Freeborders Delivers Leading Technology to Fashion Institute of Technology, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Other Top Universities
Product Lifecycle Management Tools Ready Next-Generation Workforce for Retail Industry Leadership
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Freeborders, the worldwide leader in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions for retailers and brands, announced today that the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York; Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), United Kingdom; and other top universities have adopted Freeborders' PLM solutions to provide state-of-the-art industry technology to the next generation of the fashion workforce.
FIT students will use FB Product Manager to learn how to coordinate production in real-time, shorten product lifecycles, create perfect fit, and expedite the production and profitability of lines produced globally.
This association with Freeborders will allow FIT's patternmaking students to apply their hands-on knowledge of patternmaking, grading, fitting, marker making, spreading, and costing to create garment specifications and many other technical design materials essential to international product development and apparel production. FIT students will use the same tools as such industry leaders as Target, Saks, Gap, and Pottery Barn.
"Leading technology from Freeborders is in keeping with FIT's mission to expand students' business awareness and provide them with hands-on training in the concepts, techniques, and resources of manufacturing and product development," says Dr. Dario A. Cortes, vice president for Academic Affairs. FIT has one of the largest computer facilities for fashion and its related industries.
MMU has acquired 50 licenses of V-Stitcher, a 3-D product that Freeborders offers via its alliance partnership with Browzwear, and will integrate other modules of the FB PLM suite to enable tomorrow's designers to go to market with leading-edge business tools used by the retail vertical. MMU students of clothing and fashion design will enhance their concepts using V-Stitcher's true-to-life 3D garment modeling.
MMU's department of clothing design and technology is one of the largest centers of education worldwide for international fashion business and technology. Most of its graduates go on to careers with the world's best-known retail brands. "Working with Freeborders to acquire the latest technology is in-keeping with the exceptional breadth of choice that MMU offers students to gain real-world learning experience in fields of their choice," said Terry Bond, Senior Lecturer MMU.
Freeborders also provides other top universities and institutions, as well as the fashion industry, with the leading technology. The University of Huddersfield based in Northern England will use FB Storyboard and FB 3D, which is based on Browzwear's revolutionary and proprietary 3-D technology, to give tomorrow's designers some of the best concept and design tools available.
"Freeborders' partnership with FIT, MMU, Huddersfield and other key universities brings leading technology and comprehensive product lifecycle management tools to tomorrow's workforce to ensure that the students at these
institutions continue to be among the brightest and most employable in the retail industry," said Ramsey Walker, co-CEO and co-founder of Freeborders.
About Freeborders
Freeborders (www.freeborders.com) provides Product Lifecycle management (PLM) software and services to leading retailers and their suppliers, enabling brands to more effectively manage the increasing complexity of their supply chains. Freeborders solutions help drive profitable revenue growth, speed products to market, improve inventory management, and maintain control, consistency and quality.
Freeborders software and services are used by over 500 brands and retailers globally, including Coach, DuPont, Gap, INVISTA, J. Crew, L.L. Bean, Lands' End, Liz Claiborne, Marc Jacobs, Saks, Target and Williams-Sonoma. Freeborders is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Freeborders' shareholders include Internet Capital Group (Nasdaq:ICGE), IBM, TAL Apparel Ltd., and Fountain Set.
SOURCE Freeborders
CO: Freeborders; Fashion Institute of Technology; Manchester Metropolitan University; Internet Capital Group
ST: California
SU: LIC
Web site: freeborders.com
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11/16/2004 09:02 EST |
