Three months ago, the new operations manager at Acme Fastener and Tool's manufacturing plant implemented a system for measuring the total volume of output each week. He discovered that the plant's weekly capacity was averaging about 83%, which he would like to raise to closer to 90%. What type of metric is this manager concerned with at the moment?
A) Efficiency manufacturing
B) Quality manufacturing
C) Inventory
D) Costs and profitability

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The manager is concerned with the efficiency of manufacturing, as his goal is to increase the plant's capacity utilization from 83% to 90%. This is a measure of how effectively the plant is utilizing its resources to produce output. Quality manufacturing, inventory, and costs and profitability are also important metrics, but they are not the primary concern in this particular scenario.

Three Months Ago, the New Operations Manager at Acme Fastener