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principles (see Chapter 1) that would be violated. Crew Size 1 4 3 72 3 4 1. A catering company prepared and served 300 meals at an anniversary celebration last week using eight workers. The week before, six workers prepared and served 240 meals at a wedding reception. PROBLEM a. For which event was the labor productivity higher? Explain. b. What are some possible reasons for the productivity differences? 2. The manager of a crew that installs carpeting has tracked the crew's output over the past several weeks, obtaining these figures: Week Yards Installed 96 2 92 4 2 50 5 3 69 6 2 52 Compute the labor productivity for each of the weeks. On the basis of your calculations, what can you conclude about crew size and productivity? 3. Compute the multifactor productivity measure for each of the weeks shown for production of choc- olate bars. What do the productivity figures suggest? Assume 40-hour weeks and an hourly wage of $12. Overhead is 1.5 times weekly labor cost. Material cost is $6 per pound. Week Output (units) Workers Material (lbs) 1 30,000 6 450 33,600 7 470 3 32,200 7 460 35.400 8 480 4. company that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some Inhar content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. 2 4 5. An operation has a 10 percent scrap rate. As a result, 72 pieces per hour are produced. What is the 6. A manager checked production records and found that a worker produced 160 units while working Chapter Two Competitiveness, Strategy, and Productivity Z potential increase in labor productivity that could be achieved by eliminating the scrap? 40 hours. In the previous week, the same worker produced 138 units while working 36 hours. Did the worker's productivity increase, decrease, or remain the same? Explain. mber of customers processed by several bank ser