Question

Ruggles Circuit Company manufactures circuit boards for other firms. Management is attempting to search for ways to reduce manufacturing labor costs and has received a proposal from a consulting company to rearrange the production floor next year. Using the information below regarding current operations and the new proposal, which of the following decisions should management accept? Currently ProposedRequired machine operators 5 4.5Materials-handling workers 1.25 1.25Employee average pay $8 per hour $9 per hourHours worked per employee 2,100 2,000A) Do not change the production floor.B) Rearrange the production floor.C) Either, because it makes no difference to the employees.D) It doesn't matter because the costs incurred will remain the same.

Answer 1

Answer:

B) Rearrange the production floor.

Explanation:

First step is to calculate the manufacturing labor costs for the Current operations and new proposal

Calculation for the manufacturing labor costs for the Current operations

Current operations manufacturing labor costs =5 workers * 2,100 hours * $8.00

Current operations manufacturing labor costs = $84,000

Calculation for the manufacturing labor costs for the new proposal

New Proposal manufacturing labor costs=4.5 workers *2,000 hours * $9.00

New Proposal manufacturing labor costs = $81,000

Based on the above calculation the decisions that the management should accept is to REARRANGE THE PRODUCTION FLOOR if they want to reduce the company manufacturing labor costs reason been that the manufacturing LABOR COSTS for the current operations is $84,000 which means it is higher than the manufacturing LABOR COST for the new proposal which is $81,000

Therefore the management should REARRANGE THE PRODUCTION FLOOR because with the new proposal manufacturing labor costs will reduce.