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Productivity and Production

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  Production and Productivity Lean manufacturing is a concept used in manufacturing industry to reduce the waste and optimizing the process and maximizing the output without any increase in input. This is a concept where maximum productivity is achieved in a production. Production: In production of some product an input is provided to a system and output is achieved. This whole system is called production. Source: Youtube.com Productivity: Productivity is about how efficiently all the available resources are used to get the maximum output.   Productivity =  Output/Input  Lean Construction and Productivity: Similar to manufacturing industry, lean concept can be applied into the construction industry. Basic concept of lean is to minimize the waste and maximize the productivity. But unlike the manufacturing process, construction industry doesn’t have controlled environment, a combination of management system to achieve the lean construction concept. Source...