productivity‐oriented managerial environments throughout its administrative service, 1,000 front line supervisors have been … management services support for cost centre managers and, (5) the establishment of productivity‐oriented training programmes.  …

context of two case services with a specific measurement object – productivity. Design/methodology/approach – Interviews with … towards measurement of performance and productivity in public organizations. Second, the experiences described can assist …

The 1980s have seen the emergence of a new perception of productivity and its relationship to quality, cost and … quality and high productivity and profitability are mutually exclusive has been seriously challenged by academics and managers … alike. While most company studies point to a positive relationship between quality and productivity, the results of the …

The key to increasing productivity in the manufacturing sector does not lie solely in high technology, but also in an …, prediction and control are indispensable; thus statistical tools have become a prerequisite to any productivity drive, those of …

This article examines the underlying paradigm of the total management process of productivity so as to observe the … hypothesised that productivity may be enhanced by recognising the need to maximise the availability of organisational assets.  …

A measure of the performance of an operation at a plant is the plant labour productivity index. Deviations in this … locate outliers and level shifts. These deviations help in identifying changes in this productivity index.  …

a favourable impact of enhanced quality in the form of improvements in productivity, inprocess inventory, on …

. Productivity improvement approaches were also investigated and related to performance. Multiple quality and productivity … interventions were correlated with eight actual quality, three productivity, and three financial performance measures. Results … indicate that a specific profile of quality and productivity improvement approaches was significantly related to performance …

Improving quality and productivity simultaneously is vital to organizational competitiveness. Although continuous … performance, which variables intervene by enhancing or restricting the achievement of high quality and productivity, or which … measures are appropriate for evaluating differences. Develops a quality evaluation tool and total factor productivity measures …