Optimize & expand your catalog with AI
In a world where time, efficiency, and global connectivity are key, emerging AI applications are transforming the way manufacturers work with clients. Artificial intelligence has found its place in ideation and design process, making communication and collaborations efforts faster and smarter. As the traditionally manual, resource-heavy business of manufacturing adapts to a high tech world and user, Pietra is proud to be at the forefront of innovation with our own tools for in-network suppliers.
Manufacturers on Pietra, particularly those working with brands on new product designs, are benefiting from new AI-driven tools. When both Suppliers and Creators are not encumbered by traditional analog manufacturing techniques, it allows both sides to stay competitive in a fast-paced, evolving market.
Generative AI powered design enables manufacturers to produce multiple design iterations tailored to specific parameters, expediting the prototyping process. Furthermore, this factory system helps to optimize designs for manufacturing feasibility, ensuring that the chosen materials and methods are cost-effective and aligned with factory capabilities. By automating routine adjustments within the production process, suppliers can focus on manufacturing value and procuring the raw material needed.
In this article we will review Pietra’s AI solutions suite, available for use by all of our in-network suppliers. These generative AI applications include Supplier Design Studio Variations, Color Changer, Model Try-On, Sketch to Design, and the Nightshift AI chatbot. Create a supplier account to start accessing these tools!
The latest AI manufacturing tools
Pietra’s innovative suite of tools - Supplier Design Studio’s Variations, Color Changer, Model Try-On, Sketch to Design, and Nightshift AI, were built with both Supplies and Creators in mind. By streamlining the production process, allowing factories to reduce costs, save time, and enhance overall efficiency - we believe Pietra can help benefit the manufacturing process. Whether it's customizing products, visualizing designs in real time, or automating workflows, these tools position Pietra as an operating partner for factories.
Easily customize designs with AI
Imagine being able to create hundreds of variations of a single product in minutes. Pietra’s Variations tool allows manufacturers to take a base product and seamlessly adjust its design attributes - such as material, fit, and pattern - transforming it into a polished, e-commerce-ready photo in minutes.
For example, a client might send over a reference image, and immediately, the manufacturer can showcase different variations—whether it’s changing the fabric from cotton to silk, altering the fit from slim to loose, or swapping the pattern to meet a specific aesthetic. The Variations tool lets manufacturers showcase their versatility, by visually displaying all options to clients with the goal of enabling faster buyer decision-making and a higher propensity to convert.
Instant AI color changer
The Color Changer tool adjusts product colors based on any Pantone or Hex code. A customer may request a specific shade of blue or a precise match to their brand’s color scheme, which can be generated in seconds. Previously, this would involve manual edits and back-and-forth communication, but Color Changer makes it fast and accurate.
By enabling instant color customization, Pietra has tapped into an advancement in the manufacturing process that allows suppliers to easily swap colors and open the door for more creative possibilities . Factories can adapt designs based on the materials they have access to, improving the client experience.
AI model try on: avoid high-priced photography
Content creation for manufacturers has long been expensive and time consuming, especially when it comes to creating lifestyle or product shots. With the Supplier Design Studio's Model Try-On tool, we offer suppliers a way to bypass costly photography and models to create beautiful, e-commerce ready photos.
Manufacturers are known for transforming raw materials into finished goods. By using Model Try On, manufacturers can now take a flat image of a product and place it on an AI-generated model. This allows factories to display their products in a lifelike format, be it for catalogs, websites, or promotional materials.
Sketch to design: quickly take concept to product
Made for suppliers and designers, Sketch to Design integrates AI to transform a simple sketch into a product concept or e-commerce-ready photo. Manufacturers can quickly turn creative sketches into designed visuals, allowing for rapid prototyping and faster feedback loops with clients.
For those wanting to optimize for speed and creativity, Sketch to Design compresses the time it takes to collaborate with clients by presenting polished designs without the need for lengthy and costly manual renderings, ensuring that ideas flow freely from the drawing board to the marketplace.
Nightshift: an AI customer assistant
A significant challenge in global manufacturing are time zone differences. This is why Pietra invented Nightshift AI, a tool designed to eliminate the problem by using AI-powered chatbots to handle client communications based on customized inputs. The chatbot is trained using a custom large language model to understand a manufacturer’s business and can be deployed to vet inbound prospects, answer questions, and facilitate discussions 24/7 or while suppliers are offline.
This helps conversations progress quicker, eliminating the traditional bottleneck caused by time zone differences. Manufacturers can use Nightshift AI to deliver real time responses to potential customers across the globe.
Why manufacturers use Supplier Design Studio
Pietra’s AI tools are designed around three main value props; reducing Suppliers' and customers' time to output, saving on design & manufacture costs, and increasing the productivity of sales conversations:
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Reduce time to output
Supplier Design Studio reduces the hours traditionally spent perfecting designs, creating product mockups, and editing photography, allowing suppliers more time to take on additional projects if they wish. -
Cut design & manufacturing costs
By minimizing the need for extensive photoshoots and manual design adjustments, the Supplier Design Studio helps cut down on labor, outside vendors, and software costs. -
Productive, rapid communication
Nightshift AI streamlines communication between Suppliers and customers by using an intelligent chatbot. Using a chatbot increases the speed of replies, thus shortening the exploratory communication cadence leading up to a sample or production order.
The future of the manufacturing industry
These five tools - Supplier Design Studio’s Variations, Color Changer, Model Try-On, Sketch to Design, and Nightshift AI - are systems for modern suppliers. By saving time, money, and streamlining communication Pietra hopes to enable factories to operate more efficiently and at a global scale.
Visit the Pietra Supplier Portal to access these tools. Using them in day to day business operations enhances production processes and increases manufacturing output across different industries.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Pietra?
Pietra is an e-commerce platform that helps small businesses simplify product creation, fulfillment, and marketing operations.
What are the benefits of joining Pietra as a supplier?
Brands love working with Pietra because of its simplified ordering process and vetted supplier network. Joining Pietra gives you access to thousands of brands that have chosen to start and scale their product lines with suppliers that already work with reputable brands.
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