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Chapter 6 | Innovation and community

To do this, the Ratti Group:

• commits itself to innovation, developing and regional community, supporting • promotes and encourages multilateral
projects which promote creativity and growth in developing countries through partnerships between public and
technological progress, continuously entrepreneurship; private bodies which share knowledge,
enhancing effectiveness and efficiency; expertise and technologies in the
• works with specific partners to help sustainable development of the global
• invests in the future of the younger those in the greatest difficulty and the economy.
generations, working directly most socially disadvantaged categories;
with schools and universities whether
in Italy or abroad, as well as with • participates in events and conferences
associations which help young people to promote its new sustainable and
to enter the world of work; accountable production model based
on the concept of the circular economy;
• promotes the enhancement of the local

initiative which included Ratti SpA BC as one of
the project’s partners. The programme accessed
the knowledge of startup partners committed
to developing business projects focused on
technological trends involving the fashion value
chain. Ratti has met with a number of startups
operating in the textile and digital area and, with two
of these, has launched specific projects.

The first is the Twin One project, which makes
it possible for various corporate divisions to
create a digital twin which can be used in various
commercial and communications environments
without the need to produce a physical sample. The
application manages a library of fabrics to which it
applies designs from the digital archive. In this way a
“digital twin” may be exported as a “simulation” of a
Ratti product on supports used for internal purposes
(e.g. e-commerce websites, marketing, testing)
in both a 2D and a 3D modality. The system will
provide a map of physical appearance as well as the
technical data needed to “input” the accompanying
fabric/design, so that the fabrics are also available
to applications in the metaverse.

Ratti SpA BC carried out the second project in
partnership with an Italian startup and the Marzotto
group. This was a POC (proof of concept) for
checking the quality of unfinished fabrics with the out of a need to replace the company’s various
aid of computer vision and AI software. The POC management systems, based on AS400s, with
was tested on a vast range of fabrics of various a single ERP system covering core processes.
types with promising results. For 2023 Ratti SpA This system is already present in the areas of
BC is assessing the implementation of a full pilot administration, finance and control and will be
study, because a successful outcome could greatly extended to active cycle processes, passive cycle
improve the interception of defects in unfinished processes, operations, logistics and quality. The
fabrics and could offer greater control over the transition to SAP will enable the company to adopt
company’s suppliers. a technology that is in step with the times, ensuring
it can adapt to increasingly pressing scenarios
A further innovative project is the extended such as traceability, sustainability and supply chain
adoption of the SAP system in the company, born integration can be addressed. At the same time,

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