If a company is striving to gain a compettive advartage by producing ts branded footwear at a lower…

➤ When is it better to replace refurbished footwear equipment with new machinery rather than invest in improvements?
Replace equipment when maintenance, downtime, and efficiency losses push unit costs above the expected savings from new machines. Evaluate remaining useful life, mean time between failures, energy and labor savings, CAPEX, and payback. Run sensitivity tests on production volume and SVQ mix to estimate net value and long‑term cost reduction.