Question & Answer: George makes bowling balls in his plant. With recent increases in his costs, he has…..

George makes bowling balls in his plant. With recent increases in his costs, he has a newfound interest in efficiency. George is interested in determining the productivity of his organization. He would like to know organization is maintaining the manufacturing average of a 3% increase in productivity. He has the following data representing a month last year and an equivalent month this year: The percent change in productivity for one month last year versus one month this year on a multifactor basis with as the common denominator = % (enter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal places.)