{"id":14340,"date":"2023-09-14T13:37:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T19:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/limblecmms.com\/?page_id=14340"},"modified":"2025-04-08T12:49:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T18:49:23","slug":"productive-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/limblecmms.com\/learn\/definitions\/productive-efficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Productive Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; kd_background_image_position=&#8221;vc_row-bg-position-top&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1686168792651{background: #152232 url(https:\/\/limblecmms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-header-hex-bg4.webp?id=9266) !important;background-position: 0 0 !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1683307506642{padding-bottom: 80px !important;}&#8221;]<header class=\"kd-section-title col-lg-8 vc_col-sm-8 text-center  subtitle-below-title    vc_custom_1694719710012\" ><h1 class=\"separator_off\" style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: 50;\">Productive Efficiency<\/h1><h2 class=\"subtitle\" style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size:15px;\">Everything you ever needed to know about productive efficiency<\/h2><\/header><a  href=\"https:\/\/limblecmms.com\/resources\/cmms-buyers-guide\/\"  target=\"_self\"  title=\"\"  class=\"tt_button tt_primary_button btn_primary_color  button-center button-action-link   vc_custom_1741799624281\" ><span class=\"prim_text\">Free CMMS Buyer's Guide<\/span><\/a>\n      <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n         <span class=\"published\">\n            <span class=\"far fa-clock\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>Last updated on April 8, 2025<\/span>\n            <span class=\"author\"><span class=\"far sway-author-meta\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <span>bBrinton<\/span>\n         <\/span>\n      <\/div>\n\n   [\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row kd_background_image_position=&#8221;vc_row-bg-position-top&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1687442797424{margin-top: 40px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;limble-page-blog-width&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>What is productive efficiency?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The world of economics may not be something you concern yourself with every day, but it has a lot to say about efficiency. And productive efficiency is what connects the macroeconomics (the big picture like overall cost savings and market needs) to the microeconomics (the little things like saving a few minutes during every changeover) of manufacturing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Productive efficiency is when you are using your limited resources to their fullest potential. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Waste is at its lowest point possible. Production cannot increase without adding more of those resources.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like other economic efficiency measures, resources are central to the idea of PE. They are limited. In this world (or in your company), there is only so much:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Material<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Energy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Labor<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Equipment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capital<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technology<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those limited resources force us to make decisions about the quantities and types of products we make. The goal is to use our inputs efficiently to create products that best meet the needs of the people who eventually end up using them. PE can be applied to any industry that has finite resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Productive efficiency in real life<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you think about it, PE can apply to non-industries as well. You may not realize it \u2014 and the idea of measuring it may be ridiculous \u2014 but every day, you make similar decisions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How much time you spend at the gym, the office, or on hobbies \u2014 even what you have for dinner \u2014 depends on a complex constellation of factors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How much time do you have?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What other obligations are on your schedule?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you get a decent night\u2019s sleep and have the energy for a workout?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How important is it to you that you get to the gym today?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You probably do not use a personal productivity formula to figure out what to have for dinner. But for a production line that uses a large number of inputs and has big impacts on the supply chain, you definitely want to!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Why calculate productive efficiency?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The measurement of productive efficiency gives you an idea of how efficient you are with your resources. It gives you an easy-to-understand number or score that you can track over time. And it is the gateway to making significant improvements in your process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are looking for more balance in your production process, PE is a great place to start. It makes the most of your inputs, produces the highest amount and quality of outputs, and minimizes average total costs. If that doesn\u2019t tick the boxes on your buzzword bingo card, we don\u2019t know what will!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only way to reach PE is to get rid of waste and use all resources to their fullest.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row kd_background_image_position=&#8221;vc_row-bg-position-top&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1687442797424{margin-top: 40px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;limble-page-blog-width&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Table of Contents<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"#process\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to calculate productive efficiency<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#types\">PE on the curve: the production possibility frontier<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#procedure\">Productive Efficiency vs Allocative Efficiency<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#procedures\">Productive Efficiency FAQs<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#last\">Maximum efficiency: working smarter, not harder<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row kd_background_image_position=&#8221;vc_row-bg-position-top&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1687440273251{margin-top: 40px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;limble-page-blog-width&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"process\">How to calculate productive efficiency<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First things first. Before we can calculate anything, we need numbers. Numbers that actually <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">measure <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below are the metrics you will need to calculate your productive efficiency.