Which of the following statements about striving to reduce labor costs per pair produced at each of the company's production facilities is true?

Achieving labor productivity of $3,000$ pairs per worker at a production facility is nearly always sufficiently hig for a company's production labor costs per pair $($after rejects$)$ at the plant to be close to the industry$-$low $($as reported on p$.6$ of the most recent FIR$).$

All companies, regardless of the strategy$/$competitive approach being employed or their financial circumstances, have the means to pursue actions to manage worker compensation and worker productivity in a manner that results in production labor costs per pair reasonably close to or below the industry$-$average $($and sometimes close to the industry$-$low$)$ in each region where the company has production facilities $($as reported on p$.6$ of the FIR$).$

Success in achieving labor costs per pair produced in each company production facility that are low compared to rival production facilities in the same region is important to the profitability of companies employing a low$-$cost$/$low price strategy but has minimal bottom$-$line impact $($if any at all$)$ on companies employing strategies to gain a differentiation$-$based competitive advantage over rivals.

It is very difficult for a company pursuing a differentiation strategy aimed at producing branded footwear with a high S$/$Q rating to achieve labor costs per pair produced that are below the industry$-$average in each geographic region where the company has production facilities.

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