Practical Operations Management
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Author: Simpson
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Chapter 2, Problem 15P
Summary Introduction
Interpretation: The productivity of the labor of the given number of officers in the airport terminal is to be determined.
Concept Introduction: The airport terminal has 5 employees working 7 hours every day, processing 673 visitors.
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Compute the multifactor productivity measure for an twelve-hour day in which the usable output was 120000 units, produced by four workers who used 2400 pounds of materials. Workers have an hourly wage of $45, and material cost is $8 per pound. Overhead is four times labor cost.
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Labor:
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$17
per hour
Solvent:
125
gallons at
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per gallon
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days at
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The Dulac Box plant works two 8-hour shifts each day. In the past, 500 cypress packing boxes were produced by the end of each day. The use of new technology has enabled them to increase productivity by 30%. Productivity is now approximately:
A.300 boxes/hr.
B.62.5 boxes/hr.
C.32.5 boxes/hr.
D.81.25 boxes/hr.
E.40.6 boxes/hr.
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