As part of a study for the Department of Labor​ Statistics, you are assigned the task of evaluating the improvement in productivity of small businesses. Data for one of the small businesses you are to evaluate is shown below. The data are the monthly average of last year and the monthly average this year.   Labor: $8 per​ hour; Capital: 0.843% per month of​ investment; Energy: $0.60 per BTU.                                                       LAST YEAR                             THIS YEAR Production​ (dozen)                         1,500                                     1,500 Labor​ (hours)                                    350                                         325 Capital investment​ ($)                     15,000                                  18,000 Energy​ (BTU)                                     3,000                                     2,700   ​a) Determine the multifactor productivity with dollars as the common denominator for last year.   The multifactor productivity with dollars as the common denominator for last year is____ dozen/$. ​(Round your response to three decimal​ places.)   ​b) Determine the multifactor productivity with dollars as the common denominator for this year.   The multifactor productivity with dollars as the common denominator for this year ____ ​dozen/$. ​(Round your response to three decimal​ places.)   ​c) Determine the percent change in productivity for the monthly average last year versus the monthly average this year on a multifactor basis.   The percent change in productivity for the monthly average is ___ ​%. ​(Round your response to one decimal​ place

This year, Druehl, Inc., will produce 57,600 hot water heaters at its plant in Delaware, in order to meet expected global demand. To accomplish this, each laborer at the plant will work 200 hours per month. If the labor productivity at the plant is 0.25 hot water heaters per labor hour, how many laborers are employed at the plant? ttempt Number of laborers employed by the plant = laborers (round your answer to the nearest whole number).

Cutie's Cruise Lines realized that they lose money every time they sail with even one empty cabin. The company VP of Operations has asked you, the company analyst, to calculate some metric to measure productivity for the last 5 sailings. Use the following data to determine your company's process yield as a percentage. Cabins Cabins Ship Available Occupied Anna 1940 2150 1860 Betty 2083 Charlie 1900 1810 Don 1930 1630 Eben 1310 1228 (Keep two decimal places in your answer) Your Answer: Answer

= Lillian Fok is president of Lakefront Manufacturing, a producer of bicycle tires. Fok makes 1,200 tires per day with the following resources: 400 hours per day @ $12.50 per hour 20,000 pounds per day @ $1.00 per pound $5,250 per day $10,250 per day a) Labor productivity per labor hour for these tires = Labor: Raw Material: Energy: Capital: tires/labor hour (round your response to two decimal places). a