Operations Management
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ISBN: 9780135173626
Author: HEIZER, Jay, RENDER, Barry, Munson, Chuck
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Chapter 1, Problem 9P
Brown’s, a local bakery, is worried about increased costs—particularly energy. Last year’s records can provide a fairly good estimate of the parameters for this year. Wende Brown, the owner, does not believe things have changed much, but she did invest an additional $3,000 for modifications to the bakery’s ovens to make them more energy efficient. The modifications were supposed to make the ovens at least 15% more efficient. Brown has asked you to check the energy savings of the new ovens and also to look over other measures of the bakery’s productivity to see if the modifications were beneficial. You have the following data to work with:
| LAST YEAR | NOW | |
| Production (dozen) | 1,500 | 1,500 |
| Labor (hours) | 350 | 325 |
| Capital investment ($) | 15,000 | 18,000 |
| Energy (BTU) | 3,000 | 2,750 |
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Brown's, a local bakery, is worried about increased costs particularly energy. Last year's records can provide a fairly good estimate of the parameters for this year. Wende Brown, the owner, does not believe things have changed much, but she did invest an additional $2,500 for modifications to the bakery's ovens to make them more energy efficient. The modifications were supposed to make the ovens at least 20% more efficient. Brown has asked you to check the energy savings of the new ovens and also to look over other measures of the bakery's productivity to see if the modifications were beneficial. You have the following data to work with:
Last Year
Now
Production (dozen)
1,600
1,600
Labor (hours)
350
320
Capital Investment ($)
15,000
17,500
Energy (BTU)
3,200
2,800
Energy productivity increase = (enter your response as a…
Brown's, a local bakery, is worried about increased costs particularly energy. Last year's records can provide a fairly good estimate of the parameters for this year. Wende Brown, the owner, does not believe things have changed much, but she did invest an additional $2,500 for modifications to the bakery's ovens to make them more energy efficient. The modifications were supposed to make the ovens at least 15% more efficient. Brown has asked you to check the energy savings of the new ovens and also to look over other measures of the bakery's productivity to see if the modifications were beneficial. You have the following data to work with:
Last Year
Now
Production (dozen)
1,600
1,600
Labor (hours)
340
320
Capital Investment ($)
15,000
17,500
Energy (BTU)
3,000
2,800
Energy productivity increase =____ (enter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal places and include a minus sign if necessary).
Capital productivity increase = ____(enter your…
Brown's, a local bakery, is worried about increased costs particularly energy. Last year's records can provide a fairly good estimate of the parameters for this year.
Wende Brown, the owner, does not believe things have changed much, but she did invest an additional $2,500 for modifications to the bakery's ovens to make them
more energy efficient. The modifications were supposed to make the ovens at least 15% more efficient. Brown has asked you to check the energy savings of the new
ovens and also to look over other measures of the bakery's productivity to see if the modifications were beneficial. You have the following data to work with:
Last Year
1,500
350
15,000
3,000
Production (dozen)
Labor (hours)
Capital Investment ($)
Energy (BTU)
Energy productivity increase = 9.1 % (enter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal places and include a minus sign if necessary).
14.30 % (enter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal places and include a minus sign if…
Chapter 1 Solutions
Operations Management
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