Industrial Management articles from July 1997

Industrial Management archives from July 1997

How to effectively reward employees.
July 1, 1997... An effective recognition and reward program does not have to cost a fortune, and it can be one of the most lucrative investments a company makes. On a daily basis, school-age children earn gold stars in classrooms, and top varsity sports players...

Sharing responsibilities with suppliers in a concurrent engineering organization.
July 1, 1997... The demands of today's ever-changing international marketplace are immense. Goals are moving targets, undergoing constant changes and shifting in response to market conditions. The diversity of disciplines in concurrent engineering (CE) is...

Facilities planning and design: a foundation of the BPR pyramid. (business process reengineering)
July 1, 1997... Business process reengineering has provided extensive opportunities for industrial engineers to provide the skills and techniques required for business restructuring. To benefit from this theoretical structure, a competitive operation must have...

The benchmarking process: assessing its value and limitations.
July 1, 1997... Benchmarking is emerging in leading-edge companies as an information tool to support continuous improvement and to gain competitive advantage. In order to benchmark effectively, a company needs a strong strategic focus and some flexibility in...

A practical approach to computerizing optimization problems.
July 1, 1997... An increase in power and sophistication, and a reduction in cost, of computer hardware and software, combined with an expansion of sensing and control device capabilities, make feasible the automatic control of many processes and decisions that...

Increasing competitiveness with continuous improvement.
July 1, 1997... There's no doubt companies need to improve their competitiveness in today's demanding market. Due to this remarkable increase in competition, companies need varied, high quality products; shortened delivery times; and increased services. Two...

Upgrading materials handling systems for top performance.
July 1, 1997... There's an increasingly common problem surfacing today in plants and warehouses across North America: What happens when yesterday's materials handling systems cannot keep pace with today's reliability and throughput demands? Recent advances in...