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Developing a New Foot Shape and Size System for Taiwanese Females

In: The 19th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

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  • Yu-Chi Lee

    (National Tsing Hua University)

  • Wen-Yu Chao

    (National Tsing Hua University)

  • Mao-Jiun Wang

    (National Tsing Hua University)

Abstract

This study aims to use 936 females’ 3D foot anthropometric data to cluster foot shapes and to develop a new sizing system. Twelve-foot dimensions including foot length, ball of foot length, outside ball of foot length, foot breadth, heel breadth, ball circumference, instep circumference, toe height, arch height, instep height, toe 1 angle and toe 5 angle were collected. The PCA results indicated that foot breadth, foot length and arch height were selected as the three principal components. The percentage of total variance explained by the 3 principal components was 76.65 %. Using K-means clustering can classify female subjects’ foot into 3 foot types. The new sizing system had less number of sizes, high coverage rate and provided updated foot dimensions as comparing with the current sizing system (CNS 4800-S1093). The manufacturer can apply these results for shoe last design and footwear production with better fitness and less production cost.

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  • Yu-Chi Lee & Wen-Yu Chao & Mao-Jiun Wang, 2013. "Developing a New Foot Shape and Size System for Taiwanese Females," Springer Books, in: Ershi Qi & Jiang Shen & Runliang Dou (ed.), The 19th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 959-968, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-38427-1_101
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-38427-1_101
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