1)In a subassembly production line, 16 operators are producing 1,900 products in two shifts (eight hours per shift). What is the labour productivity for this production line? There is a plan to install an automated tool for each station which will increase the production to 2,300 in two shifts.

a. What will be the labour productivity after installing the new automated tool? (Round the final answer to 3 decimal places.)

Labour Productivity after installing new tool units/hrs

b. Calculate the labour productivity growth.

Growth in labour productivity %

2)The following table shows the output of the past four weeks' production:

a. Assume a total of 40 hours of work a week. Calculate the labour productivity per hour for each week.

Week	Output (units)	Workers	Material (kg)	Labour Productivity per hour
1	369	6	45
2	332	5	42
3	346	5	43
4	308	4	42

b. Calculate the multi-factor productivity measure for each week below. Assume 40 hours of work a week and an hourly wage rate of $14. Overhead is 1.5 times weekly labour cost. Material cost is $5 per kilogram. Selling price is $152 per unit.What do the productivity figures suggest? (Round the final answers to 2 decimal places.)

Week	MFP
1	$ per $ input
2	$ per $ input
3	$ per $ input
4	$ per $ input

Multifactor productivity is dropping rising or steadily?

3)A company produced 310 standard bookcases last week using eight workers, and 245 standard bookcases this week using six workers. In which period was labour productivity higher? Productivity was higher ............................... last week or this week?