During the last five years, interest in productivity-based group incentive plans for mill operations in the forest products industry has increased. In a 1983 monograph in this series titled "Company /Employee Gainsharing Programs," Michael B. McKay anticipated this trend. In that monograph, he defined "gainsharing" as a "group incentive plan."...
This monograph describes the concept of allocating aggregate costs of logs, wood, and manufacturing to specific products based on those products' relative market values. It includes results of a survey and a general analysis of the issues involved.