Setup Time for a Product Is 14 Hours

question 91

Multiple Choice

Setup time for a product is 14 hours. A firm that uses JIT and produces the same product has reduced setup time by 2 hours. Setup labor is $35 per hour. If the company wants to reduce non-value-added costs by 40 percent next year, the currently attainable standard for setup time would be

• A) 6.8 hours.
• B) 9.2 hours.
• C) 8.6 hours.
• D) 9.6 hours.

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Definitions:

Price Elastic

An indicator of the responsiveness of the demand for a product to fluctuations in its price.

Substitutable

Describes goods or services that can serve as replacements for each other, fulfilling similar needs or desires for consumers.

Unit-elastic

Unit-elastic refers to a situation in which the percentage change in quantity demanded or supplied is equal to the percentage change in price.

Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded or supplied of a good changes in response to a change in price.