Tools of productivity:
1. Work study- The technique of method study and work measurement employed to ensure the best possible use of human and material resources in carrying out the specific activity.
2. Motion Study: It is the detail study of manual and/or body motions used in a work task or at one work area, often involving comparative analysis of right and left hand motion.
3. Motion economy: This method use the basic principles of the manner in which body motions are perform to simplify and reduced the work content.
4. Work simplification: With the help of this method, improvement in work methods or work flow, initiate and developed by superiors or the workers on the job as a result of methods training and/or economic incentives.
5. Job Design: The establishment of job content using the concept of enlarging or broadening the scope, variety and responsibility of a job in order to improve personal job satisfaction and increased output quality and quantity.
6. Total Quality Management (TQM): TQM means set of activities involving everybody in an organization in a totally integrated efforts improving performance at every level.
Productivity can increased by following ways:
1. By effective utilization of material.
2. By effective utilization of machinery and equipment.
3. By selecting proper layout.
4. By providing good working conditions.
5. By using advanced techniques for manufacturing.
6. By proper selection of material handling equipment.
7. By designing a product with proper tolerance and specification.