QUESTION 1

1. Last week a painter painted 2 houses in 7 days. What is the productivity of the painter? Calculate your answer to 2 decimal places.

QUESTION 2

1. A company that makes kitchen chairs wants to calculate the productivity at one of its facilities. At the facility, 13 workers produced 253 chairs. What is the productivity of the facility? Calculate your answer to 2 decimal places.

QUESTION 3

1. Aztec Furnishings makes hand-crafted furniture for sale in its retail stores. The furniture maker has recently installed a new assembly process, including a new sander and polisher. With this new system, production has increased to 96 pieces of furniture per day from the previous 58 pieces of furniture per day. The number of defective items produced has dropped from 10 pieces per day to 6 per day. The production facility operates strictly eight hours per day. Evaluate the change in productivity for Aztec using the new assembly process.

Calculate your answer to 2 decimal places.

QUESTION 4

1. Med-Tech labs is a facility that provides medical tests and evaluations for patients, ranging from analyzing blood samples to performing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Average cost to patients is $63 per patient. Labor costs average $17 per patient, materials costs are $25 per patient, and overhead costs are averaged at $24 per patient.

What is the multifactor productivity ratio for Med-Tech? Calculate your answer to 2 decimal places