How footwear is sourced
A brand looking for a shoe factory needs the construction methods you run, the lasts and size ranges you hold, the materials you work with, your monthly capacity and your minimum order. Sampling speed then decides whether the relationship proceeds. Factories that publish a photograph of a production line are found only through agents, and the agent margin comes out of the making price.
What we build for a footwear factory
First, construction methods and capacity stated plainly, since that is the first sourcing filter. Second, lasts, size ranges and material capability, because a brand has to know their design is producible before they talk. Third, minimum order quantities and lead times per product type. Fourth, a documented sampling process, which is what a brand evaluates first and what most factories communicate worst. Compliance and audit status belongs beside it, since that gate closes before any sample is discussed.