A catering company prepared and served 350 meals at an anniversary celebration last week using 10 workers. The week before, 2 workers prepared and served 250 meals at a wedding reception. a1. Calculate the labor productivity for each event. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) Anniversary Wedding meals/worker meals/worker a2. For which event was the labor productivity higher?

A catering company prepared and served 350 meals at an anniversary celebration last week using 10 workers. The week before, 2 workers prepared and served 250 meals at a wedding reception. a1. Calculate the labor productivity for each event. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) Anniversary Wedding meals/worker meals/worker a2. For which event was the labor productivity higher?

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Problem 5.3SD: Scenario 4 Sharon Gillespie, a new buyer at Visionex, Inc., was reviewing quotations for a tooling...

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Scenario 4 Sharon Gillespie, a new buyer at Visionex, Inc., was reviewing quotations for a tooling contract submitted by four suppliers. She was evaluating the quotes based on price, target quality levels, and delivery lead time promises. As she was working, her manager, Dave Cox, entered her office. He asked how everything was progressing and if she needed any help. She mentioned she was reviewing quotations from suppliers for a tooling contract. Dave asked who the interested suppliers were and if she had made a decision. Sharon indicated that one supplier, Apex, appeared to fit exactly the requirements Visionex had specified in the proposal. Dave told her to keep up the good work. Later that day Dave again visited Sharons office. He stated that he had done some research on the suppliers and felt that another supplier, Micron, appeared to have the best track record with Visionex. He pointed out that Sharons first choice was a new supplier to Visionex and there was some risk involved with that choice. Dave indicated that it would please him greatly if she selected Micron for the contract. The next day Sharon was having lunch with another buyer, Mark Smith. She mentioned the conversation with Dave and said she honestly felt that Apex was the best choice. When Mark asked Sharon who Dave preferred, she answered, Micron. At that point Mark rolled his eyes and shook his head. Sharon asked what the body language was all about. Mark replied, Look, I know youre new but you should know this. I heard last week that Daves brother-in-law is a new part owner of Micron. I was wondering how soon it would be before he started steering business to that company. He is not the straightest character. Sharon was shocked. After a few moments, she announced that her original choice was still the best selection. At that point Mark reminded Sharon that she was replacing a terminated buyer who did not go along with one of Daves previous preferred suppliers. Ethical decisions that affect a buyers ethical perspective usually involve the organizational environment, cultural environment, personal environment, and industry environment. Analyze this scenario using these four variables.
Scenario 4 Sharon Gillespie, a new buyer at Visionex, Inc., was reviewing quotations for a tooling contract submitted by four suppliers. She was evaluating the quotes based on price, target quality levels, and delivery lead time promises. As she was working, her manager, Dave Cox, entered her office. He asked how everything was progressing and if she needed any help. She mentioned she was reviewing quotations from suppliers for a tooling contract. Dave asked who the interested suppliers were and if she had made a decision. Sharon indicated that one supplier, Apex, appeared to fit exactly the requirements Visionex had specified in the proposal. Dave told her to keep up the good work. Later that day Dave again visited Sharons office. He stated that he had done some research on the suppliers and felt that another supplier, Micron, appeared to have the best track record with Visionex. He pointed out that Sharons first choice was a new supplier to Visionex and there was some risk involved with that choice. Dave indicated that it would please him greatly if she selected Micron for the contract. The next day Sharon was having lunch with another buyer, Mark Smith. She mentioned the conversation with Dave and said she honestly felt that Apex was the best choice. When Mark asked Sharon who Dave preferred, she answered, Micron. At that point Mark rolled his eyes and shook his head. Sharon asked what the body language was all about. Mark replied, Look, I know youre new but you should know this. I heard last week that Daves brother-in-law is a new part owner of Micron. I was wondering how soon it would be before he started steering business to that company. He is not the straightest character. Sharon was shocked. After a few moments, she announced that her original choice was still the best selection. At that point Mark reminded Sharon that she was replacing a terminated buyer who did not go along with one of Daves previous preferred suppliers. What should Sharon do in this situation?
