Production Functon of A Company: Prof. Dr. A.Anuradha
Production Functon of A Company: Prof. Dr. A.Anuradha
Production Functon of A Company: Prof. Dr. A.Anuradha
Titled
PRODUCTION FUNCTON OF A
COMPANY
Submitted by
SAI CHARAN MOTURI -16MBA1025
VIVEK DAYAL. S - 16MBA1026
SRIRAM. T. K- 16MBA1027
CONTENTS
1. Objective
2. Introduction
3. Review Of Literature
4. Research Methodology
5. Companies Profile
6. Analysis
7. Findings
8. Recommendations
9. Conclusion
Bibliography
OBJECTIVE
Q = f( L, C, N )
Where,
Q = Quantity of output,
L = Labour,
C = Capital,
N = Land.
Hence, the level of output (Q), depends on the quantities of different inputs (L,
C, N) available to the firm.
FEATURES OF PRODUCTION FUNCTION
1. SUBSTITUTABILITY:
The factors of production or inputs are substitutes of one another which make it
possible to vary the total output by changing the quantity of one or a few inputs, while the
quantities of all other inputs are held constant. It is the substitutability of the factors of
production that gives rise to the laws of variable proportions.
2. COMPLEMENTARITY:
The factors of production are also complementary to one another, that is, the two or
more inputs are to be used together as nothing will be produced if the quantity of either of the
inputs used in the production process is zero.
3. SPECIFICITY:
It reveals that the inputs are specific to the production of a particular product.
Machines and equipment’s, specialized workers and raw materials are a few examples of the
specificity of factors of production. The specificity may not be complete as factors may be
used for production of other commodities too. This reveals that in the production process
none of the factors can be ignored and in some cases ignorance to even slightest extent is not
possible if the factors are perfectly specific.
Production involves time; hence, the way the inputs are combined is determined to a
large extent by the time period under consideration. The greater the time period, the greater
the freedom the producer has to vary the quantities of various inputs used in the production
process.
In the production function, variation in total output by varying the quantities of all
inputs is possible only in the long run whereas the variation in total output by varying the
quantity of single input may be possible even in the short run.
Types of Production functions
One Input
If the function has only one input, the form can be represented using the
following formula:
y=ax
For example, if a worker can produce 10 chairs per day, the production function
would be:
Q = 10 L
This function can be represented in the following chart:
The number 10 represents the productivity of labor. If the worker increase it’s
productivity, because he took a course on how to produce chairs more quickly, the
new production function would be:
Q = 12 L
Multiple Inputs
y = a1 x1 + … + an xn
Q=K+L
Please note the lack of a curve in the chart: this show us that the inputs are
perfect substitutes
Returns to Scale
Returns to scale measure how much additional output will be obtained when
all factors change proportionally.
To check how much will output increase when all factors increase
proportionally, we multiply all inputs by a constant factor c. Y’ represents
the new output level.
Y = aK + bL
Y’ = a (cK) + b (cL)
= c (aK + bL)
=cY
If all inputs change by a factor of c, output changes by c. The linear production
function has constant returns to scale.
Elasticity of substitution
The elasticity of substitution is a measure of how easily can be one factor can be
substituted for another. Mathematically, it is defined as the percentage change in
factor proportions divided the change in the MRTS (marginal rate of technical
substitution), but we will try to understand it in a more intuitive way.
At the point a, the slope of the tangent measures the marginal rate of
substitution (MRTS), or how much L can we decrease if we increase K. If we
move to the point b, the MRTS increases. This means, that, as we move to
the left, we need to add more K for every worker we subtract.
The relation K/L can bee seen by the slope of the straight lines that go from
the origin to the points a or b.
The MRTS can be seen by the slope of the tangent to the isoquant.
If an isoquant is very curved, the change in the MRTS will be very high in
relation to the change in K/L. The elasticity of substitution will be lower: it
is very hard to replace one input with another.
Then: if the isoquant is more curved, the elasticity of substitution will
be low.
In the case of the linear production function, the MRTS remains constant in
the whole range. So the change in the MRTS will be always 0; the
denominator is 0.
The change in K/L is not 0. So, we can deduct that the elasticity of
substitution, for a linear production function, is ∞.
The measurement of capital is one of the nastiest jobs that economists have set
to statisticians. (Hicks (1981) p. 204)
What is Regression?
You might remember from algebra that a line is identified by its slope
(the angle of the line describing the change inY per unit X) and intercept (where
the line crosses the Y axis). Regression describes the relation between X and
Ywith just such a line. When discussing our line, lety represent the predicted
value of Y,a represent the intercept of the best fitting line, andb represents the
slope of the line.
