A dressmaker manufactures fashionable clothing. In a specific week, employees worked 360 hours to produce a batch of 132 garments, 52 of which were “second” (defective), which will be sold for $ 90 each in the store for factory sales. The remaining 80 garments will be sold to retail distributors at a price of $ 200 each. What is the labor productivity ratio?

A dressmaker manufactures fashionable clothing. In a specific week, employees worked 360 hours to produce a batch of 132 garments, 52 of which were “second” (defective), which will be sold for $ 90 each in the store for factory sales. The remaining 80 garments will be sold to retail distributors at a price of $ 200 each. What is the labor productivity ratio?

Practical Management Science

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Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

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Chapter4: Linear Programming Models

Section4.8: Data Envelopment Analysis (dea)

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