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At the end of 20X1,Wilson Company implemented a new labour process and redesigned its product with the expectation that input usage efficiency would increase.Now,at the end of 20X2,the president of the company wants an assessment of the changes on the company's productivity.The data needed for the assessment are as follows:
20X120X1 Output 20,00024,000 Output prices $20$20 Materials (kg) 16,00016,800 Materials unit price $6$8 Labour (hrs.) 10,0009,600 Labour rate per hour $10$10 Power (kwh) 4,0006,000 Price per kwh $2$3\begin{array}{lrr}&20X1&20X1\\\text { Output } & 20,000 & 24,000 \\\text { Output prices } & \$ 20 & \$ 20 \\\text { Materials (kg) } & 16,000 & 16,800 \\\text { Materials unit price } & \$ 6 & \$ 8 \\\text { Labour (hrs.) } & 10,000 & 9,600 \\\text { Labour rate per hour } & \$ 10 & \$ 10 \\\text { Power (kwh) } & 4,000 & 6,000 \\\text { Price per kwh } & \$ 2 & \$ 3\end{array}
a.Compute the partial operational measures for each input for both 20X1 and 20X2.What can be said about productivity improvement?
b.Prepare an income statement for each year and calculate the total change in profits.
c.Calculate the profit-linked productivity measure for 20X2.What can be said about the productivity program?
d.Calculate the price-recovery component.What does this tell you?

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