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Productivity
Performance

Productivity

Output divided by one or more inputs such as labor hours, machine hours, energy or cost.

Examples

  1. 01Productivity on the assembly line is 4.2 units per labour hour, up from 3.8 last year.
  2. 02The monthly review compares productivity by line with target and with the same month last year.
  3. 03Productivity is used as an outcome measure for the new cell layout and must stay above 4.5 for three months.

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