SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR FOOTWEAR TRACEABILITY

Abstract

In recent years, sustainability has become a popular topic in industries, has gained increasing importance in wealthy countries all over the world. The companies need to make sure their products are sustainable and traceable, which requires the involvement of all participants in the value chain. Footwear traceability represents the possibility to identify and trace the elements embedded into the whole shoe value chain (raw materials, production, distribution) by producers / clients / suppliers / stakeholders in order to inform them about the product. For that, each pair of shoes should have a special barcode (as a label) and using a scanning application the person can receive information about the shoe. This study proposes a structured approach that uses a software which provide a report about: The origin of raw material, materials, components used to obtain the footwear; The time and place of footwear manufacturing through the production process. It is necessary to specify the timeframe for which the traceability is ensured, and target workers or management staff on identifying technological solutions and technological equipment used; The location of the product in warehouses and after delivery. It is very important to the producer to have a feedback from customer, to maintain the relationship. For example if the consumer identify non-conformities of the product and the traceability was done properly, then the producer will find very easy and fix the problem. If traceability has not been properly carried out, the costs of restoring the information base will increase. This software will help consumers to get more information about the shoe they want to purchase, on one hand and producers / suppliers to manage the production network, on the other hand.