BUSI 411 Operations Management Ch 2

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Problem 2-1 A catering company prepared ard ssvd 395 mels at an anniversary celebration last week using eleven workers. The week before, seven workers prepred ard served 230 meals at a weddlng reception.

al. Calculate the labor prcductivity for each eve*rt. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)

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a2. For which event was the labor productivity higher?

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Problem 2-4 A company that makes shopping cads for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. Prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 7 workers, who produced an average of 70 carts per hour. Workers receive $13 per hour, and machine cost was $40 per hour. With the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $lt per hour while output increased by 4 carts per hour.

a. Compute labor productivity under each system. Use carts per worker per hour as the measure of labor productivity. ,:

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