1. Nasrin, Rashed and Tahmid run a Chocolate manufacturing company. Their production runs 30-hour per week and they pay $6 per hour to their labors. Material cost is $3.5 per lbs. Machine productivity is 2.5 times weekly labor cost. Overhead is $300 per week. The weekly productivity figures are given below: Weeks Output (Units) Labors Material (lbs) 1 1400 8 36 2 1500 9 34 3 1250 6 33 4 1300 7 35 a) Compute multi-factor productivity of machine and material for each of the months shown for their Chocolate manufacturing firm. b) Compute multi-factor productivity of Labor and Overhead for each of the months shown for their Chocolate manufacturing firm. c) Compute total productivity measure for each of the months shown for their Chocolate manufacturing firm. d) What do the productivity figures suggest? undefined
1. Nasrin, Rashed and Tahmid run a Chocolate manufacturing company. Their production
runs 30-hour per week and they pay $6 per hour to their labors. Material cost is $3.5 per lbs.
Machine productivity is 2.5 times weekly labor cost. Overhead is $300 per week. The weekly
productivity figures are given below:
Weeks Output (Units) Labors Material (lbs)
1 1400 8 36
2 1500 9 34
3 1250 6 33
4 1300 7 35
a) Compute multi-factor productivity of machine and material for each of the months
shown for their Chocolate manufacturing firm.
b) Compute multi-factor productivity of Labor and Overhead for each of the months shown
for their Chocolate manufacturing firm.
c) Compute total productivity measure for each of the months shown for their Chocolate
manufacturing firm.
d) What do the productivity figures suggest?
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