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Chapter 1 Internet Homework Problems

This document contains two homework problems from an Internet chapter on productivity. The first problem asks to calculate multifactor productivity for a small business based on provided data on production, labor hours, capital investment, and energy usage from last year versus this year. The second problem asks to analyze Boeing's operations strategy - whether it is multinational, global, or transnational - based on its operations profiled in the textbook.

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Chapter 1 Internet Homework Problems

This document contains two homework problems from an Internet chapter on productivity. The first problem asks to calculate multifactor productivity for a small business based on provided data on production, labor hours, capital investment, and energy usage from last year versus this year. The second problem asks to analyze Boeing's operations strategy - whether it is multinational, global, or transnational - based on its operations profiled in the textbook.

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Chapter 1 Internet Homework Problems

1.16 As part of a study for the Department of Labor Statistics, you are assigned the task of evaluating the
improvement in productivity of small businesses. Data for one of the small businesses you are to evaluate is
shown below. The data are the monthly average of last year and the monthly average this year. Determine
the multifactor productivity using the following costs:

• labor $8 per hour;


• capital .83% per month of investment;
• energy $.60 per BTU.

Average Month
Last Year This Year
Production (dozen) 1,500 1,500
Labor (hours) 350 325
Capital investment ($) 15,000 18,000
Energy (BTU) 3,000 2,750

1.17 Boeing is discussed in the Global Company Profile of Chapter 2. Does Boeing practice a
multinational operations strategy, a global operations strategy, or a transnational operations strategy?
Support your choice with specific references to Boeing’s operations and the textbook’s characteristics of
each type of organization.

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