| COMPANY: | The Timberland Co. |
| HEADQUARTERS: | Stratham, NH |
| SIZE OF COMPANY: | 1,000 or more employees; more than $1B in revenue |
| INDUSTRY: | Textiles and apparel |
| PRIMARY PRODUCT LINE: | Footwear, apparel, accessories |
| NAME OF PROJECT: | In-house Rapid Prototyping |
| PROJECT OBJECTIVE: | To shrink the development cycle and improve time-to-market for new product lines by adopting a rapid prototyping in-house technology; reduce the cost of design iteration and improve communication among stakeholders in the design process |
| TECHNOLOGIES EMPLOYED: | Z Corp. ZPrinter 650, SolidWorks |
| ACCOMPLISHMENTS/ROI: | 3D printing technology reduced prototype costs and turnaround time, yielding better designs, increased revenue, and continuous product quality improvement; shorter development cycle; cut cost of each model by a factor of 10; reduced mold scrap volume by 20%; lowered travel costs to Asia by 10% annually; enabled design reviews earlier in the development cycle |