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Preparing for the worst: Flexibility is the Key
Tập 35 Số 5 - Trang 32-38 - 1986
Whilst leaving work the other day I noticed the headlines on a piece of
newspaper trampled into the wet concrete: ‘HOLIDAYS CRISIS’. During the next ten
minutes several hundred people walked over the newspaper; everyone noticed it ‐
they could not fail because it rested on the threshold of the door. Not one was
sufficiently interested to read the sub‐headings, or to pass a remark about it
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Time and Motion Study Volume 13 Issue 1
Tập 13 Số 1 - Trang 9-56 - 1964
THIS title, abbreviated in current fashion to the initials M.S.T., is given to
what Personnel Administration Ltd. describe as a new management technique which
has been developed by their research and development division under its
director, Mr. B. P. Smith. Its aim is to increase the productivity of workers,
particularly semi‐skilled ones engaged on repetitive tasks. Since the company
claim that M...
Time and Motion Study Volume 13 Issue 11
Tập 13 Số 11 - Trang 7-51 - 1964
TECHNOLOGICAL progress is a scythe which cuts ever deeper swathes in the
familiar fields of the world's industrial and commercial life. It finds its
justification in words like productivity, competition, modernization and similar
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but a flood tide sweeping forward with irresistible momentum despite Canute's
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Investment Decisions for Robotics Development
Tập 39 Số 1 - Trang 16-18 - 1990
Discusses the factors involved in the decision‐making process about investment
in robotics. Examines levels of automation in organizations, financial analysis
tools such as ROI and NPV, competitive benefits of robotics, and non‐financial
aspects of automation. Concludes that the decision will depend on the
organization′s strategic goals, since financial analysis provides incomplete
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