productivity, efficiency and profit. An empirical study of one of the UK’s four large supermarket chains reveals an inverse … correlation between employee satisfaction and the measures of productivity, efficiency and profitability, the most profitable … appears to be inversely correlated with productivity and profitability. It also emerges that the pressure to maximise store …

This paper develops theory about the relationship between innovation and productivity improvements when technological … concerning innovation and productivity improvements are developed that are counter‐intuitive to conventional thinking … productivity improvements will be weak, when technological knowledge is mature.  …

The productivity and quality of working life of operations within a firm with multiple operating units can be improved …

For the plant manager there are many suggested remedies for increased plant productivity. Detailed survey data from 555 … factories, principally in the US, Europe and Korea, are used to examine the factors that contribute to productivity. Regression … analysis is employed with five distinct measures of productivity and productivity gain and the results indicate a number of key …

Each manufacturing public enterprise (MPE) in Egypt is required to provide a limited set of labour productivity … indicators are used in several Government reports, it is believed that they do not reflect the real productivity of the firm …. Therefore this study was designed to provide an integrated, and easy to implement, model for measuring productivity in Egyptian …

The profit‐linked total‐factor productivity measurement models, such as the American Productivity Center model, use … not possible by the measurement model. This information can lead to an investigation of the causes of problems such as …

The importance of productivity measures in monitoring the performance of manufacturing firms is well documented though …

measurement, inventory management, and quality control. Based on this analysis, presents some recommendations for improving …