1. Evaluate staff productivity levels and determine the feasibility of an alternative business operation plan. Assignment Directions: Currently, staff members who travel begin and end their workday at the Middleboro office. They arrive in the morning by 8:00 a.m. and get their assignments with the needed records and supplies (approximately 30 minutes), then travel to their assigned homes (approximately 20-minute average travel time), and then return to the office to file their reports (approximately 40 minutes with travel time). For $165,000 we can establish a secure information system link so that staff can file reports from home and need not return to the office at the end of each day. This same system can then inform the staff of their assignments for the next day. Under this approach staff members are authorized to carry a one-week supply inventory in their car subject to audit and supervisory approval. The nursing staff currently has 18 FTE's and salary costs average $27 per hour. Benefits and taxes account for approximately 35% of wages. Answer the following questions: 1. Using the information provided, calculate the approximate annual cost in lost productivity to the organization related to travel costs for report filing from the office. 2. What other costs should be considered other than direct labor hours? 3. Based upon the alternative solution being proposed, would you recommend the purchase of a secure information system link? Justify your recommendations. 4. Would the purchase of this system require modification of the staffing budget for 2019? 1. Evaluate staff productivity levels and determine the feasibility of an alternative business operation plan. Assignment Directions: Currently, staff members who travel begin and end their workday at the Middleboro office. They arrive in the morning by 8:00 a.m. and get their assignments with the needed records and supplies (approximately 30 minutes), then travel to their assigned homes (approximately 20-minute average travel time), and then return to the office to file their reports (approximately 40 minutes with travel time). For $165,000 we can establish a secure information system link so that staff can file reports from home and need not return to the office at the end of each day. This same system can then inform the staff of their assignments for the next day. Under this approach staff members are authorized to carry a one-week supply inventory in their car subject to audit and supervisory approval. The nursing staff currently has 18 FTE's and salary costs average $27 per hour. Benefits and taxes account for approximately 35% of wages. Answer the following questions: 1. Using the information provided, calculate the approximate annual cost in lost productivity to the organization related to travel costs for report filing from the office. 2. What other costs should be considered other than direct labor hours? 3. Based upon the alternative solution being proposed, would you recommend the purchase of a secure information system link? Justify your recommendations. 4. Would the purchase of this system require modification of the staffing budget for 2019
