Sales
Line and factory plans, pilots and commercial terms. sales@footeon.com [PLACEHOLDER]
Start with a line assessment
Two weeks of sensing on one line, no writes to your machines, and a measured baseline of leather yield, seam defects, bond escapes and changeover time. You keep the numbers either way.
Tell us about your plant
The more specific the workflow, the more useful the assessment.
What happens next
- 1. We reply within two business days with a scoped plan.
- 2. A short call with your process and quality leads.
- 3. Sensing kit installed on one line — no writes.
- 4. Baseline report and the run Footeon would have executed.
Assessments are free. Pilot fees, if you continue, are credited against year one.
Who to talk to
Four inboxes, all monitored by people who can actually answer.
Enterprise
Multi-site rollouts, on-prem deployment and procurement. enterprise@footeon.com [PLACEHOLDER]
Security
Questionnaires, architecture reviews and disclosure. security@footeon.com [PLACEHOLDER]
Support
Existing deployments, escalation and model regressions. support@footeon.com [PLACEHOLDER]
Developers
API access, sandbox credentials and connector questions. developers@footeon.com [PLACEHOLDER]
Press and partners
Media, OEM partnerships and channel. partners@footeon.com [PLACEHOLDER]
What the two weeks involve
Light on your team, and reversible at every point.
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Scope
One line, one shift pattern, the workflow you care most about. Half a day with your process engineer.
day 1
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Instrument
Cameras and sensors installed alongside existing equipment. Read-only connections to PLC and MES.
days 2–3
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Observe
Ten production days captured with no writes, covering at least two material lots.
days 4–13
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Report
Baseline numbers, the modelled Footeon run, and a costed wedge proposal.
day 14
The run we would have executed
The assessment output is not a slide deck — it is a modelled run against your own lot, step by step.
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01 twin.simulate_run SUCCEEDED 2m 40s
Simulated the whole lot in the shoe-and-line twin before a single hide was cut — nest layout, mould recipe and bonding process window for EVA midsole and rubber outsole at 71% relative humidity.
inputs · outputs
in: pattern velo-trainer-2, hide batch LH-2291, mould set M-14 · out: nest v7, recipe R-08, bond window 62–68 °C
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02 cut.nest_optimize SUCCEEDED 4m 12s
Scanned 64 hides, marked 1,842 scars and brand marks, then solved a defect-aware nest across the EU 36–46 size curve. Leather yield came in at 87.4% against a 79.1% plant baseline.
inputs · outputs
in: 64 hides, 1,842 defects · out: yield 87.4%, 12.3 s solve, 22 nested part groups
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03 stitch.tension_control SUCCEEDED 11m 08s
Held stitch tension inside ±4% across 14 stitching stations, caught three skipped stitches on the lateral overlay and re-ran those uppers before they reached lasting.
inputs · outputs
in: seam map v3, thread lot TL-77 · out: 3 skips corrected, 0 escapes
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04 mold.density_control SUCCEEDED 9m 51s
Trimmed press temperature and dwell on P-3 as the EVA lot ran slightly high in blowing agent, holding midsole density at 0.24 g/cm³ within ±1.8% and cure at 214 seconds.
inputs · outputs
in: EVA lot EV-1180, recipe R-08 · out: density 0.24 g/cm³, cure 214 s
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05 last.fit_control SUCCEEDED 6m 33s
Lasted the upper over last set L-42 under a heat and tension profile tuned to this leather lot. Toe-lasting deviation held at 0.6 mm; heel seat measured true on every pair sampled.
inputs · outputs
in: last set L-42, 78 °C, profile T-2 · out: deviation 0.6 mm
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06 bond.window_control APPROVAL 3m 04s
Humidity climbed to 71% mid-shift, pushing the primer flash-off outside the validated window. The agent proposed +2 °C activation and +0.3 bar press pressure, and paused for the quality engineer to approve — the change touches a validated bonding parameter.
