Please solve this cost (labour) problem.......
Q: The company has a suggestion of box scheme and an award equivalent to one and a half
months saving in labour cost is passed on to the employee whose suggestion is
accepted. Suggestion of an employee to use a Jig for a manufacturing operation of a
component is accepted. The cost of the Jig which has a life of one year is Rs. 1,000 and
the use of the Jig will reduce the standard time by 8 minutes.
Compute from the following data the amount of award payable to the employee who has
given the suggestion.
(i) Number of pieces to be produced in the year : 15,000
(ii) Standard time per piece before use of Jig : 80 minutes
(iii) Average wage rate of workmen Rs. 160 per day of 8 hours.
(iv) Average efficiency of workmen : 80%.
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