19-Lake Charles Seafood makes 500 wooden packing boxes for fresh seafood per day,working in two 10-hour shifts. Due to higher demand, plant managers have decided tooperate three eight-hour shifts instead. The plant is now able to produce 650 boxes perday. Calculate the company’s productivity before the change in work rules, and after thechange. What is the percentage increase in productivity?

CASE A :

Productivity = 500 boxes/20 hours = 25 boxes per hour

CASE B :

Productivity = 650 boxes/24 hours = 27.083 boxes per hour

INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITY :

Productivity CASE B / Productivity CASE A = 1.083 -> 8.3% increase

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