Operations management
Art and Sandy Binley make apple crates for resale to local growers. They and their three employees invest 50 hours per day making 150 creates.
a) What is their productivity?
b) They have discussed reassigning work so the flow through the shop is smoother.
If they are correct and can do the necessary training, they think they can increase crate production to 155 per day. What would be their new productivity?
c) What would be their increase in productivity?
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