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I notices a post here, where a facility employing 6-10 people coulf
produce 500 stoves per month. This means that each person can
produce 50-80 stoves per month. Assuming a 40 hour work week (which
may be too low), that means 170 hours per month or 2-3.5 hours per
stove. Assuming normal G&A expense, (things like cost of the
building and tools) and some component cost for the stove (sheet
metal costs money), would the stove not cost over 2-3.5 hours of a
worker's time? What does this say about the cost of a stove?<br>
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If a stove must sell for $X, does this imply the worker's income
must be well below $X/2 per hour since there are G&A and
material costs involved?<br>
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If my analysis is incorrect, please tell me how the business can
survive with less income than expenses. Can the worker survive with
less income than it costs him to survive?<br>
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Dave 8{)<br>
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