Variation on Midterm

Phil's coffee has numerous production facilities around the globe. Average monthly cost data and output levels are indicated the Table below. Overhead and Labor productivity $($single$/$partial measure$)$ and Total productivity $($multifactor productivity$)$ of each facility are already calculated.

Phil's coffee has brought in a lean six sigma expert $($which you will learn about in Ch$16$ later in the semester$)$ and that expert is going to focus on improving labor productivity.

Given their focus, which plant should the lean six sigma start with to review labor productivity?

$\backslash$table$[[$Units $(000$s$),$Cincinnati,Frankfurt,Beljing,Guadalajara$],[$Finished goods,$10\mathrm{.}000,12\mathrm{.}000,5\mathrm{.}000,8\mathrm{.}000],[$Work$-$in$-$process,$1\mathrm{.}000,2\mathrm{.}200,3,000,6,000],[$Costs $(000$s$),,,,],[$Labor costs,$3\mathrm{.}500,4\mathrm{.}200,2\mathrm{.}500,800],[$Material costs,$3\mathrm{.}500,3\mathrm{.}000,2\mathrm{.}000,2\mathrm{.}500],[$Energy costs,$1\mathrm{.}000,1\mathrm{.}500,1\mathrm{.}200,800],[$Transportation$,250,2\mathrm{.}500,2\mathrm{.}000,5\mathrm{.}000],[$costs$,1\mathrm{.}200,3\mathrm{.}000,2\mathrm{.}500,500],[$Overhead costs,,,,$]]$

Frankfurt

Guadalajara

Not enough information provided to answer the question Beijing

Cinncinati