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Management
I moved it over to Management - hope you don't mind...
As for the question at hand - how do I measure productivity? Honestly, I'm not as diligent as some here about measuring. That being said, I really can only measure our company against our previous performance. Every once in awhile I get a little glimpse into another outfit's productivity; either they're working on a project next door, or we're working together on a project for our association, or we happened to land one portion of a project and they land another and I can see them in action...
But that's never very often.
Actually, I've found this place to be a good spot to compare productivity against fellow landscapers.
But I can also just tell where there are a few areas where we aren't as productive as we can be, but I'm mentally fighting changing it...Like morning prep time - loading or unloading tools...I know this would go much faster if we had trucks better suited to the task (Tony Bass, you listening?), or truck/trailer combos that held all of a crew's tools and equipment.
I'm fighting this because I know it's going to cost money and take up more space (and space we don't have at the moment). I haven't done an analysis to see what the break-even of making a change like that would be.
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