Question

WeeBee Company has three assembly labor dassifications: 5-1, S-2, and S-3. The three dassifications are paid $16, $19, and $22 per hour, respectively. The assembly activity for a product uses an S-2 employee who performs that task in 24 minutes. To reduce the activity cost per unit, a product engineer proposes using a low rated employee who can perform the assembly in 21 minutes. A manager proposes using a lower-rated employee who can perform the assembly in 30 minutes Which of the following provides the most cost-effective solution?

a. use the S-2 employee
b. use either the 5-1 or 5-3 employee
c. use the S-3 employee
d. use the S-1 employee

Answer 1

b.use the S-2 employee

Step-by-step explanation:

Calculation for the the most cost-effective solution

S-1 S-2 S-3

Time for 1 unit (in minutes) 30 24 21

Units in 1 hour 2 2.5 2.857142857

(60/30= 2)

(60/24=2.5)

(60/21=2.857142857)

Wages per hour $ 16.00 $ 19.00 $ 22.00

Wages per/ unit $ 8.00 $7.60 7.70

($ 16.00/2=$8)

($ 19.00/2.5=$ 7.60)

($ 22.00/2.857142857=$ 7.70)

Ranking

S-1 $ 8.00 III

S-2. $7.60 I

S-3 7.70 II

Therefore based on the above Calculation the most cost-effective solution will be to use the S-2 employee