Case Study: Standfast & Barracks achieves increased capacity utilisation and improved on-time delivery with Coats Digital Align

Standfast & Barracks Implement Align to Increase Capacity Utilisation

Standfast & Barracks, a 90‑year‑old world‑class fabric printer supplying design‑led brands like Liberty, Sanderson, Zoffany and Ralph Lauren, produces across rotary, flatbed and digital ink‑jet processes. Growth in digital orders with smaller run sizes and rising customer expectations for faster responses created pressure on production planning, capacity utilisation and turnaround times.

They implemented Fast React’s Align, integrated with CAD and their ERP, to deliver order management, capacity planning, critical‑path tracking and a KPI dashboard. The system improves visibility and control to reduce work‑in‑progress and operational costs, shorten lead times, increase machine utilisation and provide alerts for material shortages and pre‑production issues.

Standfast & Barracks

Stephen Thomas

Managing Director