GLOSSARY
The vocabulary of measurable work.
Array uses specific terms with specific meanings — defined plainly, updated when the thinking sharpens, and citable by anyone trying to understand this market.
Start with these four.
If you read nothing else, these are the four terms that explain how Array sees the labor economy.
Essential Economy
The US industries that build, power, move, and maintain the physical world — ~50% of GDP, 95M jobs.
Human Productivity Platform
Array's term for a system that makes frontline productivity measurable, improvable, and predictable.
Cost per Output
The total labor cost required to produce one unit of measurable work — Array's preferred labor efficiency metric.
Labor Cost Efficiency
Real outputs divided by total labor compensation — the ratio Array considers the metric that matters.