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Actual output rate<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The actual output rate is the number of products you can produce in a certain period. Naturally, to get your actual output rate, you will need to have the number of products and the amount of time it takes you to produce them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, if you produced 100 pairs of shoes yesterday during your 18-hour shift, your actual output rate is 5.56 units per hour. Mathematically, it looks like this:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>100 pairs of shoes (units) \/ 18 hours = 5.56 units per hour<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For machines, the easiest way to measure it is by looking at historical production data. For machine operators and other workers, the organization might need to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">run time studies<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to acquire the baseline data.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Standard output rate<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The standard output rate is very similar, but the \u201cstandard\u201d you set for productivity is <\/span><b>your goal or ideal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. How long should it take you to make the same amount of products if your process was running at peak efficiency? If our process was designed to make 100 pairs of shoes in 16 hours, it brings our standard output rate to the following:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>100 pairs of shoes (units) \/ 16 hours = 6.25 units per hour<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>Productive efficiency calculation<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/limblecmms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Production-efficiency.jpg\" width=\"495\" height=\"60\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your productive efficiency score will be simple if you can calculate your actual output rate and your standard output rate. It is the ratio of your actual output rate to your standard output rate and looks like this:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actual Output Rate \/ Standard Output Rate = Productive Efficiency<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>5.56 actual output rate \/ 6.25 standard output rate = 88.96% productive efficiency<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are looking at a single production process for one type of item, this single score can tell you a lot. You are doing well, but there is still plenty of room to improve.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, let\u2019s add a twist. What if you needed to make more than one kind of product? How do you choose to divide your resources and remain as resource-efficient as possible?<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row kd_background_image_position=&#8221;vc_row-bg-position-top&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1687440273251{margin-top: 40px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;limble-page-blog-width&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"types\">PE on the curve: the production possibility frontier<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that you know how to calculate your point-in-time PE, let\u2019s zoom out (way out) and look at it in the bigger picture when we need to make more than one product: the production possibility frontier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The production possibility frontier (PPF) has lots of different names:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production possibility curve (PPC)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production possibility boundary (PPB)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transformation curve\/boundary\/frontier<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You do not need to remember any of that word salad, but it is good to be aware of these terms. When you come across them, remember that they are all talking about the PPF.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/limblecmms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Production-Possibility-Frontier.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Productive efficiency is easier to picture when represented graphically on a production Production Possibility Frontier (PPF). The curve shows various combinations of the amounts of two goods that can be produced with the given resources and technology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company with the PPF shown above can be maximally efficient with many different scenarios.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Point A<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the graph shows that more boots are produced than shoes, but there is no waste.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Point B<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shows the company making about the similar amount of boots as shoes \u2014 but just a moderate amount of both. Point B is still on the curve so no resources are wasted.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Point C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the graph shows more shoes produced than boots, but there is still no waste.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Point D<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is showing that, with the available resources, you should be able to produce more shoes or boots. There is waste somewhere in the process \u2014 some resources are either <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/limblecmms.com\/metrics\/idle-time\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">idle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or misallocated or both.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Point E<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is unattainable with the available resources. The company would first need to make investments to increase <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toolsgroup.com\/blog\/capacity-planning\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">production capacity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you can see, there is a real \u201crobbing Peter to pay Paul\u201d concept underlying the PPF. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both product lines share the same inputs (rubber, fabric, stitching), labor, and equipment (sewing machines, cutting machines, outsole pressers, etc.). The more fabric you spend on product A, the less fabric is left to produce product B. Since you have a limited amount of resources that are shared between the two, the allocation of resources must be thoughtful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a lot of fancy math that goes into creating that PPF curve. You do not need to know (and probably do not want to know) the details of that. Still, you might be wondering how to choose the amount of each product to make? <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should you arrange your production processes to produce more shoes or boots?