Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (12th Edition)
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Author: Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj K. Malhotra, Larry P. Ritzman
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Chapter 1, Problem 9P
The Morning Brew Coffee Shop sells Regular, Cappuccino, and Vienna blends of coffee. The shop’s current daily labor cost is $320, the equipment cost is $125, and the overhead cost is $225. Daily demands, along with selling price and material costs per beverage, are given here:
Harald Luckerbauer, the manager at Morning Brew Coffee Shop, would like to understand how adding Eiskaffee (a German coffee beverage of chilled coffee, milk, sweetener, and vanilla ice cream) will alter the shop’s productivity. His
- Calculate the change in labor and multifactor productivity if Eiskaffee is added to the menu.
- If everything else remains unchanged, how many units of Eiskaffee would have to be sold to ensure that the multifactor productivity increases from its current level?
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