Looking for an alternative to overseas manufacturing for your brand?
Do you crave something state-of-the-art, sustainable, and ethically produced in the USA or nearshore? We offer a fully integrated range of innovative supply chain services for brands large and small.
Product Design and Development
- Design and Development: Our founders come equipped with decades of experience through their previous work at world class footwear brands. We love working with brands large and small to generate innovative ideas, create the first designs and optimizing the pattern for local production.
- Material & Component Sourcing: We have procured an extensive roster of best in class suppliers. Our commitment to providing the most innovative, premium and sustainable materials available for uppers, midsoles, outsoles and insoles provides our customers a competitive edge.
- Prototyping: Creating real-world rapid prototypes and samples in-house enables our customers to ensure quality reproduction and optimized designs for scaleable production.
Tech Specs & Blueprinting: We are experts at creating technical drawings and tech packs for new components and footwear production.
Product Management
- Compliance & Regulations: Ensuring your project meets safety and regulatory standards based on individual your needs is paramount to what we do.
- Costing & Pricing Analysis: Helping brands to achieve the most cost effective production cost while maintaining premium quality standards.
- Manufacturer Selection & Negotiation: In addition to our in-house manufacturing capabilities, our network of world class manufacturing partners allows us to select the best fit for your project maximizing each factor of advanced manufacturing, technology, quality, capacity, sustainability, and cost.
- Production Planning & Scheduling: Managing timelines, overseeing the production process, and ensuring quality control with a hands on approach.
- Quality Assurance & Inspection: Performing inspections at various stages of production to ensure products meet quality standards.
Set up a virtual video chat or in-person meeting in our Los Angeles Showroom with our footwear experts. Fees are based off of our hourly rates and require a 50% deposit that is credited to your project fee.
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Frequently asked questions
YES! Our founders have been executives at larger footwear brands (Nike, ASICS, Vans, TOMS) and created COMUNITYmade with the mission of pioneering a different business model that is better for business, people and the planet. We understand the pain points of overseas mass production and have been working tirelessly to form the future of footwear manufacturing.
In addition to our in-house manufacturing capabilities, our network of suppliers and manufacturers are committed to modernizing the current manufacturing capabilities in the USA and expanding capacity.
Depending on what form your design is in (sketch, 3D design) we will guide you through the development process which takes into consideration the upper, midsole and outsole designs. From there, we will go through a series of prototypes all of the way through production in the USA or nearshore.
Working with individual creators to bring their vision to life is one of our favorite things to do. We understand what it takes to launch a brand from scratch and can guide you every step of the way. You can choose from our vast menu of services and rely on our in-house experts to make your dream a reality.
There are numerous benefits to producing locally including:
- Speed to market - reduced development cycle and production timelines keeps you closer to consumers and trends
- Lower MOQ's minimizes risk, waste, and money tied up in inventory
- Reduction in transportation time and cost, plus a lower carbon footprint is more sustainable for our planet
- Fair living wages for local makers creates local jobs that help build community
- Transparent manufacturing and no abuse of labor
- Less exposure to geopolitical issues including duties and tarrifs
We have over 65+ years combined of expert shoe making knowledge. Your initial consultation fee covers our time and expertise while guiding you through the process and is applied to the final cost of your project.
Whether you are coming in person or we meet with you virtually, we will ask you a series of questions to determine what level of service would be the best fit for you.
We will provide you a quote for your project to include any design/development, pre-production and what to expect during manufacturing.
The cost of your consultation is applied to the total cost of your project. We require a payment of 50% up front to start working on your project and a 50% balance is due upon completion for delivery.
Our technical expertise and forward thinking design techniques allow us to provide solutions not offered by others. We have designed, developed and produced products for every type of customer and are TRL 9/10 rated.
We can make virtually any type of shoe you would like with some limitations based off of available materials and machinery which is why we like to talk through all of the details with you in person.
We understand the need for privacy and appreciate that. We are happy to sign a mutual NDA / non-circumvent agreement with you prior to your meeting with us.
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