ATTENTION: PLEASE DONT ANSWER QUESTION 1 AND 3 AGAIN, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I POST THE SAME QUESTION. ANSWER QUESTION

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ATTENTION: PLEASE DONT ANSWER QUESTION 1 AND 3 AGAIN, THIS ISTHE SECOND TIME I POST THE SAME QUESTION. ANSWER QUESTION NUMBER 2AND QUESTION (A) AND (B)
I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY IS FOR EACH CENTER.
The next three questions (1-3) are based upon thefollowing:
Merrifield Post Office is evaluating the productivity of itsmail processing centers. The centers differ in the degree ofautomation, the type of work that can be performed and the skill ofthe workers.
Center
1
2
3
Pieces processed
1,000
2,000
3,000
Workers/hr
10
5
2
Hourly wage rate
$5.50
$10
$12
Overhead/hr
$10
$25
$50
ANSWER THESE TWO PLEASE:
[a] Calculate the multifactor productivity if the new processingmachine is installed. Show your work to get partialcredits.
Short answer question: Should Merrifield install the newprocessing machine? (hint: consider productivity andother operations aspects that you believe should be considered inthis decision making).