Question

For a restaurant, all activities associated with transforming basic ingredients (i.e., inputs) into the final dishes (i.e., outputs) are known as ______ in the value chain.

Answer 1

This is known as productivity, because the emphasis is on the final result. Because you are getting things made, and producing something, you are being productive. The whole is a product of the sum of its parts. Restaurants should seek to maximize productivity.