Reference no: EM132210239
CoreTech, Inc. has the following data for the first two quarters of year 2018: Quarter 1, 2018 Quarter 2, 2018 Output: Sales 300,000 units sold at $12 per unit 375,000 units sold at $12 per unit Inputs: Labor 6,000 labor-hours at $15 per labor-hour 5,500 labor-hours at $15 per labor-hour Machine 5,000 machine-hours at $25 per machine-hour 6,000 machine-hours at $25 per machine-hour Raw Materials 3,500 pounds at $5 per pound 4,000 pounds at $5 per pound Energy 7,000 kWhs at $0.75 per kWh 7,500 kWhs at $0.75 per kWh Other Costs $3,000 $2,500 P
a. Calculate the labor productivities (expressed in units sold per labor-hour) in quarters 1 and 2. What is the percentage change in labor productivity from quarter 1 to quarter 2?
b. Calculate the machine productivities (expressed in units sold per dollar invested in machine) in quarters 1 and 2. What is the percentage change in machine productivity from quarter 1 to quarter 2?
c. Calculate the material productivities (expressed in sales dollars earned per dollar invested in raw materials) in quarters 1 and 2. What is the percentage change in material productivity from quarter 1 to quarter 2?
d. Calculate the energy productivities (expressed in sales dollars earned per kWh of energy) in quarters 1 and 2. What is the percentage change in energy productivity from quarter 1 to quarter 2?
e. Calculate the labor-material productivities (expressed in sales dollars earned per dollar invested in labor and raw materials) in quarters 1 and 2. What is the percentage change in labor-material productivity from quarter 1 to quarter 2?
f. Calculate the machine-energy productivities (expressed in units sold per dollar invested in machine and energy) in quarters 1 and 2. What is the percentage change in machine-energy productivity from quarter 1 to quarter 2?
g. Calculate the labor-machine-material productivities (expressed in units sold per dollar invested in labor, machine, and raw materials) in quarters 1 and 2. What is the percentage change in labor-machine-material productivity from quarter 1 to quarter 2?
h. Calculate the total factor productivities (expressed in sales dollars earned per total dollar invested in labor, machine, raw materials, energy, and other costs) in quarters 1 and 2. What is the percentage change in total factor productivity from quarter 1 to quarter 2?