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About AKCEL Partners: AKCEL Partners is a sales consultancy founded by three executives with strong bonds throughout the textile, apparel, brand and retail industries. AKCEL Partners offers strategic sales planning combined with experienced, highly networked sales professionals who give clients immediate access to targeted decision-makers. We are dedicated to meeting or exceeding our clients' short- and long-term revenue goals. To learn more, go to www.AKCELPartners.com. P R E S E N T E D B Y There's Money on the Floor! SELLING TEXTILES TODAY S ustainability means more than using the latest eco product or installing solar panels. Substantial sustainability wins, and the associated profitability increases, can often be found internally. Opportunities to reduce waste can pay back more richly and quickly than other more glamourous initiatives. But finding internal improvements takes time and projects often get pushed aside in the pressure of day-to-day operations despite the potential payoff. For apparel companies, the cutting room is often a source of tremendous savings. An increase in fabric yield and the corresponding reduction in fabric waste can deliver significant benefits to the bottom line and the environment. Think about it. A scrap of fabric represents all the water, energy, raw materials, chemicals, labor, shipping, packaging, inventory costs, taxes, and marketing that went into its creation. Every percentage of increased fabric yield has positive ramifications that resonate throughout the entire supply chain. Yield Lion is a new software company on the forefront of the apparel productivity and sustainability quest. Their unique approach to increasing cutting room efficiency results in fabric yield gains that pay back quickly, especially for apparel manufacturers using expensive fabrics or executing complex SK U p l a ns. Fo r th e s e manufacturers, every scrap of fabric that does not end up on the floor is money in their pocket. And for the planet, higher fabric yields result in reduced waste in oceans and landfills and respectful utilization of invaluable natural resources. AKCEL Partners works with Fechheimer Brothers, who undertook projects to identify internal productivity and sustainability initiatives. The team at Fechheimer put Yield Lion to the test with their Flying Cross® and Vertx® brands of performance apparel and generated more than $400,000 in savings from improved fabric yields. Yield Lion's apparel experts worked closely with Fechheimer to identify opportunities, to optimize apparel patterns and processes, and to customize their program to best support Fechheimer's business. Fabric yield is a critical source of resource conservation. Software technologies like Yield Lion can help apparel manufacturers rapidly identify improvements that result in substantial productivity, sustainability, and profit improvements. Interested in learning more about this, or other initiatives that can help your company save resources? Please reach out to the team at AKCEL Partners so we can help put money in your pocket and benefit the environment, too.