Question

As operations manager, you are concerned about being able to meet sales requirements in the coming months. You have just been given the following production report: JAN FEB MAR APR Units produced 2,100 1,600 2,600 2,800 Hours per machine 297 178 371 299 Number of machines 2 4 3 3Find the average monthly productivity (units per hour).

Answer 1

Answer:

January    3.54

February  2.24

March       2.33

April          3. 12

Explanation:

$\frac{Production}{machine \times hours \: per \: machine}$

We should calcualte the total machine hours:

hours per machine x machine used and then we divide the production of the month by this amount The result is how many units of output we generate per machine hours.

January

2,100 / (297 x 2) = 3.54

February

1,600 / (178 x 4) = 2.24

March

2,600 / (371 x 3) = 2.33

April

2,800 / (299 x 3) = 3.12