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Ergonomists gamble on learning solutions: Department of Defense and networking highlight conference activities.(KEEPING PACE WITH HE)
June 1, 2009... Ergonomists from industry, military, health care and other fields descended upon the biggest little city in the world, Reno, Nev., in March for the 12 th annual Applied Ergonomics Conference and Expo. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The event, themed" Improve, Impact, Influence the Future,"...

Work perfect: the day we strive for.
June 1, 2009... Booz Allen Hamilton, a management and technology consulting firm, is focused on government clients. The team that I work under is the modeling, simulation, war-gaming and analysis team, though we're more on the analysis side. Much of what I do on this team is portfolio management, some...

More measurement now.(Mail)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2009... In the March issue, "Return to Work Measurement," by Shigeyasu Sakamoto was a very thought-provoking column. Work measurement can be very expensive. As a former member of General Electric's corporate manufacturing staff I found that there should be about one industrial engineer for every...

Emerging technologies: baking it safe.(INNOVATIVE TOOLS OF THE TRADE)
May 1, 2009... Datapaq, a company dedicated to improving the efficiency of heat processing, offers a Food Tracker temperature profiling system to help lower energy costs while maintaining product safety by optimizing continuous or batch cook, bake, chill, freeze or fry processes. The system works by...