How to Improve Quality and Productivity in a Construction Company

What Is Productivity? October 19th, 2005 by Steve Pavlina Email this article to a friend In this post we’re going to take a deep look into the concept of productivity. Here’s my personal definition of productivity: Productivity = Value / Time (productivity equals value divided by time) By this definition there are two primary ways of increasing productivity: 1) Increase the value created 2) Decrease the time required to create that value You can complicate this definition by including…

How can leaders motivate staff in order to improve productivity and job satisfaction? The purpose of this essay is to highlight the use of management theories in relation to productivity and job satisfaction. This essay shall discuss how leaders can motivate employees in order to improve the overall productivity and job satisfaction. I will be looking at theories in relation to how they are categorised, also how different management theories can be implemented by a leader. The essay will analyse…

guarantee the high quality services, it is important for companies to have an effective internal control of the restaurant. Yoshinoya, as one of the largest Japanese restaurant chain and global brand with more than 1,400 worldwide locations, announced four new restaurant openings in their core U.S. market of California, Texas and New York. In order to stay competitive in the market, Yoshinoya hired the professional consulting group to provide advice of how to improve service quality. This white paper…

UTILITY OF QUALITY CONTROL TOOLS AND STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY IN AN INDUSTRY RALLABANDI SRINIVASU 1 G. SATYANARAYANA REDDY 2 SRIKANTH REDDY RIKKULA 3 1. Professor & Director in St. Mary’s Group of Institutions, Hyderabad, India. 2. Professor & HOD-MBA in CMR College of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India 3. Associate Professor, MCA Dept. St.Mary’s College of Engg. & Technology, Hyderabad…

The Need for Quality Metrics in Green Construction Companies: Analysis of Quality Differences in Traditional and Sustainable Building Practices Susie Williamson susangwilliamson@hotmail.com 9470 N. Little Cottonwood Rd. Sandy, Utah 84092 Dr. Leo Shelton PM 588 Fall Session 2, 2010 Introduction Conrad Construction Industries is a residential and commercial contracting firm based in Salt Lake City, Utah consisting of 100 employees, in addition to governing a board of directors and multiple…

Issue paper one: Productivity and Quality Management Executive Report Prepared by G.Y. Attanayake MBA/2003/1448 Course : MBA 501 Managing Business Operations Dr. Travis Perera and Mr. A.K.L Jayawardana July, 2003 POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT University of Sri Jayewardenepura TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO. EXECUTIVE SUMMERY 4 1.0 INTRODUCTION 5 1.1 MEASURING PRODUCTIVITY IN THE MANUFACTURING AND SERVICE SECTORS 1.1.1 Productivity Defined and Explained 5 1.1.1.1 Why Productivity…

work should carry out and the best timing to perform that task. So it focus on not only high production the efficiency of the production so called productivity. Influence of Work Study in Improving Productivity In order to recognize the function of work study, need to classify method study and that of time study. Method study is typically used to improve the method of performing work. It is applicable for new and existing task , method study focus to find more efficient and effective methods of doing…

happiness on a number of workplace outcomes. There are various claims about the effect of happiness on productivity. Some people think that the enjoyment of life can produce involvement and smooth interaction. Therefore, it can boost productivity. Others rather expect that happiness will reduce the motivation to seek improvement and make them passive and dull. Comparing with other organization, construction industry has the highest need of human resources for all hierarchical levels. It is one of the largest…

costing processes 2. How ABC should be used to manage (Activity based management)? 2.1 When to use ABC? 2.2 How to use ABC for ABM? 2.3 Scoring High - Low value adding activities 2.4 Activity Based Management applications 3. ABC/ABM implementation 3.1 Where ABC has been used 3.2 Steps to develop ABC Cost Flow Model 3.3 ABC Implementation Project 3.3 Challenges and success factors Appendix: KPMG ABC and Cost Optimisation tools © 2012 KPMG Limited, a Vietnamese limited liability company and a member firm…

Introduction Nowadays, the growth of construction industry’s productivity is slow, unlike the manufacturing sector, where standardization of components, mechanisation and innovation greatly enhance the rate of production, that is because of the procedure of construction industry is more complicate and always take longer time than manufacturing sector. Therefore, the supply to meet the needs and demand of housing and infrastructure is a very slow process. This is a serious problem which indicates…