As the cost accounting manager at McKinley Industries (MI), you are responsible for compiling and reporting various performance measures to the senior managers. MI instituted many efficiency improvement programs recently and the CFO has asked you to measure and report partial productivity for both labor and materials. Data for the last two years follow:

Required
a. Compute the partial productivity measures for labor for year 1 and year 2.
b. Compute the partial productivity measures for material for year 1 and year 2.
c. Comment on the results. Have the efficiency improvement programs resulted in greaterproductivity?

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Year 2 45,000 50,000 25,000 Year 1 Gallons input. Labor hours. Output (gallons) 40,000 38,000 20,000