Productivity for Prosperity

Akbar Jaffari, PhD (LSE)

CE – JAFCON Consultants

8th October 2013

JAFCON Consultants for Productivity Improvement

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1. The Important Criteria

2. The Important Indicator

3. The Important Achievement

Productivity

To every change or development process

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Productivity is

The relationship between the output generated by a process / production or service system and the

input required to create this output.

Mathematical Term

Output x 100 Input

Efficiency Doing the job right

Effectiveness Doing the right job

Not Production

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Resources Manpower Capital Machinery Material Plants Land & Building

Hard Factors(Tangible)Traditional

Technology Information Organisation &

Systems Management Style

Soft Factors(Intangible)

Last 50 years

Future Mind Power Intuitive Energy Cyber Power

Micro Factors

Has Started

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Impact of Resources on Organizations Performance

Financial Resources

16%

20%Infrastructure

Human Resources

64%O

rganizations

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Productivity Improvement

Economic Growth

Social Growth

Political Stability

ENTROPY

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• Universal phenomenon

• Moving in opposite direction of life

• destroy life and everything in it, slowly

and gradually

Negative energy

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To Fight Entropy

Either improve or pace entropy and decay

The most important reason for Productivity Improvement is to combat Entropy.

Hence, continuous improvement. continuous change.

There is no nil (zero) effect in Productivity Improvement.

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72% - Non Value added activities20% - Activities require improvement8% - Activities carried out with precision

100%

72% To be Removed

20% To be Improved8% To be Sustained

Facts

Causes of Non Value Added Activities

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Believe

Tradition

Culture

FearSecurity

Guardship

Complacency

Acting on Improvement requires less effort than guarding the status quo.

Lifecycle

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(Stage)

(Time)

Complacency

Excellence

Poor Performance

DeteriorationEffort

Growth●

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Poor Performance

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Entropy and Lifecycle

However, we can stop both

Are very effective

When we reach ultimate satisfaction

Then laziness

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Human being continue living through:• Renewal of 300 million cells per minute• Renewal of the stomach layer every 5 days • Renewal of skin every 28 days• Renewal of skeleton every 3 months• Renewal of the body completely every 7 years

Increases entropy

Without these renewals, humans couldn't survive

Inactivity and negligence

Reduces entropyRenewing and changing

Defeating Entropy

Revising Lifecycle

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Change of starting point

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Deterioration of Information

100% Employees

4%Top Mgt.

9% Middle Mgt.

74% Skilled Employees

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Deterioration of Decision

30% Employees

100%Top Mgt.

80% Middle Mgt.

50% Skilled Employees

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Future Organizational StructureEmployees

Management Skilled Employees

Top Management

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Productivity – win-win to everyone

Productivity is for Prosperity

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