Question: PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUICK 0 George Kyparisis makes bowling balls in his Miami plant. With recent increases in his costs, he has a newfound interest

PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUICK
PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUICK 0 George Kyparisis makes
PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUICK 0 George Kyparisis makes
0 George Kyparisis makes bowling balls in his Miami plant. With recent increases in his costs, he has a newfound interest in officiency. George is interested in determining the productivity of his organization. He would like to know if his 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: Last Year Now Cost Per Input Unit 1,000 275 Units Produced Labor (hours) Resin (pounds) Capital Invested (S) Energy (BTU) 1,000 300 48 10,000 3,000 43 $10 per hour $6 per pound 2% per month $0.60 per BTU 11,000 2,850 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 = % (enter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal places) Enter your answer in the answer box Charles Lackey operates a bakery in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Because of its excellent product and excellent location, demand has increased by 45% in the last year. On far too many occasions, customers have not been able to purchase the bread of their choice. Because of the size of the store, no new ovens can be added. At a staff meeting, one employee suggested ways to load the ovens differently so that more loaves of bread can be baked at one time. This new process will require that the ovens be loaded by hand, requiring additional manpower. This is the only production change that will be made in order to meet the increased demand. The bakery currently makes 1.600 loaves per month. Employees are paid $8 per hour. In addition to the labor cost, Charles also has a constant utility cost per month of $800 and a per loal ingredient cost of $0.50 Current multifactor productivity for 640 work hours per month = loaves/doltar (round your response to three decimal places). After increasing the number of work hours to 928 per month, the multifactor productivity - loaves/dollar (round your response to three decimal places). The percentage increase in productivity - Il enter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal places) thl Enter your answer in each of answer boxes

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