Apple and Samsung make smartwatches. Assume the following data for each company for a recent week.

1. Compute yield for the current week for both Apple and Samsung. Which company’s process manufacturing system is more efficient?
2. Compute yield for the prior week for Samsung. Did Samsung’s process manufacturing system become more efficient or less efficient for the current week?

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Apple Samsung Samsung Current week Current week Prior week Number of nondefective watches actually made .. 396,000 29,400 27,160 Number of watches that could have been made from direct materials put into production 400,000 30,000 28,000