Partnership and Productivity Improvements
Productivity gains and improvements achieved through employee participation and involvement activities:
- A study at Leyland in the UK showed that the adoption of partnership led to a reduction of 30% in operating costs (£10m overall 10 years), halving of the break-even point and an improvement in quality of 30%. (Knell (1999)
- In the US steel industry, a change from traditional work practices to an innovative bundle of practices led to $1m increase in profits per steel production line. (Ichniowski (1997)
- In a call-centre, self-managing service teams achieved sales that were 20% higher than those of traditionally organised groups. (Batt (1999)
- A study of the Aerospace industry found that value-added increased by 20-34% in companies using high performance work practices. A study of the Aerospace industry found that value-added increased by 20-34% in companies using high performance work practices. (Thompson (1999)
- 175 out of 269 organisations (65%) in a US survey reported that gainsharing saved production costs, 62% felt it improved quality and almost half reported major improvements in the production process. (Kim (1996)
