White Tiger Electronics produces CD players using an automated assembly line process. The standard cost of CD players is $148 per unit? (labor, $27; materials, $75; and overhead, $46). The sales price is $325 per unit. To achieve a 13 percent multifactor productivity improvement by reducing overhead costs only, one needs to reduce the overhead cost by percent.

White Tiger Electronics produces CD players using an automated assembly line process. The standard cost of CD players is $148 per unit? (labor, $27; materials, $75; and overhead, $46). The sales price is $325 per unit. To achieve a 13 percent multifactor productivity improvement by reducing overhead costs only, one needs to reduce the overhead cost by percent.

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