Considering productivity improvement as a strategy to enhance competitiveness
Productivity improvement is a commonly utilized strategy which is focused at a historically exploited competitive weapon - price. The value of productivity improvements is based upon reductions in the unit cost of a product. As a strategy to enhance competitiveness, productivity improvement involves the following six-steps: Need Determination, Goal Establishment, Alternatives Definition, Productivity Improvement Mechanism Selection, Implementation, and Monitoring Impact and Control. This paper shall address each of the six steps involved in productivity improvement strategies. The productivity improvement model developed by this paper shall be useful to all organizations desiring to gain insight to the productivity improvement process. 2 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 6476893
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-890214-1; ON: DE88015295
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2. annual productivity improvement conference, Miami, FL, USA, 15 Feb 1989; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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