Acme Corporation produces two basic products: widgets and wadgets. Below is a table of outputs and inputs for the months of July (column 2) and August (column 3). Widgets produced 100,000 110,000 Selling price / widget $50 $52 # of workers 20 24 Monthly cost / worker $3,500 $3,500 Energy (kwh) 250,000 255,000 Cost/ kwh 0.18 0.175 Raw material (kg) 2,000 2,300 Cost/ kg $50 $51 Suppose I were to calculate productivity using # of units produced as output and energy for input. What type of productivity calculation would that be? O None of the other answers is correct Partial O Multi-factor O Total

Acme Corporation produces two basic products: widgets and wadgets. Below is a table of outputs and inputs for the months of July (column 2) and August (column 3). Widgets produced 100,000 110,000 Selling price / widget $50 $52 # of workers 20 24 Monthly cost / worker $3,500 $3,500 Energy (kwh) 250,000 255,000 Cost/ kwh 0.18 0.175 Raw material (kg) 2,000 2,300 Cost/ kg $50 $51 Suppose I were to calculate productivity using # of units produced as output and energy for input. What type of productivity calculation would that be? O None of the other answers is correct Partial O Multi-factor O Total

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Chapter2: Basic Cost Management Concepts

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