Purpose–Examines the ways in which the concepts of “productivity” and “performance” are
dealt with in the literature, demonstrating that terms used within these fields are often …

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the meanings of different terms related to productivity
and to analyze the state of productivity in the Finnish construction industry at the macro level …

The monitoring and control of the input and output of manufacturing systems is an essential
task for the system optimisation. Performance of manufacturing systems covers a wide …

The global speed of change within the manufacturing industry forces companies to
constantly improve production performance. In that effort, performance measures are critical …

Although the concept of productivity is a widely discussed subject by politicians, economists,
managers and media, it is often vaguely defined and poorly understood. In practise, this lack …

To improve the quality of life of destination communities in the context of an expanding
global economy, tourist destinations must sharpen their competitive advantages through …

Measuring efficiency in the presence of undesirable outputs could be difficult depending on
how to treat these outputs; thus, undesirable outputs modelling has been an exciting subject …

Is the spatial concentration of manufacturing activity able to enhance firm-level productivity?
This question is particularly relevant to production in China, which has a huge territory and …

Managing the production and operations of a contemporary electronics manufacturing is
challenging. Companies need to be proactive for uncertainties of the market in a productive …

Most of the productivity measures used in industry are partial productivity ratios. Despite the
fact that a number of total productivity measurement methods for business unit level have …