Question

The manager of a crew that installs carpeting has tracked the crew’s output over the past several weeks, obtaining these figures:


Week Crew Size Yards Installed
1 4 97
2 3 71
3 4 98
4 2 54
5 3 63
6 2 52


a. Compute the labor productivity for each of the weeks. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)


Week Crew size Labor productivity
(Yards/Person)
1 4
2 3
3 4
4 2
5 3
6 2



b. Which crew size works best?

Answer 1

Answer:

a. Labor productivity is calculated as: Labor productivity = Total Yards Installed / Total Crew Size

Hence, the labor productivity for each week is;

Week 1 = 97 / 4 = 24.25

Week 2 = 71 / 3 = 23.67

Week 3 = 98 / 4 = 24.5

Week 4 = 54 / 2 = 27

Week 5 = 63 / 3 = 21

Week 6 = 52 / 2 = 26

b. A crew of size 2 works the best as they generate the highest labor productivity of 27. The crew with highest number generate a labor productivity of 24.5