Fabric is your biggest cost. Efficiency is your biggest lever.
Material commonly runs 50–60% of what a garment costs to make, and marker making and nesting decide how much of it you actually use. Most cutting rooms run 70–80% efficient. Gelian is built to get you to 85–90% — and that gap moves real money.
A few points of efficiency. A very different bottom line.
Fabric is commonly the largest single cost in a garment — often 50–60% of what it costs to make, depending on the style. Marker making and nesting decide how much of that fabric you actually use. The gap between "typical" and "excellent" is bigger than most teams realize.
Illustrative example only, assuming a company with $1B revenue, a 50% material cost ratio, and a $100M operating profit. The efficiency range (70–80% typical, 85–90%+ achievable) reflects published industry benchmarks, not a claim about any specific competitor's software. Actual results depend on your product mix, current efficiency, and fabric cost.
Estimates only, modeled on the same efficiency gap illustrated above — closing it typically saves 10–15% of fabric spend. Actual results depend on your product mix, fabric, and current utilization.
The step that decides your margin — usually done under pressure.
Marker making and nesting are where fabric is actually won or lost. Most teams still do it by hand, against a deadline, with no real way to compare options.
A marker is built by hand, piece by piece, against the clock. There's rarely time to try a second layout, so the first one ships — even when it wastes fabric. Efficiency ends up being whatever the marker maker's afternoon allowed, not what was actually possible. Consumption is estimated, then disputed later.
Marka builds the marker from a description, in minutes. Ultranest nests it for the best efficiency in the industry and shows you the number before you commit. Compare real options instead of a single guess — on every style, every time, without adding a single hour to the schedule.
Two steps. One bottleneck, gone.
Built for the browser. Not bolted onto one.
Most marker-making and nesting software still ships as a desktop install, tied to one machine and one version. Gelian was built the other way round.
Seamline Marker Maker
Describe the marker you need in plain language and Marka builds it — the walk from pattern to marker drops from hours to minutes. The manual workflow has been reimagined too, for teams who work by hand.
- Build a marker from a sentence, or refine one by hand — both stay fast.
- Every marker feeds straight into Ultranest for nesting, with nothing to re-enter.
- Version history keeps every marker option you tried, not just the last one.
Marker Maker · built from a sentence
Seamline Ultranest
Most cutting rooms run 70–80% marker efficiency. Ultranest's AI nesting is built to reach 85–90% — closing a gap most teams assume is fixed, and turning it into fabric that's never wasted.
- Compare marker options side by side before you commit.
- Get suggestions on how to adjust a pattern to lift efficiency.
- Consumption writes straight into the PLM's BOM once nesting runs.
- Recommends which fabric roll suits which marker for better width use.
Ultranest · marker & cut planning
