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OPS 360 Operations Management Homework Assignment #1 Professor Scott Roberts Name: ___________________________________ W _______________________________________ Show your final answers in the boxes provided Show your work on these sheets; if your use a separate sheet or Excel, label with the question number and staple to this assignment. PRODUCTIVITY 1. The Cool-Tech Company produces various types of fans. In May, the company produced 1,728 window fans at a standard price of $40.00. The company has 12 direct labor employees. During May, window fans were produced on 9 working days (of 8 hours each), and other products were produced on other days. Determine the labor productivity of the window fans. Answer 1 (10 points) 2. The Cool-Tech Company (see Problem 1) also produces desk fans at a standard price of $25.00. During May, 1,872 desk fans were produced on 11 working days (of 8 hours each). On one day, two employees called in sick. Determine the labor productivity of the desk fans. Answer 2 (10 points) Page 1 of 4 OPS 360 Operations Management Homework Assignment #1 Professor Scott Roberts 3. Here is additional information about the Cool-Tech Company (see P1 & P2). There were 20 working days in May, during which the compensation for a Cool-Tech direct labor employee (including wages and fringe benefits) amounted to $21.00 per hour. The direct material cost of window fans is $7.00 each; the direct material cost of desk fans is $5.00 each. The annual overhead expense incurred in operating the factory is $600 per working day. a. Determine the multi-factor productivity of the Cool-Tech Company in May. Answer 3a (10 points) b. State your interpretation of the multi-factor productivity answer you determined in problem 3a? (10 points) OPS 360 Operations Management Homework Assignment #1 Professor Scott Roberts FORECASTING 4. Use

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