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+ 4.5 George Kyparisis makes bowling balls in his Miami plant. With recent increases in his costs, he has a newfound interest in efficiency. Gcorge is interested in determining the Ly of his organization. He would like to know if his B average of 3% ‘ivity per year? He has the following data representing a month from last year and an equivalent month unis year: Units produced Labor (hours) 275 Resin (pounds) 45 Capital invested ($) 10,000 11,000 Energy (BTU) 3,000 2,850 Show the productivity percentage change for cach category and then determine the improvement for labor-hours, the typical standard for comparison. Pac ++ 4.6 | George Kyparisis (using data from Problem 1.5) determines his costs to be as follows: + Labor: $10 per hour * Resin: $5 per pound * Capital expense: 1% per month of investment + Energy: $0.50 per BTU Show the percent change in productivity for one month last year versus one month this year, on a multifactor basis with dollars as the common denominator. Pac + 4.7 Hokey Min’s Kleen Karpet cleaned 65 rugs in October, consuming the following resources: Labor: 520 hours at $13 per hour Solvent: 100 gallons at $5 per gallon Machine rental 20 days at $50 per day a) What is the labor productivity per dollar? b) What is the multifactor productivity? P< ** 4.8 Lillian Fok is president of Lakefront Manufacturing. a producer of bicycle tires. Fok makes 1,000 tires per day with the following resources: Labor. 400 hours per day @ $12.50 per hour Raw material: 20,000 pounds per day @ $1 per pound Energy: $5,000 per day Capital costs: __ $10,000 per day #) What is the labor productivity per labor-hour for these tres au Lakefromt Manufacturing? b) What is the multifactor productivity for these tires at Lakefromt Manufacturing? ©) What is the percent change in multifactor productivity if Fok cam reduce the energy bill by $1,000 per day without cuuing production or changing any other inputs? *4.9 — Brown’s, a local bakery, is worried about increased costs—particularly energy. Last year’s records can provide a fairly good estimate of the parameters for this year. Wende Brown, the owner, does not believe things have changed much, but she did invest an additional $3,000 for modifications to the bakery’s ovens to make them more energy efficient. The modifi cations were supposed to make the ovens at least 15% more effi cient. Brown has asked you to check the energy savings of the new ovens and also to look over other measures of the bakery’s productivity to see if the modifications were beneficial. You have the following data to work with: ss Production (dozen) 1,500 Labor (hours) 350 Capital investment ($) 15,000 Energy (BTU) 3,000

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