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John Moffat.
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- May 4, 2017 at 8:30 am #384809
Hello Mr.John
Im referring to a question in current edition of BPP revision kit, Question Number (49 Scenario Corrie)
sir according to my calculation Return per factory hour is (X 1600) ,(Y 2000) ,(Z 2000)
return per factory hour = throughtput / time available per unit
but, according to the answer in the book they have multiplied the output per hour(units) by throughtput to find the return per factory hour, could you please justify it. thanks
May 4, 2017 at 4:45 pm #384849For product X, the time per unit is 1/1200 hours (since they can produce 1200 units in 1 hour), which gives a return per hour of (150 – 70) /(1/1200) = $96,000
Alternatively, since they can produce 1200 units in 1 hour and each unit gives a return of $80, then the total return per hour is 1200 units x $80, which is again $96,000.
The same logic applies to the other two products.
(I don’t know how you got to $1600 for product X 🙂 )
May 4, 2017 at 4:58 pm #384852How i arrived to that figure was, i assumed an hour as 60 mins, 60/1200 = 0.05
return per factoery hour = 80/0.05 = 1600
i was trying to figure our how much time would it take to produce a unit in minutes rather than in hours. 🙂
May 4, 2017 at 5:26 pm #384868I hope that it is now clear 🙂
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