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Productivity

English translation: Productivity is a ratio of production output to what is required to produce it

03:41 Sep 14, 2012
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Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial / cylinder overhaul
English term or phrase: Productivity
How to calculate & define about earned hours (part of productivity parameter)
Ghofarsuharto
Selected answer:Productivity is a ratio of production output to what is required to produce it
Explanation:
Productivity is a measure of the efficiency of production. Productivity is a ratio of production output to what is required to produce it (inputs). The measure of productivity is defined as a total output per one unit of a total input.

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2. Economics The rate at which goods or services are produced especially output per unit of labor.
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David Hollywood
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5 +2Productivity is a ratio of production output to what is required to produce it
David Hollywood
3生産性
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productivity
生産性


Explanation:
下記の記載がウィキペディアにあります。

Example sentence(s):
  • 生産性（せいさんせい：productivity）とは経済学で生産活動に対する生産要素（労働・資本など）の寄与度のこと。

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity
    Reference: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%9F%E7%94%A3%E6%80%A7
summereye
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neutral  lorenab23: English to English question
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productivity
Productivity is a ratio of production output to what is required to produce it


Explanation:
Productivity is a measure of the efficiency of production. Productivity is a ratio of production output to what is required to produce it (inputs). The measure of productivity is defined as a total output per one unit of a total input.

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-09-14 04:56:29 GMT)
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2. Economics The rate at which goods or services are produced especially output per unit of labor.

David Hollywood
Local time: 15:43
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 11
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agree  Doroteja
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agree  Ashutosh Mitra
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