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1.4 Production, costs and revenue

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Question 61

A large-scale e-commerce fulfillment center aims to increase its average labour productivity. Which of the following strategies is most likely to achieve a sustained rise in labour productivity?

A

Increasing the workforce size while keeping the warehouse footprint and existing machinery fixed

B

Integrating automated guided vehicles (AGVs) that retrieve inventory shelves and deliver them directly to stationary pickers

C

Extending the daily shift duration from 8 hours to 12 hours through mandatory overtime

D

Reducing expenditure on ergonomic workstations and staff wellness initiatives

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1.4 Production, costs and revenue Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Economics
  3. /1.4 Production, costs and revenue

156 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Economics 1.4 Production, costs and revenue, covering 1.4.1 Production and productivity, 1.4.2 Specialisation, division of labour and exchange, 1.4.3 The law of diminishing returns and returns to scale (A-level only), 1.4.4 Costs of production, 1.4.5 Economies and diseconomies of scale, 1.4.6 Marginal, average and total revenue, 1.4.7 Profit, and 1.4.8 Technological change (A-level only). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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