Which of the following statements about striving to reduce labor costs per pair produced at each of…

➤ Why isn’t maintaining 3,500–4,000 pairs per worker always enough to guarantee competitive labor costs?
Hitting a productivity range helps but does not guarantee competitiveness. Regional wages, benefit burdens, defect rates, product complexity, and plant-scale economics alter effective unit costs. Firms must align productivity with compensation design, quality control, and overhead management to ensure labor cost per pair is truly competitive.