The Assembly Department of KEIA employs three direct laborers and two supervisory personnel. For the past several months, the employees have been assembling desks from pieces prepared in the Cutting Department. Three desks are expected to be produced for every labor hour incurred in the department. The hours worked in April, May, and June appear below.
Actual production of desks for April was 2,501; May, 2,532; and June, 2,601.
a. Calculate the number of desks expected to be produced each month.
b. By what percentage did production fall short of expectations each month?
c. Comment on your calculations, and recommend what actions should be taken by the plant manager.
Definitions:
Functional Groups
Specific groups of atoms within molecules that are responsible for the characteristic chemical reactions of those molecules.
Carboxylic Acid
Organic compounds containing a carboxyl group (-COOH), which acts as an acidic functional group.
Aldehyde
Organic compounds characterized by the presence of a carbonyl group (C=O) with at least one hydrogen atom attached to the carbon.
Ketone
A class of organic compounds characterized by a carbonyl group (C=O) bonded to two carbon atoms.
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