Examples of Productivity Measures
Sales ($)/labour costs ($)
Sales ($)/pay ($)
Total value of sales (billed) ($)/labour costs($) + investment ($)
Sales/salespeople
Value of sales ($)/direct labour + indirect labour + materials + overhead costs
Total pay/personnel department pay
Yards of carpet laid/number of carpet layers
Square metres of floor cleaned/cost of cleaner
Labour productivity/capital productivity
Labour productivity
1. units of output per labour hour
2. value added per labour hour
3. dollar output per labour hour
4. production value per labour dollar
Capital productivity
1. units of output per dollar input
2. dollar output per dollar input
3. inventory turnover (dollar sales/ dollar inventory)
4. Energy productivity
5. units of output per kilowatt hour
6. unit of output per energy dollar input
7. production value per barrel of fuel member
Service productivity
1. units of output per overhead hour
2. increased sales (annual)/training (budget)
3. number of customers served/staff