Productivity increases Deborah packages three flavours of d

Productivity increases - Deborah packages three flavours of diabetic fudge to sell at nursing homes to help pay for her college fees. She is currently working a total of 4 hours per day to produce 120 packages.

A) What is Deborah’s productivity?

B) Deborah redesigns the package she can work 3 hours per day, produce 140 packages, and dedicate more time to school. What will be her new productivity?

C) What % increase in productivity did Deborah accomplish?

Solution

A. Deborah’s productivity =120/4 = 30 packages per hour

B. Deborah’s productivity =140/3 = 46.67 packages per hour

C. % increase in productivity = (46.67-30)*100/30= 55.56%