T-shirts Inc. has 12 operators, and the company works 8 hours a day (8 am to 5 pm with an hour break), 7 days a week. Company is manufacturing t-shirts and standard minute value for a line to finish a t-shirt =5 minutes. Company produces 8,000 t-shirts a week. Calculate the output, input and productivity (first two answers in minutes and third as a percentage [round to 100th place]). How long will this company need to complete a client’s order for 10,000 t-shirts?

T-shirts Inc. has 12 operators, and the company works 8 hours a day (8 am to 5 pm with an hour break), 7 days a week. Company is manufacturing t-shirts and standard minute value for a line to finish a t-shirt =5 minutes. Company produces 8,000 t-shirts a week. Calculate the output, input and productivity (first two answers in minutes and third as a percentage [round to 100th place]). How long will this company need to complete a client’s order for 10,000 t-shirts?

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Section4.8: Data Envelopment Analysis (dea)

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