1. Puff ‘n\' Stuff Services is a small company that assembles mailings for clien

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1. Puff ‘n' Stuff Services is a small company that assembles mailings for clients in the Atlanta area. Different size envelopes are stuffed with various items such as coupons, advertisements, political messages, and so on, by a staff of workers, who are paid on a piece-rate basis. A time study of a job has been conducted by an engineering consulting firm using a subject stuffing manila envelopes. The observations from the time study for 10 cycles of the five-element job and the performance rating for each element are as follows. Elemental Times Imin) Element 123656 789 10 RF 10.09 0.10 0.12 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.09 0.06 0.10 0.09 1.10 2 0.08 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.10 0.10 0.08 0.06 0.11 0.09 0.95 3 0.15 0.13 0.14 0.16 0.12 0.15 0.16 0.15 0.15 0.14 0.90 4 0.10 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.11 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.09 1.00 5 0.06 0.05 0.09 0.06 0.07 0.05 0.08 0.05 0.09 0.07 0.95 Using an allowance factor of 10%, compute the standard time for this job. If the firm pays workers a piece rate of $0.03 per envelope for this job, what would the average worker make per hour, and what would the subject of the study make per hour? a. b.

Explanation / Answer

B.

Each envelope takes 0.496 = 0.50 mins = 30 sec

So in one hour = 3600/29.76 = 120.95 or 121 envelopes

So 120.95 * $0.03 =

A A/RF Element 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 RF Average Standarized 1 0.09 0.1 0.12 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.09 0.06 0.1 0.09 1.1 0.089 0.081 2 0.08 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.1 0.1 0.08 0.06 0.11 0.09 0.95 0.086 0.091 3 0.15 0.13 0.14 0.16 0.12 0.15 0.16 0.15 0.15 0.14 0.9 0.145 0.161 4 0.1 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.11 0.08 0.09 0.1 0.1 0.09 1 0.093 0.093 5 0.06 0.05 0.09 0.06 0.07 0.05 0.08 0.05 0.09 0.07 0.95 0.067 0.071 0.480 0.496 Ans A With 10% allowance Max 0.546 Ans A Min 0.446 Ans A

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