The manager of a crew that installs carpeting has tracked th

The manager of a crew that installs carpeting has tracked the crew’s output over the past several weeks, obtaining these figures:

    
a. Compute the labor productivity for each of the weeks. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

b. Which crew size works best?

A crew of     seems to work best.

Compute the multifactor productivity measure for each of the weeks shown for production of chocolate bars. Assume 40-hour weeks and an hourly wage of $16. Overhead is 1.5 times weekly labor cost. Material cost is $9 per pound. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Timely Transport provides local delivery service for a number of downtown and suburban businesses. Delivery charges are based on distance and weight involved for each delivery: 35 cents per pound and 30 cents per mile. Also, there is a $40 handling fee per parcel.

a. Develop an expression that summarizes delivery charges. (Enter your answers as dollar amounts to 2 decimal places (x1 = weight, x2 = distance). Omit the \"$\" sign in your response.)

y = $  x₁ + $  x₂ + $   

b. Determine the delivery charge for transporting a 50-pound parcel 30 miles. (Do not round your intermediate calculation. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the \"$\" sign in your response.)

y = $

Solution

Answer:-  A crew of 2 seems to work best. As it has the productivity of 51%

Answer:-

Worker Cost= 16*40* number of workers

Overhead cost - Worker cost *1.5

MFP=output (units)/(labor+materials+overhead)