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MGMT 405
Answer set 2
Week
Crew size
Yards Installed
960
702
968
500
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698
500
Ans:
(a) Productivity= Yards of carpet installed/ crew size=960/4= 240 yards/number of
crew.
Week
Crew size
Yards Installed
Labor productivity
960
240
702
234
968
242
500
250
698
232
500
250
(b) Probably even-sized crews are better than odd-sizes and a crew of 2 seems to
work best amongst the others.
2. (a) Compute the multi-factor productivity measure for each of the weeks
shown. (b) What do the productivity figures suggest? Assume 40 hour weeks
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Answer set 2
and an hourly wage of $12. Overhead is 1.5 times weekly labor cost. Material
cost is $ 6 per pound.
Week
Output (units)
Workers
Materials (lbs)
30,000
450
33,600
470
32,200
460
35,400
480
Ans:
(a)
Worker cost
Week
Output
Overhead
cost
Materials
Total
cost
cost
MFP
(units)
12*40
30,000
2880
4320
2700
9900
3.03
33,600
3360
5040
2820
11220
2.99
32,200
3360
5040
2760
11160
2.89
35,400
3840
5740
2880
12480
2.84
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Answer set 2
=30000/9900= 3.03
Growth productivity=4-3.83/3.83=0.044
Thus there was an increase of 4.4 % in productivity.
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