The production planning period for flat-screen monitors at Louisiana’s Roa Electronics, Inc., is 4 months. Cost data are as follows: Regular-time cost per monitor $ 70 Overtime cost per monitor $110 Subcontract cost per monitor $120 Carrying cost per monitor per month $ 4 For each of the next 4 months, capacity and demand for flat-screen monitors are as follows: PERIOD Month 1 Month 2 Month 3a Month 4 Demand 2,000 2,500 1,500 2,100 Capacity Regular time 1,500 1,600 750 1,600 Overtime 400 400 200 400 Subcontract 600 600 600 600 a Factory closes for 2 weeks of vacation. CEO Mohan Roa expects to enter the planning period with 500 monitors in stock. Back ordering is not permitted (meaning, for example, that monitors produced in the second month cannot be used to cover first month’s demand). Develop a production plan that minimizes costs using the transportation method.

George kyparisis makes bowling balls in his miami plant. with recent increases in his​ costs, he has a newfound interest in efficiency. george is interested in determining the productivity of his organization. he would like to know if his organization is maintaining the manufacturing average of a​ 3% increase in productivity. he has the following data representing a month from last year and an equivalent month this​ year: last year now cost per input unit units produced 1 comma 2001,200 1 comma 2001,200 labor​ (hours) 300300 275275 ​$1212 per hour resin​ (pounds) 5050 4545 ​$55 per pound capital invested​ ($) 10 comma 00010,000 11 comma 00011,000 22​% per month energy​ (btu) 2 comma 9002,900 2 comma 7502,750 ​$0.600.60 per btu the percent change in productivity for one month last year versus one month this year on a multifactor basis with dollars as the common denominator​ = 3.153.15​% ​(enter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal​ places).