Support to Order Management and Collaborative Production of Customised Garments for Specific Target Groups

Part 2: Design, Manufacturing and Production ManagementInternational audienceThis paper describes a solution for the creation and management of orders and other business documents, necessary for the production and delivery of customised garments. These documents are managed along a supply network that can be quickly set up with the support of a tool for the identification of best partners for the production of the ordered items. The management of the documents leverages on three elements: the adoption of a standard for the interoperability of the business information among different services used in the network; the usage of a tool for quickly and automatically check the documents’ contents applying business rules on top of them; a middleware layer that provides a fast way of exchanging the checked documents. The set-up of the supply chain is supported by the Partner Search module which is in charge of managing and improving the manufacturer’s knowledge about its potential partners. The solution is validated within an industrial pilot focused on the production of customised knitted items for obese people