A Manufacturing Process Requires 60 Minutes of Labor to Make

question 18

Multiple Choice

A manufacturing process requires 60 minutes of labor to make 20 units of production. How can productivity be increased?

• A) Increase labor time per 20 units of production.
• B) Increase labor time per 60 units of production.
• C) Increase number of units produced per 60 minutes of labor.
• D) Decrease number of units produced per 60 minutes of labor.
• The details of weekly outputs and inputs for a hotel cleaning process are as follows: Output is 400 units, with a standard room rate of $150 per unit. For the week, total labor costs are: 10 workers at 40 hours for the week, paid $20 per hour. Total material costs for the 400 units are $2,000. Weekly overhead is charged at the rate of 1.5 times the labor costs.

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