🧮 Metrics That Matter: 🔹 Labor Productivity Ratio

This week’s focus: Labor Productivity Ratio (LPR)

📊 What is it?
LPR measures the efficiency of your crew by comparing earned labor hours (based on actual progress) to actual labor hours spent.

🔹 Formula:
Labor Productivity Ratio = Earned Hours ÷ Actual Hours

✅ Why it matters:

• A ratio above 1.0 means your team is ahead of schedule or more productive than planned.

• A ratio below 1.0 indicates overruns and may signal delays or inefficiencies.

• Tracking LPR helps identify high-performing teams, scope risks, and areas where workflow or manpower needs adjustment.

🛠️ Pro Tip:
Use LPR weekly for each crew or phase. Pair it with daily logs and earned value milestones to keep your project on track and your labor costs tight.

📊 Why It Matters

• LPR > 1.0 → You're ahead of schedule.

• LPR = 1.0 → You're on track.

• LPR < 1.0 → You're falling behind.

It’s a quick way to check if your team is productive, where you're losing time, and how to fix it.

🛠️ Quick Tips

• Use daily production logs to track earned hours.

• Break LPR down by phase: rough-in, wire pull, fixtures, etc.

• Pair it with delay notes — material or RFI issues often explain dips.

🧾 Simple Example

💡 Use LPR weekly to stay on track, coach your team, and forecast smarter.

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