Custom shoe manufacturing has become one of the joys of the internet for users everywhere. Such procedures could not be possible without the appropriate scheduling software and manufacturing process. Such software and process are described here.

Planning and scheduling software are integrated with the order processing system (Zangiacomi, Zhijian, Sacco, M. & Boer, 2004). What this does is create a seamless way of acquiring customers’ particular order details and transferring them to the integrated production floor for processing (Zangiacomi, Zhijian, Sacco, M. & Boer, 2004). When an order comes in, it is prioritized based on urgency, complexity, profitably and importance (Zangiacomi, Zhijian, Sacco, M. & Boer, 2004). Next, the manufacturing hardware is scheduled for the production of each order (Zangiacomi, Zhijian, Sacco, M. & Boer, 2004). Although ecommerce has made custom shoe manufacturing a commonplace feature of modern society, scientists have taken the idea to then next logical level. Not only can customers design their own shoes but biometric scanners are integrated into the system. What this means is that at the beginning of the process the customers’ feet are measure with a devise that is so accurate in measuring the foot that then end product provides fit and comfort heretofore unrealized on a mass scale (Zangiacomi, Zhijian, Sacco, M. & Boer, 2004).

Custom shoe manufacturing software and processes have been described here. These procedures could not be possible without the appropriate scheduling software and manufacturing process. This method of custom clothing manufacture promises to change the face of production forever. Although good fitting clothes have been acceptable for most of us, in the future, nothing but custom fits will do now that the cost of such of producing such artifacts have plummeted thanks to automated systems such as the one reviewed here.