Exercise 15.14 (Algorithmic) Interperiod Measurement of Productivity Profiles

Helena Company needs to increase its profits and so has embarked on a program to increase its overall productivity. After one year of operation, Kent Olson, manager of the Columbus plant, reported the following results for the base period and its most recent year of operations:

	2014	2015
Output	185,200	217,400
Power (quantity used)	23,150	11,200
Materials (quantity used)	46,300	48,400

Required:

Compute the productivity profiles for each year. If required, round your answers to two decimal places.

	2014	2015
Power
Materials

Did productivity improve?

Explain why or why not.