DURHAM, NC-A majority of manufacturers in the five largest western manufacturing nations are reporting productivity gains in 2003.
In a survey study by TBM Consulting Group, Germany led the way with 54.5 percent of respondents saying their companies had made productivity gains in 2003. In the United States, 51.7 percent of respondents said their companies were working more efficiently at the close of the past year. In the United Kingdom 47.4 percent of respondents said their companies were continuing to improve, while in Brazil and Mexico, 46.7 and 38 percent of respondents said their companies made recent productivity gains.