Snow Boots Factory Partner Profile Zhenjiang Yongle

Client Background

Zhenjiang Yongle Shoes is a snow boots factory established in 2004. The company employs 101–200 staff, generates annual revenue of USD 4,687,500, occupies a 5,000 square metre facility and has capacity to produce up to 600,000 pairs of shoes per year.

The Challenge

Seasonal footwear buyers work inside a window that does not move. An on-shelf date in autumn fixes the production slot, the sampling slot and the sailing — and a factory whose capacity is already committed cannot create a slot later in the year.

Buyer Pain Points

• Seasonal windows that punish a two-week delay
• Graded sizing that drifts between production batches
• Peak-season freight rates arriving at the worst point in the calendar
• Full-season volume committed to a single production line

Our Approach

A factory with published capacity and a known headcount lets the calendar be planned against a real constraint. Capacity of up to 600,000 pairs per year across 5,000 square metres and 101–200 staff is the figure the production slot is booked against, rather than an optimistic verbal assurance.

Manufacturing Process

Footwear runs through the same staged process as every category: incoming material check on upper and sole components, during-production inspection at 15–20% completion, an inline check at 50–60% for consistency drift across the size run, and an AQL final random inspection before loading.

Supply Chain Coordination

Seasonal orders are scheduled backwards from the buyer's on-shelf date through transit, production and sampling. Where the season is uncertain, the order is split so that the whole volume is not committed before early sell-through is known.

Quality Control

Consistency drift across a graded size run is the defect a single final inspection is worst at catching, which is why the inline check at 50–60% completion matters more in footwear than in most categories.

Result

TBC — commercial outcomes for individual buyer programmes are not published and we do not invent them. The factory profile above is the verified part.