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Although organizational performance is often a function of team performance, the basic unit of team performance is still individual performance. In many instances, team performance is simply an extension of highly choreographed collective individual performances. Accordingly, it is this individual level that represents our initial human performance modeling starting point.
By Jerry L. Harbour
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Every manufacturing organization has a need for various kinds of material handling equipment depending on what types of materials are handled in the manufacturing processes. In processes involving sheet metal fabrication, normally equipment like forklifts are used to move materials within plants. The following case study examines the utilization of forklifts in an organization that makes products used in the building industry.
By Raj Sanne
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The difference between “good” and “great” team management is in the delivery. Strong delivery capability is the result of effective planning, sound processes and careful monitoring that translate strategy into action. But virtual team managers are faced with a series of complex issues and circumstances that may prevent the team from getting deliverables out the door.
By Yael Zofi
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Born out of the idea of process-driven optimization in European factories in the 18th century, industrial engineering was conceived as a process for streamlining the chain of delivery for goods and services. Today, a similar revolution is taking shape in the design and construction industry that arguably will become one of the most influential transformations the industry has ever seen through building information modeling, or BIM.
By Don Interdonato
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Susan Blake in the October 2011 issue of IE magazine offers the following concise description of what IEs do: “IEs make systems function better together with less waste, better quality and fewer resources.” If an organization, an industry or even a union cannot operate in accordance with the tenets of the definition of industrial engineering, it is bound to have problems similar to what the EU is experiencing.
By Adedeji Badiru
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