Omar Industries maintains production facilities in several locations around the globe. Average monthly cost data and output levels are as follows.
a. Calculate the labor productivity of each facility.
b. Calculate the multifactor productivity of each facility.
c. If Omar needed to close one of the plants, which one would youchoose?

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Units lin 000s) Cincinnati Frankfurt Guadalajara Beijing Finished goods 0,000 000 5,000 8,000 Work-in-process ,000 2,200 3000 6,000 osts (in 000s) Cincinnati Frankfurt Guadalajara Beijing Labor costs Material costs $3,500 $3,000 $2,000 $2,500 Energy costs Transportation costs $ $500 2,000$5,000 Overhead costs $1,200 $3,000 $2,500 $500 $3,500 $4,200 $2,500 $800 $1,000 $1,500 $1,200 $800