Group Assignment 1

Vo Ngoc Tran Chau BABAIU18027

Do Ngoc Bao Duyen BABAWE18013
Lai Minh Hung BABAWE17454
Nguyen Vu Xuan Hy BABAWE18573
Nguyen Gia Phu BABAWE18499
Trinh Thi Thuy Trang BABAIU18330
Lam Anh Tri BABAWE18077
Le Nguyet Khanh Vy BABAIU17019
Pham Thi Thao Vy BABAIU17017

International University, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City

School of Business
Facilitator: Truong Quang Duoc, PhD

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

September 12, 2020
1.2
Units produced 120
a/ Productivity = = = 3 boxes per hour
Input used 40
125
b/ New productivity = = 3.125 boxes per hour
40
c/ Unit increase in productivity per hour = 3.125 – 3 = 0.125
3.125−3
d/ Percentage change in productivity = = 0.0417 = 4.17%
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1.4
a. The productivity of the line = the number of valves/ the number of hours
160/ (8*10) = 2 (units/hour)
b. The new labor productivity = the new number of valves/ the number of hours
180/ (8*10) = 2.25 (units/hour)
c. The unit increase in 1 hour = 2.25 - 2 = 0.25
The percentage of productivity increase = 0.25/2 = 0.125 = 12.5%
1.5
As per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. productivity rates expanded 2.3 percent in the second
quarter of 2019
The manufacturing sector diminished by 2.2 percent in the second quarter of 2019
The productivity rate rose 1.6 percent in nourishment services and savoring places 2018
Productivity increases of in any event 7.0 percent happened in 4 industries: natural gas distribution (13.5
percent), dry cleaning and laundry services (10.9 percent), wireless telecommunications carriers (10.1
percent), and travel arrangement and reservation services (7.3 percent)

1.8
Last year Now
Labor $3000 $2750
Resin $250 $225
Capital Expense $100 $110
Energy $1500 $1425
Total cost $4850 $4510
Multifactor productivity last year: 1000/4850= 0.206 units/dollar
Multifactor productivity present: 1000/4510= 0.222 units/dollar
Using last year productivity as a base, the percentage change will be: (0.222-0.206)/0.206= 7.8%
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Last year Now

Multifactor productivity for one month

1.14
a)
The productivity before the change in work rules:
Productivity = 500/(2x10) = 25 boxes/labor-hour
The productivity after the change in work rules:
Productivity = 650/(3x8) = 27.08 boxes/labor-hour
b) The percentage increase in productivity = [(27.08 – 25)/25]x100% = 8.32%
c) The new productivity = 700/(3x8) = 29.17 boxes/labor-hour