Customized Footwear Configuration With Exclusive Production Limits
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for customizing footwear lack the ability to efficiently allow users to select specific height, upper mesh spacing, and sole density options, resulting in limited customization possibilities and exclusivity in designs.
Innovation Solution
A method involving a customization system that uses a computing program to visualize and manufacture footwear based on user-selected article types, allowing users to choose from various height options, upper mesh spacing sizes, and sole density values, while also implementing a database to manage exclusivity and limit production of customized designs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a computing program is used to visualize and manufacture footwear based on user-selected article types, then customization capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The customization system is divided into separate modular components: a database storing article type information, a computing program for visualization, and a manufacturing system. This segmentation allows each component to be developed and maintained independently while working together to provide comprehensive customization capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The computing program acts as an intermediary between the database and the manufacturing system. It retrieves article type information from the database, processes user selections, generates visual representations, and transmits manufacturing instructions, thereby simplifying the overall system architecture.
2Adaptability or versatility
If production limits are implemented to maintain exclusivity, then product uniqueness is improved, but productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The production limit system is dynamic rather than static. Limits can be adjusted based on various factors such as design popularity, material availability, and market demand. This allows the system to maintain exclusivity for rare designs while permitting higher production volumes for popular items, thereby balancing uniqueness with productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of production quantity based on the specific article type and market conditions. By dynamically adjusting production limits as a variable parameter rather than a fixed constraint, the system can maintain product exclusivity while optimizing overall productivity and resource utilization.
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AI summary
A method of making an article of footwear is disclosed. The method may include the steps of selecting a family of article types, selecting a customized article type, manufacturing an article of footwear with the customized article type and shipping the article of footwear to a pre-designated shipping address. The customized article type can be configured with a user selected characteristic. The method can also include limiting the number of article types displayed to a user at any time.