Increasing Productivity: A Winnable Challenge
P = O (goods/services) ÷ I (resources)
For example:
Assume last month that it took 1,000 labor hours to produce 200,000 pages of specialized documents. What is the productivity measurement?
P = 200,000 mail pieces ÷ 1,000 labor hours
or 200 pages per labor hour
How to Improve Productivity
There are two basic approaches to improving a productivity measurement:
- Increase the volume of goods/services without increasing the amount of resources used.
- Produce the same volume of good/services, but accomplish it with fewer resources.
Some of the factors that have a bearing on productivity include:
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