Lake Charles Seafood makes 500 wooden packing boxes for fresh seafood per day, working in two 10-hour shifts. Due to increased demand, plant managers have decided to operate three 8-hour shifts per day instead. The plant is now able to produce 650 boxes per day. a) Before the change in work rules, the company's productivity per day = 25 boxes/hour (round your response to two decimal places). After the change, the new productivity level per day = nothing boxes/hour (round your response to two decimal places).

Question

Jakobe Davidson

Business

28 November, 18:07

Lake Charles Seafood makes 500 wooden packing boxes for fresh seafood per day, working in two 10-hour shifts. Due to increased demand, plant managers have decided to operate three 8-hour shifts per day instead. The plant is now able to produce 650 boxes per day. a) Before the change in work rules, the company's productivity per day = 25 boxes/hour (round your response to two decimal places). After the change, the new productivity level per day = nothing boxes/hour (round your response to two decimal places).

+3

Answers (1)

Know the Answer?

Stella · Answer 1

productivity level per hour = 27 boxes per hour per shift.

Explanation:

Giving the following information:

company productivity per hour:

500 boxes in 20 hours = 25 boxes per hour

The new shift will increase 8 hours a day and 150 boxes. Therefore the new productivity per hour is:

productivity level per hour = 650/24 hours = 27 boxes per hour per shift.