Homework $4$: Labor Cost

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$(40$ points$)$

Part $1$: Effective cost per hour

$1$ shift $(8$ hours$)$ per day

$9$ holidays

$10$ vacation days

Fringe: $38\%$ of base wage

Base hourly wage: $22\mathrm{.}50$ per hour

$30$ minute lunch $($paid$)$ plus two $15$ minute breaks $($paid$)$ per day

What is the effective cost per hour per employee? Show you work for all the steps.

Part II: Reduction in labor cost

Using the calculations from above

Assume $305,025$ hours of work needed every year

Assume current productivity is $70\%$

Project proposed to increase productivity from $70\%$ to $80\%$ that requires a capital investment of $$4\mathrm{.}0$ million.

Note: for the purposes of this exercise you can show partial workers ex $32\mathrm{.}3.$

How many team members are required to meet the $305,025$ annual hours of work at the current $70\%$ productivity?

What is the total dollar change in labor expense from this increase in productivity from $70\%$ to $80\%?$

If the company has set a payback hurdle of $2$ years $($not discounted cash flow$)$ will this investment meet that hurdle? If not, what percent labor efficiency is required to hit that hurdle rounded to the nearest whole $\%?$