Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) are widely used in the modern footwear and leather goods industries today.

	PRODUCT	FOOTWEAR	LEATHERGOODS
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT	Footwear CAD	Design Pattern engineering 2D Pattern engineering 3D	Pattern making
	Equipment	Digitizer tablet Plotter-cutters	Plotter-cutter
CUSTOM/ORTHOPEDIC FOOTWEAR	Computer programs	Shoe last modofication Pattern engineering
	Equipment (CAM)	Foot scanners Digitizer tablet Plotter-cutters
PRODUCTION PREPARATION	Computer programs	Costing
	Equipment	Digital cutting	Digital cutting