A Standard Work Year Is 2,080 Hours at the Luther

question 36

Multiple Choice

A standard work year is 2,080 hours at the Luther Mill and it takes about 2 hours to fill a customer order. The manager at the mill is always concerned about employee idle time, so he aims for a capacity cushion of two percent. Last year saw 15,000 customer orders at the mill and the manager has a new Mercedes in mind as a company car, so he hopes that there is an increase of 10% in customer orders for next year. How many workers will the manager need to have at the mill next year?

• A) 10
• B) 13
• C) 16
• D) 19

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