Industrial use of the word “productivity” has been found to have a variety of meanings depending on what industry is being referred to and which operating conditions prevail. Because of these two factors, it is important to clarify a basic definition and how it is applied.
The dictionary states: “quality or state of being productive.” The word also means “producing in abundance and yielding results, then, it declares rate per unit area or unit volume.” Well, and good, simply put: physical units produced (by whatever means) for each time used to produce the units is the basic premise. In beverages, this is the cases produced for each labor hour worked or cases produced on each machine hour run.