Deliverable Length: 

4-5 Body Pages

The Dulac Box plant produces wooden packaging boxes to be used in the local seafood industry. Current operations allow the company to make 500 boxes per day, in two 8-hour shifts (250 boxes per shift). The company has introduced some moderate changes in equipment, and conducted appropriate job training, so that production levels have risen to 300 boxes per shift. Labor costs average $10 per hour for each of the 5 full-time workers on each shift. Capital costs were previously $3000 per day, and rose to $3200 per day with the equipment modifications. Energy costs were unchanged by the modifications, at $400 per day. You have been asked to prepare a research paper that addresses the following elements: What is the      firm’s multifactor productivity before and after the changes? Why is it      important to be aware of the productivity changes? Analyze      implications of changes in the parameters of the productivity calculation. Evaluate      application of productivity concept in terms of the firm’s business      operational goals and requirements. 

Present your findings as a 4-5 pages Word document formatted in APA style.

Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following: TITLE PAGE. Remember      the Running head: AND TITLE IN ALL CAPITALS ABSTRACT. A summary      of your paper…not an introduction. Begin writing in third person voice. BODY.  The      body of your paper begins on the page following the title page and      abstract page and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or      quadruple-space between paragraphs). The type face should be 12-pt. Times      Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold      type, or italics except as required for APA level headings and references.      The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is      4-5 pages. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and      analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged. REFERENCE      PAGE.       References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the      final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using      appropriate spacing, hang indention, italics, and upper and lower case      usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the      Reference Page is not a bibliography but a further listing of the      abbreviated in-body citations used in the paper. Every referenced item      must have a corresponding in-body citation. 

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