V. Scales of production

The levels of output that are considered were selected to span a range from a very small scale to the largest manufacturing scale likely to be set up without considerable external assistance. Technical data is provided for four scales of production and for each of the six types of footwear. These scales of production expressed in terms of pairs produced per single shift day, are 8, 40, 200 and 1,000. They are referred to as Scales 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. These scales were selected because they are part of a geometric progression weighted towards the smaller volume end of the range.

An additional table shows for each footwear type the number of workers directly required for production at each manufacturing stage and for each scale of output.