Question: A company has collected the data as shown in the table below for the factories it operates. The plants are of similar size and capacity.

A company has collected the data as shown in the table below for the factories it operates. The plants are of similar size and capacity. All data are in thousands of US$.

Evaluate each factorys performance overtime both independent of the other factory and relative to the other factory, what would you recommend?

Plant A

Plant B

Year

Sales

Labor

Capital

Materials

Sales

Labor

Capital

Materials

2010

3480

178

870.5

1780

3510

180

878

2080

2011

3790

191

967

2030

3820

195

1023

2060

2012

4030

200.5

1050

2210

3960

200

1080

2105

2013

4060

199

1080

2180

4100

215

1117

2330

2014

4270

206

1160

2190

4290

217.5

1257

2430

2015

4580

218

1260

2410

4650

232.5

1200

2660

2016

4830

226

1360

2850

4750

240

1210

2440

2017

4890

225.5

1405

2750

4790

249.5

1290

2760

2018

5020

228

1470

2970

5040

252

1380

2920

2019

5050

226

1510

2990

5340

270

1450

3120

2020

5510

243

1680

3100

5630

290

1530

2960

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