Carbondale Casting produces cast bronze valves on a 12-person assembly line. On a recent day, 180 valves were produced during an 8-hour shift. a) Labor productivity of the line = valves/labor hour (round your response to two decimal places). b) John Goodale, the manager at Carbondale, changed the layout and was able to increase production to 220 units per 8-hour shift. The new labor productivity = valves/labor hour (round your response to two decimal places). c) The percentage of productivity increase = % (round your response to one decimal place).
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Part 1
Carbondale Casting produces cast bronze valves on a
12-person assembly line. On a recent day,
180 valves were produced during
an
8-hour shift.
Part 2
a) Labor productivity of the line =
enter your response here
valves/labor hour (round your response to two decimal places).
Part 3
b) John Goodale, the manager at Carbondale, changed the layout and was able to increase production to
220 units per
8-hour shift. The new labor productivity
=
enter your response here
valves/labor hour (round your response to two decimal places).
Part 4
c) The percentage of productivity increase
=
enter your response here
% (round your response to one decimal place).
![Carbondale Casting produces cast bronze valves on a 12-person assembly line. On a recent day, 180
valves were produced during an 8-hour shift.
a) Labor productivity of the line = valves/labor hour (round your response to two decimal places).
b) John Goodale, the manager at Carbondale, changed the layout and was able to increase production to
220 units per 8-hour shift. The new labor productivity = valves/labor hour (round your response to two
decimal places).
c) The percentage of productivity increase = % (round your response to one decimal place).](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F135ae681-a644-4164-9b10-2ae2e87534da%2Ff1932036-c4d0-44bd-a0bd-83a05732f570%2Fli42ugi_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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