1. At syntecks, the output of a specific process is valued at $100 per unit. The cost of labor is $50 per hour including benefits. The accounting department provided the following information about the process for the past four weeks: week 1week 2week 3week 4units produced1,1241,3101,092981labor ($)12,73514,84210,6039,526materials ($)21,04124,52320,44218,364overhead ($)8,99210,4808,7367,848 a. use the multifactor productivity ratio to see whether recent process improvements had any effect and, if so when the effect was noticeableb. has labor productivity changed? use the labor productivity ratio to support your answer

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Labor $12735 $14842 $10603 $9526 Material $21041 $24523 $20442…

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1. At syntecks, the output of a specific process is valued at $100 per unit. The cost of labor is $50 per hour including benefits. The accounting department provided the following information about the process for the past four weeks:

	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