Footwear manufacturing software for every size and style.
Footwear manufacturing software, that's a shoo-in. Sutton centralizes your BOMs, production, and financials so you can track everything along your supply chain.
When one style means many sizes and colors
Footwear makers manage every style across sizes, widths and colors, with leather, soles and trims flowing through cutting, stitching, lasting and finishing on tight seasonal deadlines.
Size runs go out of balance
Tracking stock by style instead of by size and color hides shortages until a popular size suddenly sells out.
Materials run short mid-production
Leather hides, soles and trims tracked in separate spreadsheets mean a missing component often surfaces only once cutting has started.
Margins slip after the quote
Material, labor and overhead costs shift during production, and without live costing you only learn the real margin after shipping.
One system from cutting room to shipping
Sutton connects size and color inventory, multi-level BOMs, production routings and costing, so every pair is planned, built and shipped from the same live data.
Size and Color Variants
Manage every size and color under one parent style with real-time stock for each combination.
Stage-by-Stage Routings
Route each build through cutting, stitching, lasting and finishing, and track WIP at every stage.
Material Planning
MRP commits leather, soles and trims to each order and flags shortages before production begins.
Variant-Level Costing
Compare quoted and actual material, labor and overhead costs for each style and size.
Ship the right sizes, on time, at the right cost
Explore the Sutton features footwear brands and factories rely on, from MRP and multi-level BOMs to production scheduling, shop floor control, sales orders and purchasing.
Raw Material Management
Track materials and finished goods down to the size and color level, so you always know what's available for a specific SKU, not just the style.
- Manage inventory by size and color variant under one parent style
- Track leather, textiles, soles, and trims as linked raw materials
- See stock levels for a specific size/color combination in real time
- Get alerts before a variant runs short mid-production
BOM and Production Management
Build multi-level BOMs and routings that reflect how a shoe actually comes together, from cutting through finishing.
- Create multi-level BOMs linking uppers, soles, and components
- Route production across cutting, stitching, lasting, and finishing stages
- Track work-in-progress at each stage of the build
- Version and update BOMs without losing production history
Order Management and Costing
Know the true cost of every order as it moves through production, not just what you quoted at the start.
- Track material, labor, and overhead cost per style and variant
- Compare quoted cost against actual production cost
- Manage sales orders and production status from one view
- Spot margin issues before an order ships
Every capability built for a footwear factory
Sutton gives footwear makers one connected system for materials, size runs, production stages and orders, so you can ship the right sizes at the right cost.
Capability title
One-line capability description from the CMS list.
- Size and Color Variants Track every size and color combination under a single parent style.
- Raw Material Tracking Manage leather, textiles, soles and trims as linked raw materials.
- Units of Measure Buy leather by the square foot and consume it by the pair.
- Low Stock Alerts Get alerts before a size, color or material runs short mid-production.
- Multi-Location Inventory See stock at the factory, warehouse and fulfillment locations in real time.
- Multi-Level BOMs Link uppers, soles, insoles and components into one structured bill of materials.
- BOM Versions Update BOMs for new seasons without losing past production history.
- Material Requirements Planning Commit materials to orders and spot shortages before cutting starts.
- Production Routings Route each build through cutting, stitching, lasting and finishing.
- WIP Tracking See how many pairs sit at each stage of production.
- Production Scheduling Plan seasonal runs and reorders against available capacity on the floor.
- Batch and Lot Tracking Trace leather and sole lots through to finished pairs and customers.
- Variant-Level Costing Track material, labor and overhead cost for each style and variant.
- B2B Wholesale Portal Let retail buyers place repeat orders by style, size and color.
- Price Lists Keep separate pricing for wholesale accounts, distributors and direct customers.
- Ecommerce Integrations Sync orders from Shopify, WooCommerce and Amazon with live stock levels.
Everything you need to run your operations with Sutton.
One platform for inventory, production and purchasing, with Studio to build your own apps and Intelligence to show you what needs attention.
Run every operation from one system
Inventory, purchasing, production and sales orders share the same live data, so every team works from one source of truth.
Build your own apps in plain English
Describe the screen, report or automation you need and Studio builds it on your live data in minutes. Prefer a hand? Our team builds it with you.
See what needs attention before it costs you
Sutton Intelligence turns your live operations data into insights, so you can spot shortages, delays and margin issues early.
Yes.
Three critical materials are projected to run out within the next seven days:
I recommend reordering all three items now to avoid production delays.
Based on current demand, open orders, and supplier lead times, you should order:
No more implementation.
Just onboarding.
