey Syrett team to determine how it could help them on their transformation journey. “Lectra took the time to fully understand our needs right from the outset of the relationship. Whereas we were primarily focused on improving capacity, Lectra demonstrated that they could help us improve capacity, efficiency, quality and bring product to the marketplace with a much quicker process,” says Michael. Godfrey Syrett’s visit to Lectra’s Bordeaux campus, which coincided with Lectra’s annual furniture seminar, presented the double opportunity to gain an overall vision of Lectra’s furniture offer and perform benchmarking tests to see how Lectra’s technology and expertise could benefit Godfrey Syrett specifically. “After our visit, it became very apparent, very quickly that this would be a partnership, not just a supply chain. That we could tap into Lectra’s experience and innovation to improve our business,” continues Michael. With their new, digitized process—which, in addition to a VectorFurniture® fabric cutter, includes Brio®, Lectra’s automated spreader, as well as its automated pattern making and marker making solutions—Godfrey Syrett has improved manufacturing capacity by 70% compared to manual cutting. “Lectra helps us meet the strict deadlines. We used to have a team of upholsterers who cut the fabric manually, the wastage would be greater, and the time needed to cut the fabric to size would be five to ten times as long as it is now with the Lectra machine,” says David Hall, Group Sales and Marketing Director.