This book demonstrates that ethical treatment of everyone in an organization will increase productivity in all the functional activities of the organization itself as well as all of its members since it will ensure the growth of the organization as a result of continuous improvements that may have been initiated by management but will be continuously improved due impetus from motivated employees. It achieves this by the presentation of examples and by enumerating a list of critical questions for each function that will provide a metric that will enable establishing goals for improvement. This book is unique because it requires the decision-maker to examine each potential decision and ask the questions: -- In what other way can the desired results be achieved that will have the least long-term effects for those employees affected by the decision and the future viability of the organization? -- When is the right time to implement the decision? The decision may involve a reduction in force (RIF), a potential change in a vendor or a manufacturing process, the formation of a safety team, the installation or modification of an incentive system. The decisions could be involved in manufacturing, logistics. quality or healthcare.

Mistakes occur for many reasons. This book takes a hands-on approach to the reasons mistakes happen, analyzes the actual mistakes, and develops a strategy to reduce them. This book proposes error reduction strategies in human decision making and educates the reader to further reduce the likelihood of making a mistake. It provides error reduction strategies, describes various cost-effective methods for eliminating costly errors, and discusses Anthropometry, Crew Resource Management, Human Factors, Industrial Engineering, Scientific Management, and Usability and the role these topics play in the avoidance of mistakes. This book will be of interest to professionals and students in the areas of industrial engineering, human factors, logistics, quality control, manufacturing, human resources, and safety.

This book demonstrates that ethical treatment of everyone in an organization will increase productivity in all the functional activities of the organization itself as well as all of its members since it will ensure the growth of the organization as a result of continuous improvements that may have been initiated by management but will be continuously improved due impetus from motivated employees. It achieves this by the presentation of examples and by enumerating a list of critical questions for each function that will provide a metric that will enable establishing goals for improvement. This book is unique because it requires the decision-maker to examine each potential decision and ask the questions: -- In what other way can the desired results be achieved that will have the least long-term effects for those employees affected by the decision and the future viability of the organization? -- When is the right time to implement the decision? The decision may involve a reduction in force (RIF), a potential change in a vendor or a manufacturing process, the formation of a safety team, the installation or modification of an incentive system. The decisions could be involved in manufacturing, logistics. quality or healthcare.

This book emphasizes the need to ask critical questions before implementing tools and their integration into the many applications in which industrial engineers work. This use of critical thinking will minimize the likelihood of mistakes that can result in the wasting of finite resources and the possible loss of life. Included in this book are examples, both successful and unsuccessful, for each of the functions on which industrial engineers focus. These examples include the critical questions that were asked that resulted in success and those questions that were not asked that resulted in failure. Integration of Methods Improvement and Measurement into Industrial Engineering Functions is applicable to students, new graduates, and practitioners in the areas of industrial engineering, human factors, materials processing, quality control, asset management, production control, and supply chain management, as well as those concerned with safety issues.

Mistakes occur for many reasons. This book takes a hands-on approach to the reasons mistakes happen, analyzes the actual mistakes, and develops a strategy to reduce them. This book proposes error reduction strategies in human decision making and educates the reader to further reduce the likelihood of making a mistake. It provides error reduction strategies, describes various cost-effective methods for eliminating costly errors, and discusses Anthropometry, Crew Resource Management, Human Factors, Industrial Engineering, Scientific Management, and Usability and the role these topics play in the avoidance of mistakes. This book will be of interest to professionals and students in the areas of industrial engineering, human factors, logistics, quality control, manufacturing, human resources, and safety.