On the world's market there are the following CAD/CAM software packages for textiles and apparel available: APSO - development of CAD/CAM 3D visualization and editing of textile industrial and interior design, AUDACES - CAD/CAM for clothing, footwear, caps and bags, AUTOMETRIX - cutting system, sales software and CAD system for sewing technology industry, FashionCAD - CAD/CAM software for pattern design, Lectra systemes - CAD/CAM for apparel, furniture, footwear and industrial textiles, NedGraphics - CAD/CAM supplies in the textile and clothing industry, OptiTex (new) - CAD/CAM for industrial sewing, Quest CAD/CAM provides independence of sales and services for CAD/CAM system applied in the textile and clothing industry. It is only a small number of examples of applied software packages. All these software packages enable the manufacture of clothing and footwear in an intelligent way as shown in Fig. 2 (1, 10-12).

Figure 2: Intelligent method of the footwear production

5. INTELLIGENT FOOTWEAR PRODUCTION

The fashion industry of today is faced with seven strategic challenges:

• price-cutting and productivity promotion
• to reduce time of marketing
• facing globalization activities
• development of security system of information exchange among employees
• exceptional quality
• to satisfy the needs of mass demand
• safe control and development of idea and trade mark.

To satisfy the seven strategic challenges, it is necessary to use new technologies. As aforesaid, so large numbers of software packages allow the company management to be located in one part of the world and the production site to be in another part of the world. One of such companies is LECTRA that developed LectraOnline Enterprise Exchange (LOEE). The Lectra on-line exchange is a safe exchange area via Internet which makes possible a good communication with business partners worldwide, at the right time, a safe environment and interactive process in the same document. This procedure ensures the company an increase in efficiency and a substantial reduction of prices as well as development time. Using the Lectra on-line exchange, it is possible to work interactively with business partners worldwide, to provide access via Internet to coloristic and ready product folders including graphics and fabric sketches, designs, specifications, patterns, trade mark etc. Without restriction of the size and type of the files, customers and salesmen can ensure pictures and drawings for the communication with partners, and they can be in another language or culture. The Lectra on-line exchange monitors which parameters work on the product and automatically informs via e-mail about any changes of the current product. By use of the the Lectra on-line exchange the costs for expensive data delivery can be reduced as well as for fax messages, mail and phone calls: electronic communications at the right time worldwide.