. A US Company has two manufacturing plants, one in the United States and one in

another country. Both produce the same item, each for sale in their respective countries.

However, their productivity figures are different. The analysts thinks this is because the

US plant uses more automated equipment for processing while the other plant uses a

higher percentage of labor. Explain how that factor can cause productivity figures to be

misleading. Is there another way to compare the two plants that would be more

meaningful?