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Work-measured labor standards: the state of the art. (includes related article)(Work Measurement: A Series of 3 Articles)(Cover Story)
Work-measured labor standards have been around for about a century, and they will continue to be around for the foreseeable future. They are useful tools applicable to many areas of business. Perhaps the only thing wrong with these tools is their lack of a buzz word or catchy acronym. Maybe they should be called WMLS to keep up with the times.
For many years, work-measured labor standards were recognized as being very helpful in identifying remedies for those companies ailing from productivity problems. Dr. W. Edwards Deming was one of the first persons to down-grade labor standards. Point 11b of his famous 14 points states: "Eliminate numerical quotas for the work ...
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