Ai2000: The Leading ERP for Footwear Brands and Distributors

Ai2000 is built for the way footwear businesses actually operate — with native support for style, color, width, and size grids; seasonal buying; wholesale EDI; and global sourcing from factory to store.

Ai2000 (formerly A2000 Software) — footwear ERP since 1996.

Generic ERP vs the best ERP for footwear brands

Most ERPs can be forced to hold footwear data. Very few were designed around it. Here is the practical difference.

Generic ERP for Footwear
Ai2000 for Footwear
Size and width grids handled with manual workarounds or one SKU per size
Native style / color / width / size grids with prepacks and size-run ordering built in
Expensive customization to model seasonal buys and pre-books
Seasonal buying, pre-books, and collection calendars configured, not custom-coded
Slow implementation measured in years
Footwear ERP deployments measured in months, led by industry operators
Third-party EDI provider with per-transaction fees
Native wholesale EDI with GS1-128 labels, ASNs, and routing guide compliance included
Landed cost tracked outside the system in spreadsheets
Global sourcing, duty, freight, and landed cost tracked factory to store in one ledger

Footwear industry use cases

Four footwear business models that run day-to-day operations on Ai2000.

Branded footwear

Own-brand footwear companies managing seasonal line plans, sample development, factory sourcing, and wholesale delivery windows in one footwear ERP.

Footwear wholesale

Wholesalers shipping to department stores and specialty retail with size-run allocations, EDI 850/856/810 flows, and chargeback prevention — the core of a footwear distribution ERP.

Private label sourcing

Private label programs with tech packs, multi-factory costing, duty and freight, and retailer-specific packing and labeling requirements.

DTC footwear brands

Direct-to-consumer brands syncing Shopify and Amazon inventory with wholesale demand so one pool of stock serves every channel accurately.

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See the footwear ERP built for size grids, not workarounds

Bring your own size runs, retail partners, and sourcing calendar — we will show you how they run in Ai2000.