Kumar Shoes in Kanpur produced footwear across cutting, stitching, lasting, and finishing. The owner tracked orders through a production register and daily floor walks — which worked when the factory ran 10 styles, but became unmanageable at 20 styles across multiple size runs.
What actually causes this — and what fixes it
"footwear stitching outsource — the signal that a system is missing."
Footwear manufacturing is complex because every order is a combination of style and size run. A 12-style order with 8 sizes each means 96 distinct combinations moving through the floor simultaneously. Without digital tracking, pairs get confused, size runs get split, and dispatch errors follow.
With Clicarity tracking each style and size run through every production stage, Kumar Shoes could see exactly where each combination was at any moment. Dispatch errors dropped to near zero. Stitching outsource jobs had accountability for the first time — vendors updated their progress directly.