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Efficiency and Productivity

Industrial productivity and energy efficiency on the plant floor.

Real case

A group of medium-sized textile plants in India received consulting on productivity management practices: a 17% increase in productivity translated into USD 300,000 of additional profit per company in the first year, and the number of production plants of the participating companies tripled in three years.

Source: Bloom, Eifert, Mahajan, McKenzie and Roberts (2013), cited in the ILO guide. See the article

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Industrial productivity: what it is and how to measure it

Productivity is output over inputs, not speed or being busy. With the right indicators and a real ILO case (17% more productivity = USD 300,000 more profit per company in one year), you can see how it is measured on the plant floor.

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