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06/16/2026

Goodwill South Florida Reduces Cutting Room Planning Time from Days to Minutes with Lectra Valia Manufacturing (6/16/26)

Lectra, a leading provider of industrial intelligence technology solutions for the fashion industry, today 
announced that Goodwill South Florida has implemented Valia Manufacturing, Lectra’s new cloud-
based solution to modernize and automate cutting room operations, marking a significant step forward 
in efficiency and operational performance that will yield nearly a 99% reduction in cutting room 
planning time.

Based in Miami, Goodwill South Florida operates a centralized manufacturing division producing over 
one million U.S. military garments annually, including trousers, coats, and combat shirts. As production 
demands continue to grow, Goodwill identified the need to modernize its planning workflows that were 
taking up to two days per order to complete.

The deployment of Valia Manufacturing will enable Goodwill South Florida to automate marker planning 
and nesting, integrate order data directly from its ERP system, and gain real-time visibility across 
planning, spreading, and cutting. The result is a faster, more connected workflow that replaces manual, 
spreadsheet-driven processes with AI-powered decision-making.

“We set out to fundamentally rethink how our cutting room operates,” said Eduardo Dominguez, Vice 
President of Manufacturing at Goodwill South Florida. “Valia Manufacturing allows us to replace 
manual planning with intelligent automation to build a smarter, more connected cutting room. The 
speed, visibility, and control we gain across our entire workflow will have a lasting impact on how we 
produce and scale moving forward.”

By implementing Valia Manufacturing, Goodwill South Florida expects to:

    Transform planning from a two-day process into a 15-minute task — a 99%-time reduction
    Achieve around 1% in material savings.

    Realize a payback period of approximately five months.
    Deliver nearly $400,000 in net savings in the first two years, while also reducing manual intervention   
and improving production control.

“With Valia Manufacturing, Goodwill South Florida is taking a decisive step toward a fully connected, 
Industry 4.0 enabled cutting room that is built for the future,” said John Brearley, President, Americas 
at Lectra. “In today’s fast-paced manufacturing landscape, the ability to accelerate operations and 
adapt to shifting market demands is a critical competitive advantage. By automating planning and 
connecting systems end-to-end, Valia enables manufacturers unlock speed, improve material 
utilization, and gain the operational visibility needed to scale efficiently. This collaboration 
demonstrates how intelligent automation can deliver rapid, measurable impact in high-volume 
production environments.”

Valia Manufacturing will integrate into Goodwill’s existing technology stack, connecting ERP order 
intake to planning, nesting, and cutting execution within a single, unified platform. Beyond near-term 
financial returns, the project lays the foundation for scalable growth and greater agility, marking a key 
milestone in Goodwill South Florida’s shift toward a more efficient, data-driven manufacturing 
operation.

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