Consider the following information.
First Quarter Second Quarter
Unit Selling Price $15.00 $17.00
Total Units Sold 12,000 11,500
Labor Hours 10,000 9,500
Labor Cost/Hour $9.00 $10.00
Material Usage (lbs.) 5,000 7,500
Material Cost/lb. $12.00 $10.50
Other Costs $25,000 $30,000
a. Which quarter, first or second, had the higher labor productivity (output quantity per labor dollar input)?
b. Which quarter, first or second, had the higher material productivity (output quantity per material dollar input)?
c. Which quarter, first or second, had the higher total productivity (dollar output per total dollar input)?