// COST_PER_UNIT_TEARDOWN
Your agency invoice shows the rate. It doesn't show the price.
Send us one week of hours and good units from one line. An operator, not a sales queue, sends back what a unit actually costs you, and what it would cost if your labor vendor were paid for output instead of hours.
Get my cost per unitFree · numbers only, no invoices required · a reply within 24 hours
// WHAT_YOU_GET_BACK
What you get back
Your real cost per unit
Burdened labor divided by good units, counting every hour including downtime. It's the formula from Output Over Hours.
Your implied wage
Two crews at the same hourly rate can carry very different real costs. We show you which one you have.
Your real turnover rate
If 30 seats were filled by 280 different people, that isn't 50% turnover. It's over 800%. Count the temp layer, and you'll see why the line never reaches its rate.
Plus a straight answer on fit. If an agency is the right tool for your situation, we'll say so.
// WHY_WE_BUILT_IT_THIS_WAY
Why we built it this way
An agency earns the same margin whether your line runs at 60% or 90%. Training hours, no-show replacements, the slow first week — all marked up, none of it tied to output. Per-unit pricing flips the incentive: Productiv earns more only by running the line more efficiently.
// WHAT_TO_HAVE_HANDY
What to have handy
- Headcount and shifts the agency covers today
- Your agency bill rate
- Hours billed and good units produced in one recent week
- Roughly how many different people worked those seats in the last 12 months (an estimate is fine)
You don't need these to submit. We'll ask for the numbers in our reply.
1,200+
operators
9
embedded operations inside client plants in VA, NC, TX and UT
10+ yrs
average tenure of our leads and supervisors
“We had a shift that was inefficient from a people perspective. We got together with Productiv and put a crew together as an experiment focused around discipline, the rules in the building, and understanding the job on the floor. With just that, we had a 10 point uptick in efficiency.”
“When we set the process, it just works. We send in the material. It gets packed out, turned around to us. So there's minimal interaction that we have to do.”
Output Over HoursBy Productiv CFO and co-owner Paul Baker.The cost-per-unit playbook this model is built on.Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. It's how most of our embedded engagements start.
Do I have to send invoices?
No. The numbers are enough. If you'd rather walk through them on a call, we can do that.
Will someone visit my plant?
Only if the numbers say it's worth it. The site walk is the next step, not this one.
What if we're using an agency for a short surge?
Then an agency is probably the right tool, and we'll tell you so.
Where do you run teams?
Inside client plants in Richmond, Raleigh, Dallas–Fort Worth and Salt Lake City, serving manufacturers across the Carolinas from Charlotte. Teams deploy into your plant, so the model is not limited to these metros.
Is my data confidential?
Yes, and we're happy to sign an NDA.