The company makes most all of its footwear materials and components in-house, uses 100-person assembly lines to make branded shoes at the rate of 500 pairs per day, and outsources private-label footwear from contract manufacturers in the Asia-Pacific.
the size of a plant's work force, whether workers are making branded or private-label shoes, whether a plant has been upgraded and modernized within the past three years, and the complexity of the new features and styling that has been designed into the models/styles of footwear being produced.
the S/Q rating, worker experience, incentive bonuses for teamwork and perfect attendance, best practices training, spending for new features and styling, and the use of plant upgrade option B.
Workers are organized into 3-person teams; each team has the capability to make 5,000 pairs annually; teams are compensated at the rate of $10 per pair produced.