Our examples in the chapter have focused on manufacturing, where the output is units of product and the inputs are manufacturing Required $1$

Calculate the productivity for each month and the change in productivity from month to month using number of projects as the measure of output. $($Round your answers to $4$ decimal places. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.$)$

$\backslash$table$[[$Month$,\backslash$table$[[$Labor$],[$Expense$]],\backslash$table$[[$Number of$],[$Projects$]],$Productivity,$\backslash$table$[[$Monthly$],[$Change$]],],[1,$$$,19,380,40,,],[2,$$$,24,960,52,,],[3,$$$,19,992,50,,],[4,$$$,13,794,13,,],[5,$$$,14,526,18,,],[6,$$$,21,192,50,,]]$ Required $1$

Required $2$

Calculate the productivity for each month and the change in productivity from month to month using sales dollars as the measure of output. $($Round your answers to $4$ decimal places. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.$)$

$\backslash$table$[[\backslash$table$[[$Month$],[1]],\backslash$table$[[$Labor$],[$Expense$]],$Sales Dollars,Productivity,$\backslash$table$[[$Monthly$],[$Change$]]],[$$$,19,380,$$$,20,690],[2,$$$,24,960,$$$,22,500,,],[3,$$$,19,992,$$$,29,380,,],[4,$$$,13,794,$$$,19,160,,],[5,$$$,14,526,$$$,22,280,,],[6,$$$,21,192,$$$,22,120,,]]$

activities or costs. The concept of productivity can be applied in a variety of settings, wherever there are inputs and outputs. For

example, consider LandscapeCity, a landscape design company that specializes in small landscape projects for people living in cities.

Amanda Caldwell, the assistant manager, is in the process of trying to determine if productivity has been improving since she was

hired $6$ months ago. Because it is a design firm, labor is the only significant expense, but Amanda is unsure if the number of projects or

the dollar of sales volume should be used when computing productivity. She has collected these data for sales and labor expenses for

the past $6$ months:

Required:

Calculate the productivity for each month and the change in productivity from month to month using number of projects as the

measure of output.

Calculate the productivity for each month and the change in productivity from month to month using sales dollars as the measure of

output.

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