Geronimo: NiceLabel Designer Pro

Geronimo Leatherworks is a Dutch manufacturer of high-quality leather belts for leading European fashion houses. The company produces more than 2 million belts a year. With Loftware NiceLabel Designer Pro, Geronimo keeps the extreme variety of customer-specific labels manageable.

The challenge: extreme variety at high volumes

Geronimo Leatherworks is a leading Dutch manufacturer of high-quality leather belts. Its annual production of more than 2 million belts goes to prominent fashion houses and retailers across Europe, which makes its logistics operation impressive. In a sector where every customer has its own standards, a streamlined and error-free labeling process is indispensable.

For Geronimo, no two labels are the same. Because it produces for several European brands, every product faces unique requirements:

Customer-specific branding: different logos, fonts and layouts per fashion label.
Logistics complexity: different barcode standards and price markings per country and retailer.
High production speed: the system has to handle the enormous volume of 2 million items a year with ease, without delays in print output.

The solution: Loftware NiceLabel Designer Pro

To manage this enormous variety efficiently, Geronimo Leatherworks works with Loftware NiceLabel Designer Pro. This powerful software was chosen specifically to simplify the design and management of complex labels.

With Designer Pro, the team easily creates dynamic templates. Instead of thousands of separate label files, they work with smart templates that take variables from a central database. This provides:

Fewer errors: data is entered once and placed automatically in the right spot in the design, with no retyping and no version differences.
Fast changeovers: switching between customer branding takes a fraction of a second, which is essential for flexibility on the shop floor.
Compliance: all labels immediately meet the logistics requirements of the European fashion retailers, including country-specific barcode standards and price labels.

The result: a professional and reliable supply chain

With this flexible labeling solution, Geronimo Leatherworks has the right tools to respond directly to the wishes of the fashion sector, without compromising on quality or efficiency. The benefits:

One template system for all customers: instead of managing a separate label file per fashion house, dynamic templates take the customer-specific data from the database.
Scalable as volumes grow: 2 million belts a year run through the same templates, and new customers or variants are added within minutes.
A stronger position as a production partner: every belt that leaves the factory carries an accurate and professional label that meets the standards of the receiving fashion house.

Frequently asked questions about Loftware NiceLabel Designer Pro

What is Loftware NiceLabel Designer Pro?

Loftware NiceLabel Designer Pro is professional label design software for organizations that manage complex, dynamic labels. The package includes advanced template functionality, database connections and variable fields, among other things. This makes it suited to manufacturers that work with many different customers, languages or products. Giesbus sets up the templates and data connections entirely to fit.

What is the difference between NiceLabel Designer and PowerForms?

NiceLabel Designer Pro focuses on designing and printing labels by label designers and operators. PowerForms Suite adds a layer on top: an application of its own with custom interfaces for production operators. It also covers the automation of print jobs and connections with ERP or database environments.

How do dynamic templates work in NiceLabel?

A dynamic template is a label design in which text, barcodes, logos or images are filled automatically based on variables, such as an item number, customer ID or destination country. At Geronimo Leatherworks this means: instead of maintaining a separate label file per fashion house, the company uses one central template that automatically takes the customer-specific branding, barcode layout and price label from the database.

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Would you like to know more about the possibilities of Designer Pro, or which package best fits your production volume? Contact Giesbus.