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Labor Productivity Control John Martin

Labor Productivity Control By John Martin

Labor Productivity Control by John Martin


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A management guide to labour productivity, detailing longstanding approaches to worker performance and the changes they have undergone, as well as management's responsibilities and industrial engineering functions, made applicable to manufacturing, processing and service organizations.

Labor Productivity Control Summary

Labor Productivity Control: New Approaches for Industrial Engineers and Managers by John Martin

This management guide to labor productivity represents the author's experience of more than 40 years in the engineering field. Based on his work in over 100 plants and a dozen major corporations, John Martin presents his own personal approach to the specifics of labor productivity control, examining a variety of issues and operations that other books neglect. He fully details longstanding approaches to worker performance and the changes they have undergone, as well as management's responsibilities and industrial engineering functions, all of which are made applicable to manufacturing, processing, and service organizations.

Martin's approach is to examine control strategies that have proven ineffective or incomplete, and to describe alternate methods that he has observed to be workable. To do this, he first explores the basic principles of labor productivity, culled from a combination of historical and modern viewpoints, then follows with discussions of techniques used in general control processes and of various overall control functions. Among the specific topics addressed are work measurement considerations, performance rating and testing, developing and applying time study data, learning curve concepts and applications, wage incentive concepts and plans, and preparing and implementing a productivity control system. New concepts discussed include direct time study versus predetermined motion times, computer-aided application of MTM-1, and advanced applications of measured daywork. Designed as a hands-on reference work, Labor Productivity Control will be a valuable resource for manufacturing management personnel, practicing industrial engineers, management and line supervisors, and students in these fields.

About John Martin

JOHN C. MARTIN is a retired Registered Professional Engineer with over 40 years experience in industrial engineering and manufacturing. He has published and presented numerous articles and papers, and has contributed to four engineering handbooks.

Table of Contents

Introduction Concepts and Organizations for Labor Productivity Control Work Measurement Considerations A Fresh Look at Direct Time Study Methods and Standards Analysis with Predetermined Motion Times Computer-Aided Application of Basic MTM Developing and Applying Standard Time Data The Work Sampling Technique and Its Uses Learning Curve Concepts Selecting and Preparing for a Productivity Control System Wage Incentive Concepts Wage Incentive Limitations and Problems Measured Daywork Concepts How to Upgrade Results from MPI (Measured Day Work) Extending Labor Productivity Control to Nondirect Functions The Interactions Between Control Functions Summary and Conclusions Appendix Bibliography Index

Additional information

NPB9780275936631
9780275936631
0275936635
Labor Productivity Control: New Approaches for Industrial Engineers and Managers by John Martin
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
1990-11-30
320
N/A
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