Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains (12th Edition) (What's New in Operations Management)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780134741062
Author: Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj K. Malhotra, Larry P. Ritzman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 6P
The Big Black Bird Company (BBBC) has a large order for special plastic-lined military uniforms to be used in an urgent military operation. Working the normal two shifts of 40 hours each per week, the BBBC production process usually produces 2,500 uniforms per week at a
- Did the multifactor productivity ratio increase, decrease, or remain the same? If it changed, by what percentage did it change?
- Did the labor productivity ratio increase, decrease, or remain the same? ¡fit changed, by what percentage did it change?
- Did weekly profits increase, decrease, or remain the same?
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The Big Black Bird Company (BBBC) has a large order for special plastic-lined military uniforms to be used in an urgent military operation. Working the normal two shifts of 40 hours each per week, the BBBC production process usually produces 2,400 uniforms per week at a standard cost of $140 each. 70 employees work the first shift and
28 the second. The contract price is $200 per uniform. Because of the urgent need, BBBC is authorized to use around-the-clock production six days per week. When each of the two shifts works 72 hours per week, production increases to 4,000 uniforms per week but at a cost of $144 each.
The multifactor productivity level decreased for two shifts working 72 hours when compared to the level of the normal two shifts.
The multifactor productivity ratio based on the normal two shifts changed by ___% as compared to two shifts working 72 hours per week. (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places.)
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Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains (12th Edition) (What's New in Operations Management)
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