JEANNA’s Welding and Upholstery Establishment needs to make 100,000 parts per month to meet demand. Each month contains 20 working days, each of which allows for 3 separate 8-hour shifts.   a. If a worker can produce 10 parts/hour, how many workers are needed on each shift?    b. If each shift has 100 workers, what is the productivity of an individual worker?    c. If material costs are $10/part, capital costs are $100,000 and labor costs are $10/hour, what is the multifactor productivity of the plant from part (a)?

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  1. JEANNA’s Welding and Upholstery Establishment needs to make 100,000 parts per month to meet demand. Each month contains 20 working days, each of which allows for 3 separate 8-hour shifts.

 

a. If a worker can produce 10 parts/hour, how many workers are needed on each shift? 

 

b. If each shift has 100 workers, what is the productivity of an individual worker? 

 

c. If material costs are $10/part, capital costs are $100,000 and labor costs are $10/hour, what is the multifactor productivity of the plant from part (a)? 

 

 

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