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Labor productivity ratio

Input Output

Week Work Crew # of Workers Total Hours Shirts Shirts/Hour

1 Sud & Dud 2 24 68 2.83
2 Sud & Jud 2 46 130 2.83
3 Sud, Dud & Jud 3 62 152 2.45
4 Sud, Dud & Jud 3 51 125 2.45
5 Dud & Jud 2 45 131 2.91
 Labor
productivity = Output
Input
 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
Units Produced 1,124 1,310 1,092 981
Labor ($) 12,735 14,842 10,603 9,526
Materials ($) 21,041 24,523 20,442 18,364
Overhead ($) 8,992 10,480 8,736 7,848
Value Per Unit $100 $100 $100 $100
Total Value (Output) (1) 112,400 131,000 109,200 98,100
Total Value (Input) (2) 42,768 49,845 39,781 35,738
Multifactor Productivity (3) 2.628 2.628 2.745 2.745
Cost of Labor Per Unit $50 $50 $50 $50
Labor (hrs) 254.70 296.84 212.06 190.52
Labor Productivity (Units/Hr)
(3) 4.41 4.41 5.15 5.15

(1)
(2)

(3)

Improveme
Week 1 Week 4
nt (4)
Multifactor Productivity 2.63 2.75 4.45%
Labor Productivity (Units/Hr) 4.41 5.15 16.68%

(4)

(4)
Total Value (Output) = Units Produced * Value Per Unit

Total Value (Input) = Labor + Materials + Overhead

Productivity = Output

Input
Improvement = Last Period - First Period * 100
First Period

Comparison = Higher value - Lower value * 100

Lower value
 Process Alpha Process Beta
A B Total A B Total
Units Produced 50 60 30 80
Value Per Unit $175 $140 $175 $140
Total Value (Output) 8,750 8,400 17,150 5,250 11,200 16,450
Labor ($) 1,200 1,400 2,600 1,000 2,000 3,000
Materials ($) 2,500 3,000 5,500 1,400 3,500 4,900
Overhead ($) 6,000 6,000 5,000 5,000
Total Value (Input) 14,100 12,900
Multifactor Productivity 1.216 1.275
Labor Productivity (Units/Hr) 6.596 5.483

11.20%
Productivity of a process = Output (Total value of output A & B)
Input (Total Input of A & B)
 Process Process
Comparison (4)
Alpha Beta
Multifactor Productivity 1.216 1.275 4.84%

Process Process
Comparison (4)
Beta Alpha
Labor Productivity (Units/Hr) 5.483 6.596 20.29%