A Plant Productivity Measure for “High-Tech” Manufacturing

Paul S. Adler
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Paul S. Adler: Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4024

Interfaces, 1987, vol. 17, issue 6, 75-85

Abstract: A total productivity measure was developed as part of an action research productivity analysis project for a manufacturer of computer peripheral devices. The productivity measure had to be appropriate for a broad range of automation levels, yet resolve the long-standing methodological problems of index construction in a manner intuitive to management. The difficulties encountered in attempting to institutionalize the measure point to the need for a compromise with cost accounting.

Keywords: industries: electric/electronic; automated manufacturing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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