System and method for increasing employee productivity

A computerized method for increasing engagement in a production activity, said method comprising:

• generating production data at least in part by comparing captured image data of units of output against build files for units of output produced by binder jetting machines (“machines”), the captured image data being captured by cameras, said cameras forming part of data acquiring devices, said cameras and data acquiring devices forming part of augmented reality devices, during performance of a production activity at the machines for generating the units of output using the build files;
• acquiring the production data from the machines on an ongoing basis while the production activity is underway by way of the data acquiring devices;
• retrieving unit of output based earnings rate data for team members tasked with performing the production activity with the machines from a database;
• generating, on an ongoing basis while performance of the production activity is underway, an evaluated earnings rate for each of said team members by multiplying the production data with the output based earnings rate for said team members on a machine specific basis;
• displaying and updating, on an ongoing basis while the production activity is underway, graphics at an electronic displays representing the evaluated earnings rate;
• and
• selecting the graphics from a plurality of graphics, wherein the graphics are automatically selected on a team member specific basis from a plurality of graphics, each of said plurality of graphics being associated with a threshold evaluated earnings rate, the selected graphics being the graphics of the plurality of candidate graphics associated with a highest surpassed one of the threshold evaluated earning rates based on a most recently determined evaluated earnings rate on the team member specific basis.

A computerized method for increasing engagement in a production activity, said method comprising:

• acquiring production data for a production activity from machines for performing the production activity to generate units of output, said production data acquired on an ongoing basis while the production activity is underway by way of data acquiring devices forming part of, or in electronic association with, the machines;
• retrieving unit of output based earnings rate data for team members tasked with performing the production activity with the machines from a database;
• generating, on an ongoing basis while performance of the production activity is underway, an evaluated earnings rate for each of said team members by multiplying the production data with the output based earnings rate for said team members on a machine specific basis;
• displaying and updating, on an ongoing basis while the production activity is underway, graphics at an electronic displays representing the evaluated earnings rate;
• selecting the graphics from a plurality of graphics, wherein the graphics are automatically selected on a team member specific basis from a plurality of graphics, each of said plurality of graphics being associated with a threshold evaluated earnings rate, the selected graphics being the graphics of the plurality of candidate graphics associated with a highest surpassed one of the threshold evaluated earning rates based on a most recently determined evaluated earnings rate on the team member specific basis;
• generating a ranking of said team member and each of additional team members based on the evaluated earnings rate for the team member and the evaluated earnings rates for the additional team members;
• and
• causing the ranking to be displayed at the electronic display or another electronic display.