AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY-BANGLADESH

Faculty of Business Administration

Department of Operations Management

Assignment # 1

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

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1. The manager of a crew installs floor tiles has tracked the crews output over the past several weeks,
obtaining the figures, shown is table below. Compute the productivity for each of the weeks, showing
you work below. On the basis of your calculations, what can you conclude about size and productivity?
2.

Week
(40 Hrs)

Crew
Size

Square feet
Installed

1st

960

2nd

702

3rd

968

4th

500

5th

696

6th

500

Productivity
(sft/hr)

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multifactor productivity measure for each of the weeks shown. Standard price is $140 per units. Weekly
wages is $480 and material cost is $6 per pound. Show one calculation only, below.
Week

Output
(units)

Workers
(number)

Material
(pounds)

1st

300

45

2nd

350

46

3rd

325

46

4th

360

48

Output
(dollar)

Input
(dollar)

Productivity

1st Week:

ASSIGNMENT

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