Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Cunningham Performance Auto, Inc., modifies 375 autos per year

Production and Operations Management



MGT 455 Module 1: Assignment



Module 1: Topic and Objectives

Operations Management Strategy and Competitiveness



Module 1: Assignments MGT 455 Week 1 Assignment



Problems 1.11 Cunningham Performance Auto, Inc., modifies 375 autos per year. The manager, Peter Cunningham, is interested in obtaining a measure of overall performance. He has asked you to provide him with a multifactor measure of last year’s performance as a benchmark for future comparison. You have assembled the following data. Resource inputs were: labor, 10,000 hours; 500 suspension and engine modification kits; and energy, 100,000 kilowatthours. Average labor cost last year was $20 per hour, kits cost $1,000 each, and energy costs were $3 per kilowatt-hour. What do you tell Mr. Cunningham?



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