Case Study: Art Stone achieves 20% higher throughput and 10–15% fabric savings with Lectra's Optiplan cutting-room solutions

Art Stone Optimizing Production With Lectra's Cutting Room Technology

Art Stone, a New York–based designer and manufacturer of dance attire, produces 800 styles (about 600 of which change yearly) that range from children’s costumes to high-end performance pieces. Because designs use multiple, often delicate fabrics and the business relies on short production runs, the company faced inefficient cutting, poor fabric utilization and a need for faster turnarounds while remaining cost‑effective.

Implementing Lectra’s cut‑room solutions—centered on Optiplan (alongside Diamino, Modaris, Vector and Alys)—optimized order planning and cutting. Results included 10–15% better material consumption, roughly 20% higher throughput, marker efficiency rising from 70% to 80%, cutting productivity up 30–50%, fewer operators per cutter, and technology costs recouped in a year from fabric savings, enabling faster time‑to‑market and international growth.

Art Stone

Ashley Stone

Vice President of Operations