MGT$2320$

Assignment $1$

$(45$ points $>10\%)$

This assignment is worth $10\%$ of your final grade and consists of $5$ questions.

This assignment relates to the following Course Learning Requirements:

CLR $1$: Define operations and supply chain management and explain their importance to organizations and the economy

CLR $2$: Utilize common process strategy knowledge to understand and explain process design, implementation and review

INSTRUCTIONS

Complete this assignment in Word or Excel. Upload into the Assignment $1$ Module in Brightspace for grading. Assignments need to be submitted on or before the due date specified by the instructor. Consult the course calendar for assignment due dates. This assignment covers the content learned in Lessons $2$ and $3$

$1.$ Productivity $(5$ marks$)[$CLR $1]$

Tomas Zelinski, a Polish road cyclist, immigrated to Canada after his racing career ended. Tomas makes wooden boxes in which to ship high end racing bikes. Tomas and his $3$ employees invest a total of $40$ hours per day making the $120$ boxes.

A$)$ Calculate the productivity of Tomas and his three employees?

B$)$ Tomas and his employees have discussed redesigning the process to improve efficiency. If they can increase the rate to $125$ per day, what will their new productivity be$?$

C$)$ What will be their unit increase in productivity per hour?

D$)$ What will be their $\%$ change in productivity?