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Encyclopedia > Time and methods engineering

Time and methods engineering is the aspect of industrial engineering concerned with the analysis and design of work methods and systems, including technological selection of operations or processes, specification of equipment type and location, design of manual and worker-machine tasks. May include the design of controls to insure proper levels of output, inventory, quality, and cost. Industrial engineering is the engineering discipline that concerns the design, development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, knowledge, equipment, energy, material and process. ...


See also

  • Work design
  • Motion analysis
  • Motion economy
  • Methods analysis

In organizational development (OD), work design is the application of Socio-Technical Systems principles and techniques to the humanization of work. ...

Reference

  • Work Design & Measurement, IE Terminology, 2000 Revised Edition

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