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.Susan has a part-time business producing seasonal plywood yard ornaments for resale at local
craft fairs and bazaars. She currently works 8 hours per day to produce 16 ornaments.
1. What is her productivity? ["", "", "", ""]
2. She thinks that by redesigning the ornaments and switching from use of a wood glue to
a hot-glue gun she can increase her total production to 20 ornaments per day. What is
her new productivity? ["", "", "", ""] (round to one decimal place)
3. What is her percentage increase in productivity? ["", "", "", ""] %.
2.Carbondale Casting produces cast bronze valves on a 8-person assembly line. On a recent
day, 150 valves were produced during an 8-hour shift.
1. Calculate the labor productivity of the line. ["", "", "", ""]
2. John Goodale, the manager at Carbondale, changed the layout and was able to increase
production to 200 units per 8-hour shift. What is the new labor productivity per labor-
hour? ["", "", "", ""]
3. What is the percentage of productivity increase? ["", "", "", ""] %
3. Charles Lackey operates a bakery in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Because of its excellent product and
excellent location, demand has increased by 25% in the last year. On far too
many occasions, customers have not been able to purchase the bread of their choice. Because
of the size of the store, no new ovens can be added. At a staff meeting, one employee
suggested ways to load the ovens differently so that more loaves of bread can be baked at one
time. This new process will require that the ovens be loaded by hand, requiring additional
manpower. This is the only thing to be changed. The bakery currently makes 1,800 loaves per
month. The pay will be $8 per hour for employees and each employee works 160 hours per
month. Charles Lackey can also improve the yield by purchasing a new blender. The new
blender will mean an increase in his investment. This new blender will mean an increase in his
costs of $150 per month, but he will achieve the same new output (an increase to 2,250.00) as
the change in labor hours.
a. Current productivity for 640 work hours loaves/dollar = ["", "", "", ""]
b. If Charles chooses to increase the number of work hours to 790 in order to employ the new
oven loading technique, then the productivity is ["", "", "", ""] loaves/dollar
c. By adding manpower, the percentage increase in productivity is ["", "", "",
""] %

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d. If Charles instead chooses to purchase a new blender (while holding labor constant at 640
hours at $8 per hour), then the productivity is ["", "", "", ""] loaves/dollar
e. By purchasing a new blender (while holding labor constant at 640 hours at $8 per hour), the
percentage increase in productivity is (comparing the answer in a. to the answer in d.) ["", "", "",
""]
4. As part of a study for the Department of Labor Statistics, you are assigned the task of
evaluating the improvement in productivity of small businesses. Data for one of the small
businesses you are to evaluate is shown below. The data are the monthly average of last year
and the monthly average this year. Determine the multi-factor productivity using the following
costs:
labor: $8 per hour;
capital: 8.3% per month of investment;
energy: $.60 per BTU
Last Year
This Year
Production
1500
1500
Labor
350
325
Capital
15000
18000
Energy
3000
2750
a. What is the percent change in the labor productivity? ["", "", "", ""] %
b. What is the overall multi-factor productivity change? ["", "", "", ""] %
5.A local university is considering changes to its class structure in an effort to increase
professor productivity. The old schedule had each professor teaching 5 classes per week, with
each class meeting an hour per day on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Each class contained
20 students.
The new schedule has each professor teaching only 3 classes, but each class meets daily (Mon.-
Fri.) for an hour. New classes contain 50 students.
1. Calculate the labor productivity for the initial situation (students/hour). ["", "", "",
""]
2. Calculate the labor productivity for the schedule change (students/hour). ["", "", "",
""]

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.Susan has a part-time business producing seasonal plywood yard ornaments for resale at local craft fairs and bazaars. She currently works 8 hours per day to produce 16 ornaments. 1. What is her productivity? ["", "", "", ""] 2. She thinks that by redesigning the ornaments and switching from use of a wood glue to a hot-glue gun she can increase her total production to 20 ornaments per day. What is her new productivity? ["", "", "", ""] (round to one decimal place) 3. What is her percentage increase in productivity? ["", "", "", ""] %. 2.Carbondale Casting produces cast bronze valves on a 8-person assembly line. On a recent day, 150 valves were produced during an 8-hour shift. 1. Calculate the labor productivity of the line. ["", "", "", ""] 2. John Goodale, the manager at Carbondale, changed the layout and was able to increase production to 200 units per 8-hour shift. What is the new labor productivity per laborhour? ["", "", "", ""] 3. What is the percentage of productivity increase? ["", "", "", ""] % 3. Charles Lackey operates a bakery in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Because of its excellent product and excellent location, demand has increased by 25% in the last year. On far too ma ...
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