1. This year, Benson, Inc. will produce 57,600 hot water heaters at its plant in Yulee, Florida in order to meet expected global demand. To accomplish this, each laborer at the Yulee plant will work 160 hours per month. If the labor productivity at the plant is 0.15 hot water heaters per labor-hour, how many laborers are employed at the plant? 2. Charles Lackey operates a bakery in Idaho falls, Idaho. Berlause of its excellent product and excellent location, demand has increased by 25% in the last year. On far too many occasions, customers have not been able to purchase the bread of their choice. Because of the size of the store, no new ovens can be added. At a staff meeting, one employee suggested ways to load the ovens differently so that more loaves of bread can be baked at one time. This new process will require that the ovens be loaded by hand, requiring additional manpower. This is the only thing to be changed. If the bakery makes 1,500 loaves per month with a labor productivity of 2,344 loaves per labor-hour, how many workers will Lackey need to add? (Hint: Each worker works 160 hours per month.)/ 3. Refer to problem 1.13. The pay will be $8 per hour for employees. Charles Lackey can also improve the yield by purchasing a new blender. The new blender will mean an increase in his investment. This added investment has a cost of $100 per month, but he will achieve the same output (an increase to 1875) as the change in labor-hours. Which is the better decision? a. Show the productivity change, in loaves per dollar, with an increase in labor cost (from 640 to 800 hours.) b. Show the new productivity, in loaves per dollar, with only an increase in investment (\$100 per month more.) c. Show the percent productivity change for labor and investment. A company has asked you to evaluate the firm's productivity by comparing this year's performance with last year's. The following data are available: (a) Has the company improyed its productivity during the past year in all the three categories? Explain your results in percentage terms. (b) Which category shows the greatest increase and which shows the least? 5. The CEO has asked you to evaluate the firm's productivity by comparing performance month from last year and equivalent month this year. The following data are availab The CEO determines his costs to be as follows: Labor $20 per hour Utilities $1.50 per BTU Capital 5% per month of investment. Show the productivity change, for one month last year versus one month this year, on a multifactor basis