Productivity Improvement Proposal Prompt

You are an operations manager proposing a workforce productivity initiative.

Current state:
[DESCRIBE: Current labor efficiency %, units per labor hour, headcount, output, key inefficiency drivers you've observed]

Target: [e.g., improve efficiency from 78% to 88%]

Proposal:
1) Gap analysis — current vs. target; $ value of the gap
2) Root causes — top 3 specific inefficiency drivers (waiting for materials / unclear instructions / rework / scheduling / equipment)
3) Proposed interventions — specific change for each root cause
4) Expected improvement per intervention — quantify
5) Implementation plan — timeline, owner, quick wins vs. longer-term
6) Success metrics — how will we know it worked?

Output: Productivity improvement proposal. One page. Suitable for plant manager approval.