System for manufacturing mold-based equipment for direct injection production of footwear and a method for manufacturing footwear

A method of manufacturing footwear by direct injection production at at least one footwear manufacturing facility located at a footwear manufacturing location, wherein said method includes providing at least one mold that is configured for direct injection production of footwear, said method comprising:

• providing a footwear design and mold descriptive data relating to direct injection mold inserts by a design facility located at a design facility location;
• manufacturing a mold corresponding to said footwear design by a mold manufacturing facility located at a mold manufacturing location, said mold being configured for direct injection mold of a sole part of said footwear, wherein said mold comprises a basic direct injection mold, which is attachable to injection mold equipment and is configured for at least partly channelling injection material to a mold cavity, said basic direct injection mold further being configured for accommodating direct injection mold inserts to further define said mold cavity;
• manufacturing a last corresponding to said footwear design by a last manufacturing facility located at a last manufacturing location;
• communicating said mold descriptive data to the at least one footwear manufacturing facility for additive manufacturing of said direct injection mold inserts at said footwear manufacturing location;
• testing said direct injection mold inserts at said at least one footwear manufacturing facility and communicating correction information to the design facility;
• providing by the design facility corrected mold descriptive data to said at least one footwear manufacturing facility;
• combining said direct injection mold inserts with said basic direct injection mold to provide said mold corresponding to said footwear design at said footwear manufacturing location, and
• manufacturing at least one piece of footwear according to said footwear design by the at least one footwear manufacturing facility located at the footwear manufacturing location, whereby said last corresponding to said footwear design and said mold corresponding to said footwear design are utilized.