Has been absolutely game changing for my business. Its really important to work with an agency that can take the time to really understand your business and your needs and then help you to perfect that.
Courses
Follow Your Passion - Footwear
The Portuguese Textile and Footwear Industry is one of the most important industries for the Portuguese economy, essentially concentrated in Northern Portugal, which became a pioneer in the internationalization of Portuguese Industry.
In order to pass this knowledge to students, new designers, footwear companies and footwear enthusiasts, we have developed a Footwear Course that aims to be a course with fundamental answers to the most common questions and also a space where candidates can have their specific questions answered since our format is customizable.
Overview
The course is tailored to provide specialized training to students, new designers, footwear companies and footwear enthusiasts, for each we have special prices and conditions as well as customizable options.
Portugal Production has all the conditions to be the strategic partner of your University, by allowing students to leverage their experience and knowledge about the operation of this industry and become familiar with concepts of timings, development and production prices, MOQs (Minimum Order Quantity). Also, Portugal Production aims to provide students with a clear view of the processes underlying areas such as footwear, accessories, small leather goods, clothing. Courses tailored to students may include consulting sessions as part of the structure of the course. These sessions are completely free and adapted to each student, and are defined after signature of a protocol between Portugal Production and your Entity.
Our course covers several topics such as:
- Footwear Industry in Portugal;
- Search and Selection of Materials;
- Limiting Factors;
- Selection of Raw Materials;
- Sustainability in the Footwear Industry;
- Prototypes and Samples;
- Costs and Payments;
- and more.
Who is the course for?
Students
Portugal Production aims to provide students with a clear view of the processes underlying areas such as footwear, accessories, small leather goods, clothing. Courses tailored to students may include consulting sessions as part of the structure of the course.
Designers
New designers from the footwear industry face new challenges everyday. Knowledge and a clear understanding of the different process phases are crucial to any worker of the footwear industry, from the designer to the shoemaker!
Founders
Portugal is considered to be the best country in world to produce high quality footwear, in small quantities, at fair prices. Together with our experience we can help out delevop out in the develepment of your brand.
Brands
Brands need to organize their supply chains in the most efficient way possible as this is a key factor of the success. Therefore, learning the best strategies to source from Portugal with very experienced experts is a smart way to speed the learning curve and avoid a lot of mistakes.
What our clients say
It was so interesting see Nancy’s techniques and methods that she uses in her job to help people like me who want to sell their info web brand, so I had so much fun on the course and would absolutely recommend it to anyone wanting to get in touch with a sourcing agent.
Mabel Gocher
Student at De Monfort University, UK
The course was really helpful for me because i have learned a lot of technical terms, it gave me confidence and now I fell much more confortable at the company I work.
Jenny Kim
Student at De Monfort University, UK
Are You Ready To Start?
Meet your future trainer
Hey!
I Am Nancy Oliveira.
I made it my mission to make the sourcing process clear and less atribulated for brands, designers and founders! Sharing with you 10 years of experience in development and production of footwear for established brands and for new brands, a lot of them from the very first shoe!
It is an amazing journey and I am absolutely sure that by giving you accurate information about key factors as costs and turnaround times, by sharing with you the best strategies and the most common mistakes you will be in the best position possible to determine the right solutions for you project!