Work Systems: Pearson New International Edition - Softcover

Mikell P. Groover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1292027053 ISBN 13: 9781292027050

Publisher: Pearson Education Limited, 2013

Synopsis

For sophomore or junior-level courses in industrial engineering. Divided into two major areas of study – work systems, and work methods, measurement, and management – this guidebook provides up-to-date, quantitative coverage of work systems and how work is analyzed and designed. Thorough, broad-based coverage addresses nearly all of the traditional topics of industrial engineering that relate to work systems and work science. The author’s quantitative approach summarizes many aspects of work systems, operations analysis, and work measurement using mathematical equations and quantitative examples.

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Divided into two major areas of discussion - work systems, and work methods, measurement, and management - this guide provides up-to-date, quantitative coverage of work systems and how work is analyzed and designed.Includes 30 chapters organized into six parts: Work Systems and How They Work; Methods Engineering and Layout Planning; Time Study and Work Measurement; New Approaches in Process Improvement and Work Management; Ergonomics and Human Factors in the Workplace, and Traditional Topics in Work Management. Addresses the “systems by which work is accomplished, such as worker-machine systems, manufacturing cells, assembly lines, projects, and office work pools. Summarizes many aspects of work systems, operations analysis, and work measurement using mathematical equations and quantitative examples.For professionals in the area of industrial engineering.

 

 

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson Education Limited
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1292027053
• ISBN 13: 9781292027050
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 752