Innova Creations, Inc. has the following data for the first two quarters of year 2017: Quarter 1, 2017 Output: Sales 500,000 units sold at $10 per unit, Quarter 2, 2017 625,000 units sold at $10 per unit Inputs: Q1 Labor 11,500 labor-hours at $15 per labor-hour, Q2 11,000 labor-hours at $15 per labor-hour Q1, Machine 8,000 machine-hours at $20 per machine-hour, Q2 8,500 machine-hours at $20 per machine-hour. Q1 Raw Materials 7,500 pounds at $8 per pound, Q2 6,500 pounds at $8 per pound, Q1 Energy 25,000 kWhs at $0.75 per kWh, Q2 25,500 kWhs at $0.75 per kWh. Q1 Other Costs $5,000, Q2 $5,500
a. Calculate the labor productivities (expressed in units sold per dollar invested in labor) in quarters 1 and 2. What is the percentage change in the labor productivity from quarter 1 to quarter 2?
b. Calculate the machine productivities (expressed in units sold per machine-hour) in quarters 1 and 2. What is the percentage change in the machine productivity from quarter 1 to quarter 2?
c. Calculate the material productivities (expressed in sales dollars earned per pound of raw materials) in quarters 1 and 2. What is the percentage change in the material productivity from quarter 1 to quarter 2?
d. Calculate the energy productivities (expressed in sales dollars earned per dollar invested in energy) in quarters 1 and 2. What is the percentage change in the energy productivity from quarter 1 to quarter 2?
e. Calculate the labor-machine productivities (expressed in units sold per dollar invested in labor and machine) in quarters 1 and 2. What is the percentage change in the labor-machine productivity from quarter 1 to quarter 2?
f. Calculate the machine-material productivities (expressed in sales dollars earned per dollar invested in machine and raw materials) in quarters 1 and 2. What is the percentage change in the machine-material productivity from quarter 1 to quarter 2?
g. Calculate the labor-machine-energy productivities (expressed in sales dollars earned per dollar invested in labor, machine, and energy) in quarters 1 and 2. What is the percentage change in the labor-machine-energy productivity from quarter 1 to quarter 2?
h. Calculate the total factor productivities (expressed in units sold per total dollar invested in labor, machine, raw materials, energy, and other costs) in quarters 1 and 2. What is the percentage change in the total factor productivity from quarter 1 to quarter 2?