The main difference between production and productivity is discussed in this post. Examples are taken from the garment manufacturing industry.
Production:
Production is defined as a process or procedure to transform a set of input to an output having the desired utility and quality.
To the production people, Production is the quantity produced by the batch or a line irrespective of input. Like a line supervisor reports as daily production to management (e.g. Yesterday’s production of line-x is 500 pieces).
Productivity:
On the other side, Productivity is the ratio of output and Input.Some of the usages of Production term is Production of cutting department, production of the sewing line-X. etc.
Example: Suppose a sewing line has produced 400 pieces by 35 workers in a day.
Production of the line is 400 units. (This is just the quantity. Input has not been considered here. You don't know how many machines or labours is utilized to make this much quantity.)
On the other hand, productivity (labour productivity) = 400/35 = 11.42 pieces per labour per shift.
(To find labour productivity labour input is considered. You measure the performance per labour. With the productivity figure you have a clear idea about the performance of the line.)
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Also see: How to measure labour productivity?
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