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Issue Date:
10/01/2002
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1. What are the odds? (Performance Improvement).
It happens at least twice a year. The weekly lottery approaches the $50 million mark, and workplace discussions begin to focus on what it will ... (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
2. The curse of superior intellect. (Management).
We live in the age of the knowledge worker. Before the postindustrial era, people with superior Intellect were not generally found in the rank-and-file work ... (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
3. The ABCs of 4PLs. (Logistics).
Fill in the blank: _____-party logistics. If your response was third, give yourself an "A" because you're familiar with a popular form of supply chain ... (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
4. Movies on demand: efficiency combines with new technology in Netflix's...
Space-age transports, computer-driven gadgets, and evolutionary science permeate moviemakers' portrayals of the future. Despite variations in theme -- from George Lucas' 1977 epic Star Wars ... (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
5. The frugal ergonomist: the most creative fixes are often the simplest.
DRIVING AN OPTIMIZED GRIP The common screwdriver hasn't changed much in recent years. But some plastic tubing and strong tape turn a common screwdriver into ... (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
6. The office that lean built: applying cellular thinking to administrative...
For the past two decades, companies have focused on cleaning up their manufacturing operations -- reorganizing the factory to produce better goods more quickly and ... (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
7. Party patter primer: explaining what an IE does without boring people to...
There you are, standing at the cheese-and-cracker tray during a cocktail party, when someone asks, "What do you do?" "I'm an industrial engineer," you reply. (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
8. Parallel machine scheduling. (Research Reports).
Motivated by a Japanese electronics manufacturer's need to improve the scheduling of its printed wiring board manufacturing line, Lian Yu, Heloisa M. Shih, Michele Pfund, ... (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
9. Sublot sizing. (Research Reports).
Lot splitting is a technique for accelerating the flow of work by splitting job lots into sublots. As a result, several operational performance measures can ... (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
10. Paying for customer service. (Research Reports).
Customer service requirements -- in terms of product availability or fill rate -- and the willingness of customers to pay for such service in a ... (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE) | |
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