In a bid to increase the work efficiency of the public sector undertaking, a day-long workshop on "Measurement of Productivity in Public Sector Projects" was organised under the aegis of "Uttarakhand Power Sector Investment Programme" of the Project Management Office, Department of Energy, Government of Uttarakhand on Thursday.
In his address, Principal Secretary Power Dr Umakant Panwar said that productivity measurement is also very important in the government sector, though it is very difficult to measure it as there are no established or standard parameters of measurement. The public sector utilities must give emphasis on how to enhance their productivity and efforts should be made towards effective measuring of the productivity in the organisation. “Our outputs and inputs should be monitored regularly in a competitive manner,” he said. Talking about the complicacies of the productivity measurement, he gave the examples of public services like Health and Police departments and said that there is lesser productivity measuring parameters in comparison to other departments. He emphasized on personal productivity output for self- satisfaction and in order to gain organisational outputs. These days it has become more important for government departments because private sectors are dominating in every field. He hoped that the participants of the workshop will generate their interest in this field and will work towards achieving the goals of their organisations.
UJVNl MD SN Verma said that measuring productivity has become an essential process in the success of an organisation. By measuring productivity an organization can identify the problems and challenges to face and how to mitigate them. To improve productivity, the organisation has to compete with itself, he said, adding that there are various parameters to measure the productivity which are selected on the basis of the works of the organisation.
In his address, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES) chancellor SJ Chopra said that improving the productivity has always been the core activity of the industrial sector. Sharing his experiences, he said that during his days in industrial sector, the productivity was being calculated by allocating specific man powers to particular activities and then was being analysed with certain techniques. Productivity can be achieved by adopting the activities using lesser manpower, lesser material and lesser overhead expenses, he said.
BCK Mishra, director-operations UJVNl, said that to enhance productivity, the organisations must use new technologies and strategies, including improved Information Technology, Supply Chain and logistics Management. He further explained that productivity is a measure of the amount of output generated per unit of input. It is a measure of the efficiency of production which further helps in value addition, income generation and overall improvement of services and goods, added Mishra. He also said that productivity measurement is also used as a management aid in achieving extra output.
Paromita Mukherji of North India Chapter of PMI said that organisations must identify the factors that need to be controlled to achieve their main goals.
Rajeev Anand, vice- president, Uttarakhand Productivity Council dwelt on the processes to check the productivity in HR, logistics and other non-manufacturing and support services other than manufacturing activities. He advised to form a measurement task force and to develop indicators for monitoring the performance. Among other dignitaries present were Prof AK Dhand, Prof Shrihari Honward, executive director UJVNl Purushottam Singh and SK Chopra aside from several officers of UJVNl, PTCUl, ONGC and UPES.