The production benchmarks data on p. 6 of each issue of the Footwear Industry Report provide solid evidence of whether a company is managing its total compensation, workforce productivity, production...

The production benchmarks data on p. 6 of each issue of the Footwear Industry Report provide solid evidence of whether a company is managing its total compensation, workforce productivity, production labor costs, total production costs and reject rates as cost- efficiently as rival companies. are more useful to the managers of companies striving to compete successfully by selling below-average quality footwear at below-average prices. are most useful to the managers of companies that are pursuing a strategy to produce and market top quality branded footwear sold at well above-average prices. provide solid evidence of whether a company's total production costs of branded footwear are low enough to enable the company to be attractively profitable. are less useful than the branded operating benchmarks shown on p. 7 of the Footwear Industry Report