Sutton's onboarding agent reformats your data, configures your system, and gets you live. A real human is always a call away. And if something is missing, describe it in plain English and it exists inside the product in minutes.
Hi Siddharth,
How can I help you today?
AI agents reformat your data, map your fields, make bulk edits, and configure the system. What used to take weeks of manual work happens automatically. You review and confirm.
What would you recommend for purchase approvals?
For your operation, I’d add a manager review step only for high-value orders. It keeps things moving without losing control.
Sounds good. How soon can we test it?
I can have the updated workflow ready tomorrow, then we’ll test it with your team and move toward launch.
Map your locations, workflows, and rules. Sutton is configured around how your operation actually runs — no rigid templates.
Rafael Santos
Smartphone Case / Blue
Smartphone Case / Green
Smartphone Case / Red
Microfiber lining / Red
Microfiber lining / Purple
ABS Colorant Additive / BlueABS Colorant Additive / Purple
Polypropylene Parts / BluePolypropylene Regrind / Blue
Phone case box
Mold Release AgentCreate a portal where franchise locations can order approved items and track deliveries.
Got it. I’ll set up a dedicated ordering portal for your franchise locations.
Done. Franchise Orders has been added to the navigation bar and is ready for review.
Missing something? Describe what you need in plain English and it exists inside the product in minutes. Or let our team build it for you. Either way, the feature no other vendor could deliver is live in days, not months.
Questions? Answers.
Your most frequently asked questions, all in one place. If you don’t see what you need, reach out to us.
Creating a bill of materials for your footwear inventory depends on factors like the type of BOM you’re using and the system. But, for simplicity, explain how to create a BOM in Sutton. So, let’s imagine you’re using the software and you’ve already added a sneaker to your inventory, to create your sneakers BOM, you will need to:
- Log in to Sutton, open the Operations tab, and select Items. Find the item you want to add a BOM to (in this case, a sneaker) and open the Product page
- With the product page open, select the Production tab
- Under Production, you’ll see an option to Create new BOM version. Click that and then Edit BOM to open the BOM editor
- Start adding the items you need to build your sneaker, such as the upper, sole, laces, and adhesive, including the exact quantities you need to finish building a pair of sneakers
- With all your components added, you can then click Save, and the sneakers BOM will appear as a version, which can be set as the default version for production
- To maintain a version history for when the sneaker design changes, create a new BOM instead of editing the original and make that the new production default
With your BOM setup in Sutton, you can use it to plan materials, track costs, and run production for that shoe.
The best footwear manufacturing software will structure each job as a Manufacturing Order (MO), which will be broken down into multiple Work Orders for each stage of a build, so you and your team know exactly who is doing what and when it needs to be done.
How this works in Sutton is rather than creating an MO for each and every stage, it takes an MO, and creates several Work Order tickets for each manufacturing process, like:
- Cutting
- Stitching
- Molding
- Finishing
Sutton sequences these Work Orders based on the item’s Routing, which basically means how a product moves along the shop floor from start to finish. So, the stitching Word Order isn’t released until the Cutting process has been completed.
What this means for you and your managers is that if you want to check the actual progress of a Manufacturing Order, you can open it to see the exact stage it is at, so if something is taking longer than expected to produce, you can investigate.
The best footwear manufacturing software can, and in the case of Sutton, the answer is yes.
Sutton support outsourced operations, whether you’re using a contract manufacturer to build subassemblies or you’re outsourcing the entire manufacturing process.
When partially outsourcing production, you can setup which part of the manufacturing process you’re going to give to a contract manufacturer by:
- Heading to the Production screen on a Product Page
- Selecting Routing and add the external operational step as a Service Item
With that included in your Routing, when you generate an MO for an item that is partially outsourced, the contract manufacturer's operation will appear alongside your regular internal operation steps.
However, if you fully outsource the production of an item, then instead of creating their entire Routing, you just simply create an MO and set its Job Type to Outsource, and like the Service Item (what the CM does for you), and a Purchase Order (which will represent what you’re paying for)
Regardless of whether manufacturing is happening off-site or you’re partnering with a Contract Manufacturer to manage subassemblies, Service Items is how you’ll track their labor, processing, and costs.
If you would like your contractor's details tied to orders, you can also add them to Sutton by opening the People page and updating their details under Companies.
Built for the industries that make and move things.
We work with customers across every industry, so we know what yours needs. Tell us what you do and we will show you Sutton built around it.
What do you make or move?
All industries
Try another word, browse every industry, or talk to us. Sutton works across many more industries.
All the tools to run your operation
Explore the Sutton features that matter most to operations like yours, from inventory and production to purchasing, sales and traceability.
