Industrial Management articles from November 1995

Industrial Management archives from November 1995

A framework for flow manufacturing scheduling systems.
November 1, 1995... For more than 20 years, the MRP framework has reigned supreme over the scheduling scene. It dominates plant installations, vendor software offerings, and the scheduling literature. It is the center piece of APICS certification exams. In spite...

Helping managers become effective job interviewers.
November 1, 1995... Organizational managers face many challenges and perform a variety of duties throughout their work day. They are leaders, entrepreneurs, peacemakers, negotiators, and spokespersons. It seems, however, that one of the most difficult roles...

Reengineering employee performance appraisals the TQM way. (total quality management)
November 1, 1995... One of Deming's TQM principles warns us to beware of bogus number and measures that try to determine elusive concepts. A subtle example of a process that uses bogus numbers is the employee performance evaluation. Plenty of man-hours are spent...

How can human resource expertise support reengineering efforts?
November 1, 1995... As the marketplace becomes increasingly global, companies seek new ways to improve their competitive advantage. While streamlining, rightsizing, and TQM have developed as methods to evaluate existing structures and processes, these approaches...

Flexibility management: the ultimate strategy.
November 1, 1995... The 1970s was the decade of productivity. In the 1980s, it was total quality management (TQM). The ongoing 1990s belong to flexibility. Restructuring, reengineering, and reinventing are simply methods for making a company flexible enough to...

What triggers an OSHA visit? (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
November 1, 1995... The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently changed its methods for identifying workplaces where the protection of workers can be improved. Employers should be aware of how OSHA makes inspection decisions in order to be...

U.S. manufacturing can be the world's best - again.
November 1, 1995... Thirty years ago the United States was unquestionably the world's economic superpower. Manufacturing fueled the economy's engine of growth and efficiency--and that growth stimulated expansion, both domestically and overseas. Jobs were...