Simoneau, R. (2020, June), The Manufacturing Education Dilemma: Operating Efficiency vs. Productivity  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2--35345

\bibitem{asee_peer_35345}
  Simoneau, R. (2020, June), \emph{The Manufacturing Education Dilemma: Operating Efficiency vs. Productivity}
  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line .
  10.18260/1-2--35345

Robert Simoneau.  "The Manufacturing Education Dilemma: Operating Efficiency vs. Productivity".  2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2020.  https://peer.asee.org/35345 Internet.  15 Jan, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_35345}
  Robert Simoneau.
  "The Manufacturing Education Dilemma: Operating Efficiency vs. Productivity".
  \emph{2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2020.
  https://peer.asee.org/35345 Internet.  15 Jan, 2025

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AB  - This paper examines the ongoing discussion regarding operating efficiency and productivity and its application to US manufacturing operations and its implication for manufacturing engineering education. The distinction between operating efficiency and productivity in the research literature is somewhat nuanced making this disparity even more difficult for faculty and students to assimilate. This paper is an attempt to provide engineering educators with a clearer distinction between operating efficiency and true productivity. This will enable educators to emphasize where problematic tensions arise as their students evolve. Review of the literature tends to support three dominate perspectives regarding operational efficiency: labor centric, production/operations centric and indirectly Wall Street centric – profit maximization. Each perspective has advantages but can be somewhat idiosyncratic. Relentless global competition mandates that Chief Executive Officers (CEO), engineering staff and operations managers must function with increased efficiency if they are to remain competitive. How operating efficiency translates into productivity needs to be stress throughout the manufacturing engineering curriculum. The utilization by faculty of experiential and project-based methodologies can help students better understand the distinction. Some researchers suggest that the highest productivity (efficient point) is achieved when maximum output is obtained for a particular input level. This distinction suggests that operational efficiency ultimately defines productivity. These definition can easily distort and even confuse students and faculty who may use efficiency and productivity interchangeably. This paper will suggest a holistic definition of productivity that can be easily integrated into applied manufacturing engineering pedagogy. The proposed definition, if adopted, will provide educators and their students with the necessary terminology to effectively argue for true productivity initiatives that represents the voice of the customer. 
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