Development of Productivity Measurement and Analysis Framework for Manufacturing Companies

The purpose of this research is to present an alternative approach for measuring productivity in manufacturing companies. To achieve the research objective, an in-depth investigation into the existing productivity measurement and analysis practices of the case of manufacturing company has been carried out through both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The investigation result has shown that there are serious problems in measuring and analyzing productivity at company level. Following the existing practices of analysis result, a new productivity measurement and analysis framework has been developed. The developed productivity measurement and analysis framework is found to be simple to understand, detects problem easily and realistically, compatible with modern management systems and tools, and potentially adaptable to similar manufacturing companies.