Broha Company Manufactured 1,500 Units of Its Only Product During

question 63

Multiple Choice

Broha Company manufactured 1,500 units of its only product during 2019. The inputs for this production are as follows:
450 pounds of Material A at a cost of $1.50 per pound
300 pounds of Material H at a cost of $2.75 per pound
300 direct labor hours at $20 per hour

The firm manufactured 1,800 units of the same product in 2018 with the following inputs:
500 pounds of Material A at a cost of $1.20 per pound
360 pounds of Material H at a cost of $2.50 per pound
400 direct labor hours at $18 per hour

Round all calculations to 2 significant digits.

In 2018, the partial financial productivity of direct labor is:

• A) 0.22.
• B) 0.25.
• C) 4.00.
• D) 4.50.
• E) 5.00.

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Definitions:

Bottleneck

A stage in a process that reduces the overall capacity because it runs at the slowest speed.

Contribution Margin

The excess of sales over variable costs.

Bottleneck Hour

Bottleneck Hour refers to the specific time period during which the flow of operations or processes is significantly slowed down due to limitations in capacity.

Bottleneck

A stage in a process that reduces the efficiency of the overall system due to limited capacity or resource.