inputs · outputs
in: primer PR-9, adhesive AD-22, RH 71% · out: proposed activation 66 °C, awaiting sign-off
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07 quality.inspect SUCCEEDED 5m 47s
Bond-line vision, 3D fit metrology and cosmetic scan on every pair. First-pass yield 98.2%; 21 pairs routed to rework for adhesive squeeze-out, none for bond gaps.
inputs · outputs
in: 1,200 pairs · out: FPY 98.2%, 21 rework, 0 bond-gap escapes
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08 robot.finish_pack SUCCEEDED 18m 22s
Robotic cleaning, lacing, insole insertion and carton packing to spec C-4, with per-pair traceability written back to the MES and the brand’s quality portal.
inputs · outputs
in: carton spec C-4 · out: 1,179 pairs packed, 21 held
Deliverables
- Baseline yield, defect and changeover report
- Modelled run with predicted outcomes
- Wedge proposal with pricing
- Integration and security review notes
What helps us move fast
Nothing here is mandatory, but each item saves days.
From operations
- Current yield and scrap figures, however rough
- Defect and rework categories in use
- Model mix and changeover frequency
- Shift patterns and staffing on the target line
From IT and OT
- Machine and controller inventory for the line
- Available protocols (OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus)
- Network segmentation and access policy
- Security questionnaire, if you have one
What to expect from us
Commitments, not aspirations.
- 2d business days to first substantive reply
- 14d typical assessment duration
- $0 cost of the assessment
- 0 writes to your machines during assessment
How we handle what you share
Assessment data is treated exactly like production data.
Certifications and posture
- In progress SOC 2 Type II — audit window open [ASPIRATIONAL]
- In progress ISO 27001 — controls implemented, certification pending [ASPIRATIONAL]
- Supported GDPR — EU data residency and DPA available
- Supported Per-tenant isolation for patterns, lasts and construction IP
- Supported On-premises deployment with zero telemetry egress
Agent-specific assurances
- Graduated autonomy: observe → recommend → act-with-approval → act, set per agent and per parameter
- Human-in-the-loop approval gates on every validated bonding, lasting and moulding parameter
- Immutable, quality-grade audit log of every agent action, approval and setpoint write
- Guardrails and schema validation on tool calls; fail-closed to last known-good recipe
- Sandboxed factory-edge runtime with signed model artefacts and version rollback
- Scoped permissions per line, per station and per operator role
What the first conversation led to
Three plants, three wedge workflows.
“The nesting agent found yield our best pattern cutter could not — and then explained the layout hide by hide. We stopped arguing about scrap and started managing it.”
Leather yield 79.1% → 87.4%
“Bonding is where our warranty costs live. Having an agent watch humidity, primer flash-off and press pressure on every pair — and stop for a human when it wants to move a validated parameter — is the first thing that has actually moved delamination.”
Delamination returns −71%
“We run 40 model changeovers a month. Simulating the nest, the mould recipe and the bond window in the twin before the line starts took hours out of every launch.”
Changeover time −46%
Design-partner scenarios are illustrative and modelled on public footwear-manufacturing benchmarks — named references are [PLACEHOLDER] pending customer approval.
Before you get in touch
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A typical wedge deployment on one line runs six to ten weeks: two weeks of sensing and baseline capture, three to five weeks of shadow-mode model tuning against your material lots, then graduated autonomy. Whole-factory rollouts follow line by line.
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No. Footeon is a software and factory-edge autonomy layer that sits on top of the machines you already run. We connect over OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus TCP and vendor SDKs, read sensors and vision, and write setpoints back through the controls you already trust — with approval gates on any validated parameter.
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Only if you choose. Inference runs on factory-edge servers, and Enterprise deployments can run fully on-premises or in your VPC with no telemetry egress. Brand IP — patterns, lasts, construction specs — is tenant-isolated and never used to train models for another customer.
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Line at $8,000 per line per month for one workflow, Factory at $55,000 per month for the whole loop, and Enterprise from $350k to $4M ACV for multi-site networks with custom material, last and bond models. Outcome-based components are available on leather waste, rework and returns.
One line, two weeks, real numbers
That is the entire commitment. Everything after it is your decision.