U.S. Shoe Factory Finds Supplies Are Achilles' Heel

madeinusanews.com — POMPANO BEACH, Fla. -- Howard Shaffer opened a small factory here in 1995 to make sneakers for Adidas AG -- but also to make a point. Having spent the previous decade setting up plants in China to manufacture shoes for big U.S. brands, he thought he knew how to revive the moribund U.S. footwear industry: use heavy automation run by a handful