Lake Charles Seafood makes 450 wooden packing boxes for fres

Lake Charles Seafood makes 450 wooden packing boxes for fresh seafood per day, working in two 10-hour shifts. Due to increased demand, plant managers have decided to operate three 8-hour shifts per day instead. The plant is now able to produce 700 boxes per day. Before the change in work rules, the company\'s productivity per day = boxes/hour (round your response to two decimal places). After the change, the new productivity level per day = boxes/hour (round your response to two decimal places). Based on the changes made, the percent increase in productivity = % (enter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal places). If production is increased to 750 boxes per day (with the three 8-hour shifts), the new productivity = boxes/hour (round your response to two decimal places).

Solution

a. 450 boxes per day/ 20 hours work (10 hours for one shift and there are 2 shifts for a day)

the output is 450/20= 22.5 boxes per one hour

new productivity= 700/24= 29 (29.16667) per one hour

b. the change in increase in the productivity= 29-22.5/22.5= 6.5/22.5= 29%

c. if the products are 750, then

= 750/24= 31.25 boxes per hour