A Standard Work Year Is 2,000 Hours at the Luther

question 112

Multiple Choice

A standard work year is 2,000 hours at the Luther Mill and it takes about an hour and a half to fill a customer order. Last year saw 15,000 customer orders at the mill and the manager has a new John Deere in mind as a company car, so he hopes that there is an increase of 15% in customer orders for next year. If the manager hires fourteen workers, what is the capacity cushion?

• A) 7.6%
• B) 8.2%
• C) 6.9%
• D) 8.8%

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