Footwear Industry Solutions
Footwear production involves multiple styles, sizes and processes with high management complexity. MES enables scheduling by style and batch, process traceability and quality control, combined with WMS for material and finished goods warehouse management to reduce material errors, improve shipping efficiency and quality consistency.
Industry Challenges
Numerous style-size combinations with small batches and frequent changeovers
Many processes (cutting, sewing, bonding, molding) make flow tracking difficult
Diverse materials (leather, fabric, soles, accessories) make kitting error-prone
Varying customer quality standards; manual appearance inspection is slow and inconsistent
Solution Overview
MES drives multi-style scheduling and quality traceability; WMS precisely manages material delivery and finished goods warehousing
MES Multi-Style Scheduling
Automatic scheduling by style, size and order priority, reducing changeover time and ensuring capacity balance.
WMS Material Management
Manages storage and kitting for leather, fabric, soles and accessories, preventing material errors and shortages.
Process Traceability
Each pair is assigned a unique ID, traceable through all processes from cutting to molding for precise quality issue pinpointing.
Quality Control
Inspection points at key processes with AOI-assisted appearance detection, improving detection rates and consistency.
Implementation Results
Footwear Industry FAQ
MES automatically allocates capacity by size ratio, ensuring balanced production across sizes to avoid shortages.
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