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I initially became interested in productivity when I worked with a number of service businesses. These businesses provided some form of service; autobody repair, mechanical repair, landscaping, towing and recovery, CNC machining, etc. The basic thought was a unit of service cost so much and may possibly be sold for so much. The more units that were produced within a given time period, the higher the percentage of productivity.

Those service businesses that were more productive were more profitable, thriving and often had excellent growth potential. Those businesses that were not productive were always having slow sales, cash flow crunches and employee problems.

In the past 10 years productivity has become the mantra of business theorists; productive is the one word that best describes the thriving company. In time I started to look at superior productivity and performance and just what factors separated the superior from the mediocre. As it turns out the line was much thinner than I thought.  Read more... (702 words, estimated 2:48 mins reading time)