Chuck Sox makes wooden boxes in which to ship motorcycles. Chuck and his three employees invest a total of 40 hours per day making the 400 boxes. a) Their productivity = boxes/hour (round your response to two decimal places). Chuck and his employees have discussed redesigning the process to improve efficiency. Suppose they can increase the rate to 500 boxes per day. b) Their new productivity = boxes/hour (round your response to two decimal places). c) The unit increase in productivity is boxes/hour (round your response to two decimal places). % (enter your response as a percentage rounded to two d) The percentage increase in productivity is decimal places).

Chuck Sox makes wooden boxes in which to ship motorcycles. Chuck and his three employees invest a total of 40 hours per day making the 400 boxes. a) Their productivity = boxes/hour (round your response to two decimal places). Chuck and his employees have discussed redesigning the process to improve efficiency. Suppose they can increase the rate to 500 boxes per day. b) Their new productivity = boxes/hour (round your response to two decimal places). c) The unit increase in productivity is boxes/hour (round your response to two decimal places). % (enter your response as a percentage rounded to two d) The percentage increase in productivity is decimal places).

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