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Question $3.$ Productivity ratio may be improved by maintaining the same level of output but reducing the accompanying input. How may this be possible? $(2$ marks$)$ Question $4.$ Explain how the design of facilities can have a great impact on the profitability of an organization. $(2$ marks$)$ Question $5$ Name and explain three recommended approaches to production design. $(3$ marks$)$ Question $6$ When the cost to increase capacity is high, companies adopt two strategies to increase capacity. What are these two strategies? $(1$ mark$)$ Question $7$ Explain why the operations function provides a major opportunity for an organisation to improve its profitability $(2$ marks$)$ Question $8$ Name two characteristics that must be ensured in the functional design aspect of a product design. $(2$ marks$)$