AI agents and process automation for footwear and fashion manufacturers
Collections, variants, sizes and contract work generate thousands of SKUs every season. Octopus grew out of hands-on experience in production operations: it coordinates BOMs, orders and progress tracking, and leaves the repetitive data entry to AI agents.
The processes that slow down a footwear or fashion business.
BOMs by style and size
Creating and updating bills of materials for every style, colourway and size without duplicating the technical team’s work.
Brand and contract orders
Orders and tech packs in a different format for every client, to be turned into jobs in the ERP.
Work-in-progress tracking
Knowing where every job stands across in-house departments and external workshops, without phone calls and spreadsheets.
AI agents that work inside the systems you already use.
Each agent has one clear job and reports to the Octopus layer, which coordinates work across ERP, email, documents and machines. People approve the critical steps.
From the AutoCAD drawing to the bill of materials in your ERP
Reads the technical drawing, extracts parts, materials and quantities, builds the bill of materials and loads it into the ERP. Engineering reviews; the agent does the data entry.
Routine tasks
- Reads DWG/DXF files and title blocks
- Extracts parts and quantities
- Codes items and checks master data
- Creates the BOM in the ERP
Delivery notes and order handling
Reads incoming delivery notes and order confirmations, books them into the ERP and flags anything that doesn’t match the purchase order.
Routine tasks
- Reads delivery notes from email and PDF
- Books goods receipts in the ERP
- Matches against supplier orders
- Flags discrepancies
Import/export, logistics and procurement
Prepares import/export paperwork, tracks shipments and chases suppliers, keeping purchasing and inventory in sync.
Routine tasks
- Customs and export documents
- Shipment and carrier tracking
- Supplier follow-ups and confirmations
- Reorder suggestions
AI agents in Footwear & fashion
Yes. It’s one of the cases it was designed for: orders and specs arriving from different brands, to be turned into jobs and BOMs in the ERP.
Yes: the agents prepare and check BOMs by style, variant and size, and the technical team approves them before they’re loaded into the ERP.