THE ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY PERSPECTIVE ON PRODUCTIVITY

• Published in: Proceedings of the International Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management p. 1
• Main Authors: Renken, Katharina, Barraza-Barraza, Diana, Guadalupe, Leonidas
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Huntsville American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Costs; Decision making; Efficiency; Energy conservation; Engineering; Management decisions; Manufacturing; Natural resources; Productivity

Engineering managers use productivity measures for performance evaluation and decision-making. The common assessment of productivity normally considers a simple fractional relationship of revenues over costs, where desirable productivity occurs when the system delivers higher revenues than the volum...