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PR PRODUCTI ODUCTIVITY ITY VAL ALUES UES
March 2014
SLIDE 2 PRODUCTIVITY SA - INTRODUCTION
- Established through the Skills Development Act No 37 of
2008 as amended and is classified as a National Public Entity, under Schedule 3A of the Public Finance Management Act 1 of 1999
TRIPARTITE ADVISORY BOARD Enhancing the Productive Capacity of South Africa MANDATE To lead and inspire a productive and competitive South Africa VISION GOVERNMENT
SLIDE 3 Training Agenda
- What is productivity
- Productivity explained
- What is not productivity
- Productivity explained in terms of embedded values:
- Continuous performance improvement
- Waste elimination
- Doing it right first time and all the time
- Cost reduction
- Continuous improvement of one’s own circumstances
- Efficient and effective resource usage
- Time management
- Environmental sensitivity
- Social conscience
SLIDE 4 What is Productivity?
- Productivity entails converting resources (input) into
products and services (output) efficiently, effectively and with optimum utilisations of human capital and physical resources for the benefit of society, the economy and the environment.
- A mind-set that embraces the value of “doing what I
do today better than I did yesterday and even better tomorrow”
- That is, continuous performance improvement
- Its essence pivots around the Output/Input ratio and
- ther forms of measurement
SLIDE 5 Productivity Explained
- Doing the right things (effectiveness)
- Doing things right (efficiency)
- Without waste of resources
- Within agreed time
- Correctly in terms of quality specifications
- With optimum utilization of people and Resources
- With respect for human dignity and the environment
- Tracing each improvement level
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Productivity Explained
SLIDE 7 What is not productivity?
- Working harder
- Cutting costs
- Reducing staff and workers
- Extra work for managers
- Employing specialists
- Production.
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What is not productivity
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What is not productivity
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SLIDE 10 Productivity values
- Productivity improvement initiative incorporates
simulation exercises which will allow pupils to find
- ut what happens in a working and business
environment as well as what is expected from people doing work in that environment. This will also provide employees with insight on strategies
- Productive behaviour, like any other behaviour, is
based on values that are assimilated into the people exhibiting productive behaviour
SLIDE 11 Continuous performance improvement
- "doing what I do today better than I did
yesterday and even better tomorrow".
- Change your own circumstances
- Finding easier ways to do things so as to
improve output, quantity and time
- Finding better or improved ways to do things to
improve quality
- The PDCA cycle for continuous improvement is
the underlying system for setting goals
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PDCA CYCLE
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Continuous performance improvement
SLIDE 14 Waste elimination
- Activities that do not add value to the end product or
service.
- Identifying and eliminating waste in all the things we
do
- Not forgetting to look for waste in all the things we
do
- Measuring waste where its being identified
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Waste elimination
SLIDE 16 Doing it right, first time and all the time
- Doing things once and getting them right all the
time, and not repeating the same thing in order to get it right
- One needs to be result driven and always achieve
desired results
- Accuracy, quality cost and speed
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Doing it right, first time and all the time
SLIDE 18 Cost reduction
- This is the process of looking for, finding,
and removing unwarranted expenses to increase profits without negative impact on quality
- By ensuring that what we do, does not
result in waste of resources, energy, space and time
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Cost reduction
SLIDE 20 Continuous improvement
- f one’s own circumstances
- Making the most of opportunities to learn and
improve
- The future is tomorrow, and it depends on the
things we did yesterday and the things we do today
- The seeds that will bear fruit tomorrow are
planted today
- A bird in hand is worth two in the bush;
SLIDE 21 Continuous improvement
- f one’s own circumstances
SLIDE 22 Efficient and effective resource usage
- Ensuring the products and services meet market
expectation and are value for money. Doing the right things right (efficiency), which includes:
- With the least possible waste of resource or
input Within a short time
- With high quality
- With the highest use of human capital and
resources
- With the highest satisfaction for customers and
employees
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Efficient and effective resource usage
SLIDE 24 Time management
- The act or process of planning and exercising
conscious control over the amount of time spent
- n specific activities especially to increase
effectiveness, efficiency or productivity
- Start a task on the agreed time and not after or
before an instruction is given
- Planning our day to make sure there is enough
time for the things we need to do – eliminating human frustration
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Time management
SLIDE 26 Environmental sensitivity
- Most of the physical resources are derived
from the environment. The ways of resources usage can either deplete or conserve environmental resources
- Keep everything as clean as possible and
conserve the environment
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Environmental sensitivity
SLIDE 28 Social conscience
- The improvement of productivity should benefit and not
harm society
- We must respect the dignity of all people, regardless of
race, age, religion or status in society and treat people as equals
- I am because we are (Motho ke motho ka ba bangwe)
- Treat other people the way you would like to be treated
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Social conscience
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