A production operation is making 150 pieces of a product by engaging 5 workers for 300 hours. However, 40 percent of the products appear to have various quality problems and the company decides to sell them as seconds at a price of €50 each when the normal product is sold €150 each. What is the productivity of the company? In an effort to improve the situation, a number of initiatives were proposed including a scheme where for every improvement 50 percent will be given to workers and the other 50 percent will be held by the company. This resulted in a significant drop in defects, as now only 10 products were faulty out of an output of 130 pieces. What is the new productivity of the company, and what will be the earnings per hour of the workers under the bonus scheme, if the cost per piece is €70 both before and after the scheme?

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A production operation is making 150 pieces of a product by engaging 5 workers for 300 hours. However, 40 percent of the products appear to have various quality problems and the company decides to sell them as seconds at a price of €50 each when the normal product is sold €150 each. What is the productivity of the company? In an effort to improve the situation, a number of initiatives were proposed including a scheme where for every improvement 50 percent will be given to workers and the other 50 percent will be held by the company. This resulted in a significant drop in defects, as now only 10 products were faulty out of an output of 130 pieces. What is the new productivity of the company, and what will be the earnings per hour of the workers under the bonus scheme, if the cost per piece is €70 both before and after the scheme?

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