MANG 3402 PRODUCTIVITY & DECISION TOOL
The Dulac Box plant produces 500 cypress packing boxes in two 10-hour shifts. Due to
higher demand, they have decided to operate three 8-hour shifts instead. They are now
able to produce 600 boxes per day. What has happened to productivity?
A.
It has increased by 20%.
B.
It has not changed.
C.
It has decreased by 8.3%.
D.
It has increased by 37.5 boxes/hr.
E.
It has decreased by 9.1%. - Answer -B.
It has not changed.
Hokey Min's Kleen Karpet cleaned 75 rugs in October, consuming the following
resources:
Labor: 550 hours at $13 per hour
Solvent: 120 gallons at $8 per gallon
Machine Rental: 24 days at $60 per day
a) Labor productivity per dollar = __ nothing rugs/dollar (round your response to four
decimal places).
b) Multifactor productivity =
rugs/dollar (round your response to four decimal places). - Answer -a) Labor
productivity per dollar = 0.0105 rugs/dollar (round your response to four decimal
places).
b) Multifactor productivity = 0.0079 rugs/dollar (round your response to four decimal
places).
Lillian Fok is president of Lakefront Manufacturing, a producer of bicycle tires. Fok
makes 1,000 tires per day with the following resources:
Labor:
425
hours per day @ $12.00 per hour
Raw Material: 20,000
pounds per day @ $1.50 per pound
Energy: $5,250 per day
Capital: $10,000 per day
a) Labor productivity per labor hour for these tires = tires/labor hour (round your
response to two decimal places).
b) Multifactor productivity for these tires = tires/dollar (round your response to four
decimal places).
The Dulac Box plant produces 500 cypress packing boxes in two 10-hour shifts. Due to
higher demand, they have decided to operate three 8-hour shifts instead. They are now
able to produce 600 boxes per day. What has happened to productivity?
A.
It has increased by 20%.
B.
It has not changed.
C.
It has decreased by 8.3%.
D.
It has increased by 37.5 boxes/hr.
E.
It has decreased by 9.1%. - Answer -B.
It has not changed.
Hokey Min's Kleen Karpet cleaned 75 rugs in October, consuming the following
resources:
Labor: 550 hours at $13 per hour
Solvent: 120 gallons at $8 per gallon
Machine Rental: 24 days at $60 per day
a) Labor productivity per dollar = __ nothing rugs/dollar (round your response to four
decimal places).
b) Multifactor productivity =
rugs/dollar (round your response to four decimal places). - Answer -a) Labor
productivity per dollar = 0.0105 rugs/dollar (round your response to four decimal
places).
b) Multifactor productivity = 0.0079 rugs/dollar (round your response to four decimal
places).
Lillian Fok is president of Lakefront Manufacturing, a producer of bicycle tires. Fok
makes 1,000 tires per day with the following resources:
Labor:
425
hours per day @ $12.00 per hour
Raw Material: 20,000
pounds per day @ $1.50 per pound
Energy: $5,250 per day
Capital: $10,000 per day
a) Labor productivity per labor hour for these tires = tires/labor hour (round your
response to two decimal places).
b) Multifactor productivity for these tires = tires/dollar (round your response to four
decimal places).
