Practical Operations Management
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781939297136
Author: Simpson
Publisher: HERCHER PUBLISHING,INCORPORATED
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Chapter 2, Problem 19P
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Interpretation: Given the data related to the produce of two different crew workers, find out the crew that is higher productive.
Concept Introduction: While one crew of 6 workers worked for 8 hours to pave 25 miles two lane road, another crew of 4 workers worked for 15 hours to pave 15 mile four lane road.
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A 2-man crew made 180 widgets in 10 hours, while a 3-man crew made 120 widgets in 4 hours, and a 5-man crew made 110 widgets in 2 hours. What is each crew’s productivity as measured by widgets per man-hour? Which crew is the most productive?
Problem 1:
A company that processes fruits and vegetables is able to produce 400 cases of canned peaches
in one and half hour with four workers. Each worker is paid 2 Rials per hour. What is labor
productivity in terms of cases/hour, cases/rial?
A manufacturing company produced first unit in 15:00 hours and dollar 2,50,000 worth of material, equipment usage, and supplies. The second unit took 13 hours and used dollar two lakh worth of materials, equipment usage and supplies. Labour is dollar 15 per hour.
Determine the total production cost for additional 10 units after the second unit was completed round the final amount to nearest integer
Chapter 2 Solutions
Practical Operations Management
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