Scenario 4 Sharon Gillespie, a new buyer at Visionex, Inc., was reviewing quotations for a tooling contract submitted by four suppliers. She was evaluating the quotes based on price, target quality levels, and delivery lead time promises. As she was working, her manager, Dave Cox, entered her office. He asked how everything was progressing and if she needed any help. She mentioned she was reviewing quotations from suppliers for a tooling contract. Dave asked who the interested suppliers were and if she had made a decision. Sharon indicated that one supplier, Apex, appeared to fit exactly the requirements Visionex had specified in the proposal. Dave told her to keep up the good work. Later that day Dave again visited Sharons office. He stated that he had done some research on the suppliers and felt that another supplier, Micron, appeared to have the best track record with Visionex. He pointed out that Sharons first choice was a new supplier to Visionex and there was some risk involved with that choice. Dave indicated that it would please him greatly if she selected Micron for the contract. The next day Sharon was having lunch with another buyer, Mark Smith. She mentioned the conversation with Dave and said she honestly felt that Apex was the best choice. When Mark asked Sharon who Dave preferred, she answered, Micron. At that point Mark rolled his eyes and shook his head. Sharon asked what the body language was all about. Mark replied, Look, I know youre new but you should know this. I heard last week that Daves brother-in-law is a new part owner of Micron. I was wondering how soon it would be before he started steering business to that company. He is not the straightest character. Sharon was shocked. After a few moments, she announced that her original choice was still the best selection. At that point Mark reminded Sharon that she was replacing a terminated buyer who did not go along with one of Daves previous preferred suppliers. What does the Institute of Supply Management code of ethics say about financial conflicts of interest?
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Mr. ichul is a Director of a pastry factory in Bandung. To produce 350 cakes per day it takes the following things Labor : 350 hours / day @ $5 / hourRaw Material : 2 ton / day @ $1 / kgEnergy : $2,000 / dayCapital Cost : $500 / day a. What is the labor productivity per labor-hour for cake production at the factory?b. What is the multifactor productivity for cake production at the factory?c. In order to meet the needs for Eid later, Mr. ichul wants to increase his production to500 more per day than the previous cake production without changing other variables, what is the productivity now?
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he manager of a crew that installs carpeting has tracked the crew’s output over the past several weeks, obtaining these figures: Week Crew Size Yards Installed 1 2 95 2 3 70 3 6 100 4 7 50 5 5 70 6 4 55 Click here for the Excel Data File a. Compute the labor productivity for each of the weeks. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) b. Which crew size works best?
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Tried and True’s accountant (from Problem 1-1) suggeststhat monthly rent and hourly wage rate also be factoredinto the productivity calculations. Annandale pays thehighest average wage at $6.75 an hour. Blacksburg pays$6.50 an hour, Charlottesville $6, and Danville $5.50. Thecost to rent store space is $1800 a month in Annandale,$2000 a month in Blacksburg, $1200 a month in Charlottesville, and $800 a month in Danville.a. Which store is most productive?b. Tried and True is not sure it can keep all four stores open.Based on multifactor productivity, which store would youclose? What other factors should be considered?
Strategic Management relates a study in economies of scale in the paper industry. the data is found in the following table. x 50 60 73 82 90 215 230 260 y 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.25 0.95 0.60 0.50 0.54 Here x is the weighted average machine size in tons per hour, and y is the employee-hours per ton.A. Determine the best-fitting line using least squares and the square of the correlation coefficient.The best-fitting line is W(x) = The square of the correlation coefficient is r2 = .B. Is there an advantage to using a large machine? Pick the correct answer. The smaller the machine, the less the employee-hours. The larger the machine, the more the employee-hours. The larger the machine, the less employee-hours. The larger the machine, the employee-hours do not change. C. What does this model predict the weighted average machine size will be is the employee-hours per ton is 1.00? (Round to the nearest ton.)The machine will make________ tons for 1 employee-hour per ton.
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