<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The answer to that lies in <\/span><b>allocative efficiency<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row kd_background_image_position=&#8221;vc_row-bg-position-top&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1687440273251{margin-top: 40px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;limble-page-blog-width&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"procedure\">Productive Efficiency vs. Allocative Efficiency<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While PE refers to the efficiency of your process, allocative efficiency refers to how you <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">allocate <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">your resources efficiently across multiple products. The guiding light that helps you determine how to make those allocations is <\/span><b>customer demand.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you make an athletic shoe sponsored by a famous basketball player, it will likely be in very high demand (and fetch a pretty good price). If your other product is a sensibly priced pair of loafers, you have a decision to make. While there is nothing wrong with loafers (they are a classic, after all), your resources are much better used in the product that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more people <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will buy at a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">higher price<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is true even if it costs more to produce that athletic shoe. When you allocate your resources correctly, the marginal cost of making more of the product will be worth the marginal benefit to the people buying it. In other words, allocate your resources so that you can make products in volumes that match market demand.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row kd_background_image_position=&#8221;vc_row-bg-position-top&#8221; el_class=&#8221;limble-page-blog-width&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"procedures\">Productive Efficiency FAQs<\/h2>\n<h3><b>1. How do you achieve optimal efficiency?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a lot of ways to become more efficient. They typically involve tracking and measurement of your process and keeping improvement front of mind. Here are a few approaches to start you on that path:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Overall Equipment Effectiveness <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(OEE) is similar to productive efficiency, but it is a more detailed score. The measurements that go into that score help you find your specific areas of waste so that you know where to start improving. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/limblecmms.com\/metrics\/overall-equipment-effectiveness\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read more about OEE here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Lean mfg <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">uses things as broad as your culture, approach to problem-solving, and process design to squeeze out every ounce of productivity. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/limblecmms.com\/maintenance-definitions\/lean-maintenance\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read more about Lean here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Standardization and training <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is also an approach important enough to repeat. If you know you have production lines that operate a little differently than others, this one is for you. Start here, and you will be surprised how much efficiency you gain. Using a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/limblecmms.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">modern CMMS like Limble<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can make this easy with automated maintenance scheduling, customizable work order templates, work request forms, and more.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>2. What is inefficient production?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you aren\u2019t making full use of your scarce resources, you are running inefficient production that negatively impacts your bottom line. Resources like labor, materials, energy, and equipment are expensive. Make sure you\u2019re getting your money\u2019s worth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>3. How do companies measure efficiency?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PE is not the only measurement of efficiency. There are many other productivity indexes depending on how sophisticated you want to get: data envelopment analysis, technical efficiency, Farrell measures, and others that economists love to apply to manufacturing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But they all start with the same step: having a solid data and tracking process in place. If you don\u2019t have production technology or systems that can track key measures of your production process, you will never be able to calculate efficiency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CMMS systems like Limble are a great way to start and automate much of the data gathering process for you. 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Get started for free today!<\/h3><\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"cta-btncontainer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/limblecmms.com\/get-started\/\"  title=\"\" class=\"tt_button tt_primary_button btn_primary_color  button-action-link icon_right kd-animated zoomIn\" data-animation-delay=\"200\">Start Free Trial<span class=\"fas fa-chevron-right iconita\" ><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row kd_background_image_position=&#8221;vc_row-bg-position-top&#8221; el_class=&#8221;limble-page-blog-width&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"last\">Maximum efficiency: working smarter, not harder<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PE helps you begin to evaluate how well your production process uses the resources it has. It is the gateway to bigger and better efficiency practices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you start measuring efficiency now, it will help you:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minimize waste in the short run, paying dividends in the long run.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make more informed decisions about how much of which product to make when.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pinpoint your place on the PPF, scaling certain products up or down while remaining efficient.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduces allocation efficiency into your process, considering the market in your production.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Productive efficiency is a great launching pad for more sophisticated types of efficiency calculations and continuous improvement activities. 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