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Operations Management Assignment 1 Solution: (C) Change in Productivity 0.125 Boxes/hour

The document is an operations management assignment solution that contains the following: 1) Calculations of productivity rates for a factory producing boxes under different scenarios and a 4.167% increase in productivity. 2) Determination that a plant employing 200 laborers can produce 57,600 rugs based on input variables. 3) Calculations of labor and multifactor productivity rates for a rug production process. 4) Analysis of changes in labor hours, capital invested, and energy usage between years and resulting changes in productivity. 5) Determination of labor hours and laborer productivity needed to produce 6,600 vans under two scenarios.

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Operations Management Assignment 1 Solution: (C) Change in Productivity 0.125 Boxes/hour

The document is an operations management assignment solution that contains the following: 1) Calculations of productivity rates for a factory producing boxes under different scenarios and a 4.167% increase in productivity. 2) Determination that a plant employing 200 laborers can produce 57,600 rugs based on input variables. 3) Calculations of labor and multifactor productivity rates for a rug production process. 4) Analysis of changes in labor hours, capital invested, and energy usage between years and resulting changes in productivity. 5) Determination of labor hours and laborer productivity needed to produce 6,600 vans under two scenarios.

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Operations Management

Assignment 1

Solution
120 boxes
1.1 (a) = 3.0 boxes/hour
40 hours

125 boxes
(b) = 3.125 boxes/hour
40 hours

(c) Change in productivity = 0.125 boxes/hour

0.125 boxes
(d) Percentage change = = 4.167%
3.0

1.3
57,600
0.15 = , where L = number of laborers
(160)(12)( L )
employed at the plant
57,600
So L = = 200 laborers employed
(160)(12)(0.15)

Output
1.7 Productivity =
Input

65 65
(a) Labor productivity = =
(520 × 13) $6,760
= .0096 rugs per labor $

65
(b) Multifactor = 65
productivity (520 × $13) + (100 × $5) + (20 × $50) = = .00787 rugs per $
$8,260

1.9 Last Year This Year Change Percent Change

1,500 1,500 0.33


Labor hrs. = 4.29 = 4.62 = 7.7%
350 325 4.29
1,500 1,500 − 0.02
Capital invested = 0.10 = 0.08 = –20%
15,000 18,000 0.1

1,500 1,500 0.05


Energy (btu) = 0.50 = 0.55 = 10%
3,000 2,750 0.50

Productivity of capital did drop; labor productivity increased as did energy, but by less than the anticipated 15%.

6,600 vans
1.15 (a) = 0.10
x labor-hours
x = 66,000 labor-hours

There are 300 laborers. So,


66,000 labor-hours
= 220 labor-hours/laborer
300 laborers
on average, per month

6,600 vans
(b) Now = 0.11, so x = 60,000 labor-hours
x labor-hours
60,000 labor-hours
so, = 200 labor-hours/laborer
300 laborers on average, per month

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