Answer:
The capacity of the lathe department is 3200 parts/week. The workers capacity is the bottleneck.
Explanation:
In this case we have to compare the machine capacity and the worker capacity, and detecting shich one is limitating the capacity of the department.
Machine capacity
The time it takes for a machine to process a batch is
In 40-hour week, every machine can process 2 batches/week.
With 20 machines, the capacity of the department is 2*20=40 batch/week (4000 pcs/week).
Workers capacity
With 40-hour week and 5-hours setup, every worker can make (40/5)=8 setups a week.
If the department has 4 workers, the amount of setups that can be done is 4*8=32 setups/week. That means that only 32 batches can be processed per week (3200 pcs/week).
The workers resource is the limitating capacity, and therefore the capacity of the lathe department.
Answer:
Utilization.
Explanation:
The measure that captures the use of a fixed asset in serving customers relative to the asset's capacity is known as the utilization rate.
This ultimately implies that, a utilization rate measures or estimates the level of output a fixed asset produces relative or in comparison with it's capacity.
Generally, the utilization rate is usually measured in proportions and displayed in percentages so as to gather information about organizational cost structure and operational efficiency.
Answer:
- B. The former program trustee argues that the current inflation measure overcompensates seniors since it ignores the substitution effect.
- C. According to advocates for seniors, the 2020 COLA is not enough to compensate for rising healthcare costs.
- D. Elizabeth Warren has proposed using a new inflation measure that outpaces the current one used.
Explanation:
The article is, ''<em>Social Security checks to rise modestly amid push to expand benefits
'' </em>by<em> Associated Press. </em>
Blahous is a former program trustee who believes that the current inflation adjustment rate at which Social security is increasing is overcompensating seniors because it does not take into account that seniors could be switching to buying cheaper products which is the Substitution effect.
Advocates and the seniors themselves have complained that the 2020 COLA is not enough to meet their current needs especially given the rising cost of healthcare.
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders both proposed using a new measure for inflation that will adequately compensate the seniors because it outpaces the current one used.
The correct answer is 693.33333333.
A. You have already paid taxes on the money, so it will grow tax free.
