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Profile Productivity Measurement Objective
In 20x2, Choctaw Company implements a new process affecting labor and materials. The following reported data are provided to evaluate the effect on the company’s productivity:
| 20x1 | 20x2 | |
| Number of units produced | 600,000 | 480,000 |
| Labor hours used | 200,000 | 120,000 |
| Materials used (lbs.) | 857,143 | 640,000 |
Required:
1. Calculate the productivity profile for 20x1. If required, round your answers to two decimal places.
| Partial Operational Productivity Ratios | 20x1 Profile |
| Labor productivity ratio | |
| Material productivity ratio | |
2. Calculate the productivity profile for 20x2. If required, round your answers to two decimal places.
| Partial Operational Productivity Ratios | 20x2 Profile |
| Labor productivity ratio | |
| Material productivity ratio | |
3. What if the labor hours used in 20x2 were 157,500? What does comparison of the 20x1 and 20x2 profiles now communicate? If required, round your answers to two decimal places.
| Partial Operational Productivity Ratios | 20x1 Profile | 20x2 Profile |
| Labor productivity ratio | ||
| Material productivity ratio | ||
Answer
The ratio of output to an input is known as a Partial Operational Productivity Ratio.
Most important & most often used Partial Operational Productivity Ratio are Labour productivity ratio,Material productivity ratio & Capital productivity ratio
Given Data
| 20x1 | 20x2 | |
| Number of units produced | 600,000 | 480,000 |
| Labor hours used | 200,000 | 120,000 |
| Materials used (lbs.) | 857,143 | 640,000 |
1)
Productivity profile for 20x1
| Productivity Ratios | Workings | 20x1 |
| Labour Productivity Ratio | 600,000 / 200,000 | 3.00 |
| Material Productivity Ratio | 600,000 / 857,143 | 00.70 |
2)
Productivity profile for 20x2
| Productivity Ratios | Workings | 20x2 |
| Labour Productivity Ratio | 480,000 / 120,000 | 4.00 |
| Material Productivity Ratio | 480,000 / 640,000 | 00.75 |
3) if the labour hours used in 20x2 were 157,500
Productivity profile for 20x1 and 20x2
| Productivity Ratios | 20x1 | 20x2 |
| Labour Productivity Ratio | 3.00 | 3.04 |
| (600,000 / 200,000) | (480,000 / 157,500) | |
| Material Productivity Ratio | 00.70 | 00.75 |
| (600,000 / 857,143) | (480,000 / 640,000) |
Labour productivity ratio & Material productivity ratio of 20x2 is higher than 20x1