PRODUCTIVITY PAGEProductivity Definition:Productivity is an average measure of the efficiency of production. Productivity is a ratio of production output to what is required to produce it (inputs of capital, labor, land, energy, materials, etc.). The measure of productivity is defined as a total output per one unit of a total input.
Mass production is the result of automating the production process and lines. In ancient Greece the linens and clothes were all made by hand. At that time the machines were simple and were not capable to produce anything without human actions. When the industrial revolution had come the number of inventions that were being made was outstanding. The arrival of those new inventions opened the way to the mass production era. Mass production is when many of the same product are automatically produced at the same time. The implemenation of mass production processes was a great achievement for humanity as it drastically improved the quality and the productivity of work. Mass production was a great success because it was possible to satisfy the growing demand generated by the fast increse of the world population. The mass production was possible by using automation for the work machineries and production systems which drastically increased the productivity and made it possible to use quality control tools during the fabrication processes. In developed countries the population rely mainly on the mass production of food as oposed of poor and developing countries where the individual food production play an important role.
As any other processes the mass production has bad sides as well. Due to the intense use of chemicals and natural resources the mass production has a serious negative impact on the environment and the health of people and the animals. To increase the productivity and the volume of production often chemical are used and the residues are released in the atmosphere, water or in the ground. Developped countries have regulations and laws in place to protect the environment against harmful substances resulted from the production processes. However there are many places in the world where there are not proper environmental regulations in place or they are not applied and followed properly. As a result the harmful residues are affecting not only those particular geographic areas but the entire planet. More details could be found at the following link: http://eco-issues.com/TheIndustrialRevolutionandItsImpactonOurEnvironment.html
Productivity (Mass Production) Benefits:
Increase of volume of production per unit of time.
Capable to satisfy the continuosly increasing of consumers' demand
Reduce the cost of production and therefore the sale price of products make it affordable to all people.
Usually the computerized mass production lines are flexible and modification of products can be done very quick with no major costs.
High productivity lines usually involve automated quality control system which improve the conformity of the product with the specification which help to reduce or eliminate human errors.
Productivity ( Mass Production) Issues:
Use of large volume of resources resulting in depletion of available natural resources
Use of large quantities of chemicals that impacts on the environment
Generates large volumes of residues that have to be disposed or stored causing environmental issues and costs.
High productivity automated production lines and facilities eliminate a lot of jobs causing serious social problems.
All in all, high productivity automated mass production industries are necessary to satisfy todays world needs and are the only viable option for the present and future.
Mass production is the result of automating the production process and lines. In ancient Greece the linens and clothes were all made by hand. At that time the machines were simple and were not capable to produce anything without human actions. When the industrial revolution had come the number of inventions that were being made was outstanding. The arrival of those new inventions opened the way to the mass production era. Mass production is when many of the same product are automatically produced at the same time. The implemenation of mass production processes was a great achievement for humanity as it drastically improved the quality and the productivity of work. Mass production was a great success because it was possible to satisfy the growing demand generated by the fast increse of the world population. The mass production was possible by using automation for the work machineries and production systems which drastically increased the productivity and made it possible to use quality control tools during the fabrication processes.
In developed countries the population rely mainly on the mass production of food as oposed of poor and developing countries where the individual food production play an important role.
As any other processes the mass production has bad sides as well. Due to the intense use of chemicals and natural resources the mass production has a serious negative impact on the environment and the health of people and the animals. To increase the productivity and the volume of production often chemical are used and the residues are released in the atmosphere, water or in the ground. Developped countries have regulations and laws in place to protect the environment against harmful substances resulted from the production processes. However there are many places in the world where there are not proper environmental regulations in place or they are not applied and followed properly. As a result the harmful residues are affecting not only those particular geographic areas but the entire planet. More details could be found at the following link:
http://eco-issues.com/TheIndustrialRevolutionandItsImpactonOurEnvironment.html
Productivity (Mass Production) Benefits:
Productivity ( Mass Production) Issues:
All in all, high productivity automated mass production industries are necessary to satisfy todays world needs and are the only viable option for the present and future.
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