Question: Please answer the question! George Kyparisis makes bowling balls in his Miami plant. With recent increases in his costs, he has a newfound interest in

Please answer the question! Please answer the question! George Kyparisis
George Kyparisis makes bowling balls in his Miami plant. With recent increases in his costs, he has a newfound interest in efficiency. George is interested in determining the productivity of his organization. He would like to know the organization is maintaining the manufacturing average of a 3% increase in productivity. He has the following data representing a month from last year and an equivalent month this year Cost Per Input Unit Units Produced Labor (hours) Resin (pounds) Capital Invested (5) Energy (BTU) Last Year 1,000 280 50 10.000 2,900 Now 1,000 255 45 11,000 2.750 $12 per hour $6 per pound 2% per month $0.60 per BTU The percent change in productivity for one month last year versus one month this year on a multifactor basis with dollars as the common denominator = 9.80% enter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal places)

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