Question

An electronics company makes communications devices for military contracts. The company just completed two contracts. The navy contract was for 2,266 devices and took 28 workers two weeks (40 hours per week) to complete. The army contract was for 5,510 devices that were produced by 29 workers in six weeks (40 hours per week).
A. Calculate the productivity for navy and army contracts in units produced per labor hour.
B. On which contract were the workers more productive?
1.Army contract.
2. Navy contract.

Answer 1

Answer:

(A) Navy contract= 1.0

Army contract= 0.8

(B) Navy contract

Explanation:

(A) The productivity for navy can be calculated as follows

= 28 × 2× 40

= 2240

Since the navy contract was for 2266 devices then productivity is

= 2266/2240

= 1.0 labor hour

The productivity for army can be calculated as follows

= 29×6×40

= 6960

Since the army contract was for 5510 devices then productivity is

= 5510/6960

= 0.8 labor hour

(B) The workers were more productive on the navy contract