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The PPT explains about Produtivity.

Competing with Productivity

Quality ? Timeliness ? Value ? Variety price
How are productivity and price related?

Outputs Productivity ? Inputs
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Inputs: labor, materials, capital, … Outputs: goods, services

If you were living in 1800 instead of today, what would you be doing?

Percent of the labor force
100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
Agriculture

18 00 18 20 18 40 18 60 18 80 19 00 19 20
Mfg

Year
19 40 19 60 19 80 20 00
Services

Knowledge

http://www.mdagnrpolicy.org/Publications/Reports/full-texts/00-02/Figure-1.htm

Bread Milk Car House Income

1900 0.10 1.04 1,726.84 13,814.76 $ 687.00

2002 0.03 0.09 727.84 7,300.09 $ 71,032.00

Avg US auto plantUS auto Best worse than worst plant worse Japanese than average plant Japanese plant

50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Best Average Worst

Japan U.S. Europe

Relative Manufacturing Productivity -- Automobiles 1987
Dertouzos, Lester, Solow, Made in America: Regaining the Productive Edge, MIT Press, 1989.

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Single Factor Productivity (SFP) Total Factor Productivity (TFP) Multi Factor Productivity

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Measures increase in productivity in relation to a single factor of production Labor, materials, capital, … Productivity = Output / Single Input Example:

Output Period 1 1000 units Period 2 1100

Labor Productivity 100 hrs 10.0 units / hour 105 10.6 units / hour

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Problem: too easy to substitute factors
Company purchases casting and machines them ? Decides to purchase pre-machined parts ? Lays of skilled, sells machines ? Output remains constant, labor reduced ? Labor productivity up 5% (!) ? BUT: pre-machined parts cost 20% more ? SO: material productivity declines by 20% (!!)
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Retail outlet: sales per sq ft. Restaurant :customer meals per labor hour Utility Plant: Kilowatts per coal ton

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Measures increased in productivity from all relevant factors of production Productivity (TFP) = all outputs / all factor inputs

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Use of Appropriate mix of inputs and outputs.



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