A Japanese manufacturing company has two manufacturing plants,
one in United States and one in another country. Both produce the
same item, each for sale in their respective countries. However,
their productivity figures are quite different. The analyst thinks
this is because the Japanese plant uses more automated equipment
for processing while the other plant uses a higher percentage of
labor. Explain how that factor can cause productivity figures to be
misleading. Is there another way to compare the two plants that
would be more meaningful?

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