Question

Looking for cost savings in administrative areas, the vice-president for human resources at McMahon Corporation asked his assistant to collect data on the employee cafeterias in the four McMahon locations around the country. After two days, the assistant returned with the following data for the previous year: Mobile Pecos Spokane Lansing Labor-hours 35,100 58,900 24,900 5.750 Meals served 115,000 222,000 79,000 13,400 Required: a. Compute the partial productivity measures for labor for the four locations. (Round your answers 15 3 decimal places.) Location Partial Labor Productivity Mobile Pecos Spokane Lansing

Answer 1

Answer:

Location	Partial Labor Productivity
Mobile	3.276
Pecos	3.769
Spokane	3.173
Lansing	2.330

Calculations:

Partial productivity = Output ÷ Input

	Mobile	Pecos	Spokane	Lansing
Meals served	115,000	222,000	79,000	13,400
÷ Labor hours	35,100	58,900	24,900	5,750
= Partial productivity	3.276	3.769	3.173	2.330