Niebel's Methods, Standards, & Work Design (eainde303 )

By (author) Freivalds Andris; By (author) Niebel, Benjamin
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Addresses the increasing global competition and the fact that every industry, business, and service organization is restructuring itself to operate effectively. This title emphasizes both the manual components and the cognitive aspects of work, recognizing the gradual decline of the manufacturing sector and the growth of the service sector.
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This edition addresses the increasing global competition and the fact that every industry, business, and service organization is restructuring itself to operate more effectively. Cost-effectiveness and product reliability without excess capacity are the keys to successful activity in business, industry, and government. These keys are the end results of methods engineering.

The 13th edition of Methods, Standards, and Work Design will provide practical, up-to-date descriptions of engineering methods to measure, analyze, and design manual work. The text emphasizes both the manual components and the cognitive aspects of work, recognizing the gradual decline of the manufacturing sector and the growth of the service sector. The importance of ergonomics and work design as part of methods engineering emphasizes not only increased productivity, but also to improve worker health and safety, and thus, company bottom-line costs. In the twenty-first century it is essential that the industrial engineer consider both productivity issues and their efforts on the health and safety of the worker. This comprehensive text addresses this need by integrating the traditional elements of motion and time study along with the human factors and ergonomics and safety engineering.

Table of contents
Niebel''s Methods, Standards, and Work Design 12eChapter 1: Methods, Standards, and Work Design: IntroductionChapter 2: Problem-Solving ToolsChapter 3: Operation AnalysisChapter 4: Manual Work DesignChapter 5: Workplace, Equipment, and Tool DesignChapter 6: Work Environment DesignChapter 7: Design of Cognitive WorkChapter 8: Workplace and Systems SafetyChapter 9: Proposed Method ImplementationChapter 10: Time StudyChapter 11: Performance Rating and AllowancesChapter 12: Standard Data and FormulasChapter 13: Predetermined Time SystemsChapter 14: Work SamplingChapter 15: Indirect and Expense Labor StandardsChapter 16: Standards Follow-Up and UsesChapter 17: Wage PaymentChapter 18: Training and Other Management PracticesAppendices1 Glossary2 Helpful Formulas3 Special Tables
Biographical note
Andris FreivaldsThe Pennsylvania State University Benjamin W. NiebelThe Pennsylvania State University