By end of the 1980s, the company was manufacturing residential, commercial and industrial generators, and in 1989, Generac introduced the first gaseous-fueled automatic home standby system. In 1992, Generac began private labeling generator sets for Caterpillar, Inc.
Elements of the Productivity Ratio. The labor productivity ratio, in its simplest form, looks like this: output/input. Simply divide the amount of output you're getting by the amount of work you're putting into it. This requires you to assign numbers to both input and output so that you get a meaningful figure.
The third step is to compute the predetermined overhead rate by dividing the estimated total manufacturing overhead costs by the estimated total amount of cost driver or activity base. Common activity bases used in the calculation include direct labor costs, direct labor hours, or machine hours. pre-determined overhead rate is the rate used to apply manufacturing overhead to work-in-process inventory. The pre-determined overhead rate is calculated before the period begins.