Thus, the regression model is denoted:
ya bx
But how do we identify the best line for the data? If all data points were
to fall on such a line, identifying the slopeand intercept would be easy.
However, because statistical data has random scatter, identifying a good line is
not atrivial matter.The goal it to determine a line that minimizes the sum of the
squared residuals. This line is called the least squaresline. The slope(b) of the
least squares line is given by:
whereSSXY is the sum of the cross-products and SSXX is the sum of the
squares for variable X.
The intercept of the least squares line is given by the equation:
ay bx
wherey is the average value of Y, b is the slope, and x is the average value of X.
COMPARITIVE ANALYSIS
1-1. Identify the outcome that you are interested in and the cases that
exemplify this outcome. Learn as much as you can about these “positive”
cases.
1-2. Based on #1, identify negative cases—those that might seem to be
candidates for the outcome but nevertheless failed to display it (“negative”
cases). Together #1 and #2 constitute the set of cases relevant to the
analysis.
1-3. Again based on #1, and relevant theoretical and substantive knowledge,
identify the major causal conditions relevant to the outcome. Often, it is
useful to think in terms of different causal “recipes”—the various
combinations of conditions that might generate the outcome.
1-4. Try to streamline the causal conditions as much as possible. For
example, combine two conditions into one when they seem
“substitutable.”
((CURRENT YEAR-BASEYEAR)/BASEYEAR))*100
COMPANIES PROFILE
ASHOK LEYLAND
FORCE MOTORS
HYUNDAI MOTORS
BOSCH MOTORS
HONDA CARS
250
200
150
100
50
0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
-50
-100
200
150
100
50
0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
-50
-100
Inference:
y = 5.8618x - 31.142
ANALYSIS ON FOREIGNS AND CASTINGS R² = 0.0587
30
20
10
0
-2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
-10
-20
-30
-40
-50
-60
300
200
100
0
-2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
-100
-200
TYRES TUBES FLAPS
20
15
10
5
y = 2.4043x - 14.28
0
R² = 0.0208
-2 -1 -5 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
-10
-15
-20
-25
-30
-35
OTHERS
20
10
0
-2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
-10
-20
y = -6.7409x + 10.381
-30
R² = 0.2947
-40
Inference:
Inference:
It states that the consumption of raw materials in bosch is on the increasing side.
ANALYSIS
Mar 2012 (12 mths) Mar 2013 (12 mths) Mar 2014 (12 mths)
* Includes others
@ Included elsewhere
Bosch Ltd.
Dec 2012 (12 mths) Dec 2013 (12 mths) Mar 2015 (15 mths)
% IN 2013 % IN 2014
6.091599348 0
7.892107892 38.404139
3.500761035 21.928105
Bosch Ltd.
PREDECTIVE ANALYSIS
REGRESSION EQUATION IS
a) Y=A+BX
HERE A=25338.00035
B=-0.3308
b) Y=A+BX
HERE A=23075.5
B=3.9381
THEREFORE SUBSTITUTE THIS VALE IN THE EQUATION TO FIND OUT THE NUMBER OF COMPONENTS
USED WHEN STEEL IS USED.
FORCE MOTORS
PLANT LOCATIONS
Force Motors Ltd.
PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS
REGRESSION EQUATION IS
a) Y=A+BX
B=16.7127
THEREFORE SUBSTITUTING THESE VALUES IN THE EQUATION WE GET Y as THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
RAW MATERIALS USED as X WHEN CASTINGS IS USED.
b) Y=A+BX
B=11.4729
THEREFORE SUBSTITUTING THESE VALUES IN THE EQUATION WE GET THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RAW
MATERIALS as Y USED WHEN STEEL IS USED AS RAW MATERIALS as X.
Mar 2012 (12 mths) Mar 2013 (12 mths) Mar 2014 (12 mths)
%IN2013 %IN2014
-
3.602837259 -1.746109
-
2.330190793 -12.11509
-8.04341943 36.681708
HYUNDAI MOTOR INDIA LTD.
Plant locations
Hyundai Motor India Ltd.
Mar 2012 (12 mths) Mar 2013 (12 mths) Mar 2014 (12 mths)
PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS
REGRESSION EQUATION IS
Y=A+BX
WERE,
B=10.180941
THEREFORE SUBSTITUTING THESE VALUES IN THE EQUATION YOU CAN FIND THE TOTAL NUMBER
OF RAW MATERIALS as Y CONSUMED WHEN THE STORES USED as X IS KNOWN.
RECOMMENDATIONS
2. Plot them
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