A catering company prepared and served 335 meals at an anniv

A catering company prepared and served 335 meals at an anniversary celebration last week using seven workers. The week before, five workers prepared and served 240 meals at a wedding reception.

Solution

Question 1

For which event the labor productivity was higher:

Event 1 Labor productivity = 335 / 7 = 47.86

Event 2 Labor productivity = 240 / 5 = 48.00

So, Labor productivity is higher for event 2 that is wedding reception.

Question 2

Reasons for higher productivity can be as follows:

1) Better standardization of processes.

2) Size of the location.

3) Faster workforce.

4) Better trained workforce.

5) Incentive plans for better productivity.