Operations Management
Operations Management
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ISBN: 9781259667473
Author: William J Stevenson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To explain: The reason for lower productivity for an automobile company in Country U when compared with Country J.

Introduction: Productivity is the measure of performance of a person, machine or an organization. It is computed by dividing the average output per period by the total cost incurred or resources used in the process.

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