Assessment of Partial and Multi Factor Productivity on Messebo Cement Factory (Ethiopia)

Abstract

The study is conducted basically to assess the partial (labor and machine) and multifactor productivity of Messebo cement factory with the objective of analyzing the productivity status of the factory, analyzing the trends in productivity growth of the factory, analyze the factors that affect productivity of the factory and providing suggestions to improve the productivity performance of the factory because they are vital in measuring the competency of any company. The study used primary and secondary data as input. The primary data was collected observation and through interview conducted with the production department of the factory. The most important data for the study was gained from secondary sources like annual production report of the organization. The data was presented through table and analyzed by using a descriptive statistics. The study found that Messebo Cement is facing a problem of reduction in its productivity while we are comparing the trends of its productivity. The emergence of Derba cements factory leads to the decrease in demand of Messebo’s cement. Using of technology intelligently, the increase in the demand of cement, market price of cement and investing in human capital are important factors of productivity in Messebo cement. Having appropriate work-force leads Messebo to raise its productivity in 2010/11.

Keywords: productivity, cement